Delcevo weather in January

In January, Delcevo sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 8.5 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Delcevo's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Delcevo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
1st coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
8.5 wet days
Daylight
9 h 18 min
7:00 AM – 4:16 PM
Cloud cover
56%
6th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
2.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Delcevo is town and seat of Delčevo Municipality, Macedonia.

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 5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Delcevo reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
14-4
24-4
34-4
44-4
54-4
64-4
74-4
84-4
94-4
104-4
115-4
125-4
135-4
145-4
155-4
165-4
175-4
185-4
195-4
205-4
215-4
225-4
235-4
245-4
255-4
265-4
275-4
285-4
295-4
305-4
315-4

How January really feels in Delcevo

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
wind chill below the day's low

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

Delcevo weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°578.55.29.30.0
Feb / -3°568.74.910.30.8
Mar11° / 7510.83.611.72.7
Apr15° / 8111.4113.14.6
May20° / 8812.7014.36.0
Jun24° / 12°8410.50157.0
Jul26° / 14°617.2014.77.5
Aug27° / 15°526.4013.77.6
Sep22° / 11°617.3012.37.4
Oct17° / 727.70.310.95.8
Nov11° / 698.71.99.62.7
Dec / -2°759.84.590.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
25050
35050
45149
55149
65248
75347
85347
95347
105347
115347
125347
135347
145248
155347
165248
175248
185149
195050
205050
215050
224951
234951
244951
254951
264951
274852
284852
294852
304852
314852

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Delcevo gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 8.5 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 27% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12816
22816
32716
42716
52616
62615
72515
82515
92415
102415
112414
122414
132414
142415
152515
162515
172616
182716
192717
202817
212918
222918
232918
243019
253019
263019
273019
283019
292919
302919
312919

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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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
256calm
266calm
276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:02 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 4:02 PM to 4:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.07:024:02
29.07:024:03
39.07:024:03
49.07:034:04
59.07:034:05
69.17:034:06
79.17:024:07
89.17:024:08
99.17:024:09
109.17:024:10
119.17:024:11
129.27:024:12
139.27:014:13
149.27:014:14
159.27:014:15
169.37:004:16
179.37:004:17
189.36:594:18
199.36:594:19
209.46:584:21
219.46:584:22
229.46:574:23
239.56:574:24
249.56:564:25
259.56:554:26
269.66:554:28
279.66:544:29
289.66:534:30
299.76:524:31
309.76:524:33
319.76:514:34

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.67 kWh/m² to a high of 6.52 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.05 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.8Dim
21.8Dim
31.8Dim
41.8Dim
51.9Dim
61.9Dim
71.9Dim
81.9Dim
91.9Dim
101.9Dim
112.0Dim
122.0Dim
132.0Moderate
142.0Moderate
152.0Moderate
162.0Moderate
172.1Moderate
182.1Moderate
192.1Moderate
202.1Moderate
212.1Moderate
222.2Moderate
232.2Moderate
242.2Moderate
252.2Moderate
262.3Moderate
272.3Moderate
282.3Moderate
292.4Moderate
302.4Moderate
312.4Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Delcevo?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Delcevo.

What to pack for Delcevo in January

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

In January, Delcevo sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Delcevo in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Delcevo peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 9Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr8Very high
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Delcevo?

Delcevo sits at 42.0°N, 22.8°E, 593 m above sea level, in North Macedonia. The nearest listed city is Vinica, 23 km away.

VinicaBlagoevgradKochaniKyustendilDupnitsaKriva PalankaRadovisKratovo

Topography around Delcevo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Delcevo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 370 m around an average of 680 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,099 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,832 m.

The land around Delcevo is covered by grassland (43%), trees (28%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
370 m
16 km
1,099 m
80 km
2,832 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Vinica 23 km · Blagoevgrad 28 km · Kochani 30 km · Kyustendil 36 km · Dupnitsa 44 km · Kriva Palanka 44 km · Radovis 44 km · Kratovo 50 km

North Macedonia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,490
2025
Happiness
5.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
81%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 595
Religion
Orthodox 46%Islam 32%Christian 13%Other 7%

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 Delcevo (41.9672°, 22.7694°, elevation 593 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).