Rîbniţa weather in January

In January, Rîbniţa sees average daytime highs of -0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 30 mm of precipitation across 6.8 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -0°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Rîbniţa's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rîbniţa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-0°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
30 mm
6.8 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
7:55 AM – 4:31 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Rîbniţa is city in Moldova.

Founded
1603

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -0°C through the month.

A typical January day in Rîbniţa reaches about -0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -7°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Rîbniţa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
14 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Rîbniţa weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-0° / -5°306.858.60.0
Feb / -4°286.23.99.90.0
Mar / -0°357.92.711.61.3
Apr15° / 448.40.613.44.7
May21° / 10°5710.6014.96.5
Jun25° / 14°7111.1015.76.7
Jul27° / 16°679.9015.46.6
Aug27° / 16°526.9014.17.2
Sep21° / 11°587.5012.46.9
Oct14° / 406.60.110.64.5
Nov / 366.11.99.11.0
Dec / -3°326.848.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
21981
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Rîbniţa gets around 30 mm of rain and snow over 6.8 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 22% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:59 AM to 7:42 AM, and sunset from 4:15 PM to 4:53 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.37:594:15
28.37:594:16
38.37:594:17
48.37:594:18
58.37:594:19
68.37:594:20
78.47:594:21
88.47:584:22
98.47:584:23
108.47:584:24
118.57:574:25
128.57:574:26
138.57:574:28
148.57:564:29
158.67:564:30
168.67:554:31
178.67:544:33
188.77:544:34
198.77:534:35
208.77:524:37
218.87:524:38
228.87:514:40
238.97:504:41
248.97:494:42
258.97:484:44
269.07:474:45
279.07:464:47
289.17:454:48
299.17:444:50
309.17:434:51
319.27:424:53

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.88 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.14 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Rîbniţa?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rîbniţa.

What to pack for Rîbniţa in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Rîbniţa sees daytime highs around -0°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Rîbniţa in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rîbniţa peaks around July 13 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 13UV 8Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Rîbniţa?

Rîbniţa sits at 47.8°N, 29.0°E, 96 m above sea level, in Moldova. The nearest listed city is Podilsk, 39 km away.

PodilskOrheiBaltaFloreştiDubăsariSorocaBilicenii VechiStrășeni

Topography around Rîbniţa

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Rîbniţa.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rîbniţa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m around an average of 86 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 277 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 386 m.

The land around Rîbniţa is covered by trees (38%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (60%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
137 m
16 km
277 m
80 km
386 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Podilsk 39 km · Orhei 45 km · Balta 49 km · Floreşti 55 km · Dubăsari 57 km · Soroca 69 km · Bilicenii Vechi 73 km · Strășeni 76 km

Moldova travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 43% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,622
2025
Happiness
5.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
7.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 531
Religion
Orthodox 90%other Christian 3%atheist 0%other 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Rîbniţa (47.7682°, 29.01°, elevation 96 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).