Biała Podlaska weather in January

In January, Biała Podlaska sees average daytime highs of -0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 9.5 wet days and about 8.1 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 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Biała Podlaska's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Biała Podlaska's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-0°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
37 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
7:37 AM – 3:37 PM
Cloud cover
81%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Biała Podlaska is city with powiat rights in the Lublin Voivodeship in eastern Poland.

Density
1,174/km²
people per km²
Founded
1345

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 Biała Podlaska 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 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Biała Podlaska

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.

Biała Podlaska 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°379.56.18.10.0
Feb / -4°349.369.60.0
Mar / -1°4110.44.111.50.7
Apr13° / 469.7113.63.8
May19° / 7012.10.115.45.8
Jun22° / 12°7312.1016.46.3
Jul24° / 14°8012.90166.5
Aug24° / 13°6510.1014.46.8
Sep18° / 579.8012.45.8
Oct12° / 459.30.310.43.2
Nov / 389.238.60.5
Dec / -3°399.65.57.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Biała Podlaska gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 9.5 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 30% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 6 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 15 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:43 AM to 7:20 AM, and sunset from 3:18 PM to 4:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.67:433:18
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47.67:433:21
57.77:433:22
67.77:423:24
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168.07:373:37
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188.17:353:40
198.17:343:42
208.27:333:43
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228.37:313:46
238.37:303:48
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258.47:283:51
268.47:273:53
278.57:253:55
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.75 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Biała Podlaska?

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 Biała Podlaska.

What to pack for Biała Podlaska in January

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

In January, Biała Podlaska sees daytime highs around -0°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

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UV index in Biała Podlaska 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 Biała Podlaska peaks around June 23 at about 6 (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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
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Location & terrain

Where is Biała Podlaska?

Biała Podlaska sits at 52.0°N, 23.1°E, 142 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Międzyrzec Podlaski, 23 km away.

BrestRadzyń PodlaskiSiemiatyczeŁukówSiedlceSokołów PodlaskiLubartów

Topography around Biała Podlaska

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Biała Podlaska has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 148 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m.

The land around Biała Podlaska is covered by artificial surfaces (32%), trees (31%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (39%) and cropland (39%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

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133 m
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January weather nearby: Międzyrzec Podlaski 23 km · Brest 42 km · Radzyń Podlaski 44 km · Siemiatycze 47 km · Łuków 52 km · Siedlce 58 km · Sokołów Podlaski 72 km · Lubartów 73 km

Poland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$28,420
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
9.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 600
Religion
Roman Catholic 71%refused to answer 21%no religion 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 Biała Podlaska (52.0324°, 23.1165°, elevation 142 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).