Chełmno weather in January

In January, Chełmno sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 7.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 1°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 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Chełmno's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chełmno's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
1st coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:02 AM – 3:49 PM
Cloud cover
78%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Chełmno is city and urban gmina of Poland.

Density
1,517/km²
people per km²

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 1°C through the month.

A typical January day in Chełmno reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -3°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -6°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12-3
22-3
31-3
41-3
51-3
61-3
71-3
81-3
91-3
101-3
111-3
121-3
131-3
141-3
151-3
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191-3
201-3
211-3
221-3
231-4
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291-4
301-4
311-3

How January really feels in Chełmno

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.

Chełmno weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°389.957.80.0
Feb / -3°328.34.29.40.0
Mar / -0°399.72.511.50.8
Apr13° / 369.30.513.73.7
May18° / 6111.5015.65.6
Jun21° / 11°6411.6016.66.1
Jul23° / 14°8512.2016.26.5
Aug23° / 13°6310.1014.66.8
Sep18° / 10°518.9012.45.8
Oct12° / 449.20.110.33.3
Nov / 379.11.58.40.6
Dec / -2°409.53.87.40.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January.

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 (%)
12278
22278
32278
42278
52278
62278
72278
82278
92278
102278
112278
122278
132278
142179
152179
162179
172179
182278
192179
202080
212080
222080
232179
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301981
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Chełmno gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 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 31% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13215
23315
33315
43315
53415
63416
73416
83316
93316
103316
113216
123116
133116
143016
152916
162916
172816
182816
192816
202816
212816
222816
232916
243016
253016
263115
273115
283115
293114
303214
313214

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
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13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 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
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
1315light breeze
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1815light breeze
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2015light breeze
2115light breeze
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2616light breeze
2716light breeze
2816light breeze
2916light breeze
3016light breeze
3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:09 AM to 7:44 AM, and sunset from 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.38:093:30
27.48:093:31
37.48:093:32
47.48:093:33
57.48:093:34
67.48:083:35
77.58:083:36
87.58:073:38
97.58:073:39
107.68:063:40
117.68:063:42
127.68:053:43
137.78:043:45
147.78:043:46
157.78:033:48
167.88:023:49
177.88:013:51
187.98:003:52
197.97:593:54
208.07:583:56
218.07:573:57
228.17:563:59
238.17:554:01
248.27:544:03
258.27:524:04
268.37:514:06
278.37:504:08
288.47:484:10
298.47:474:12
308.57:454:14
318.57:444:15

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.42 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.68 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.5Dim
20.5Dim
30.5Dim
40.5Dim
50.6Dim
60.6Dim
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90.6Dim
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300.9Dim
311.0Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Chełmno?

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 Chełmno.

What to pack for Chełmno in January

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

In January, Chełmno sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Chełmno 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 Chełmno peaks around June 18 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 18UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Chełmno?

Chełmno sits at 53.3°N, 18.4°E, 72 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Świecie, 7.0 km away.

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Topography around Chełmno

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chełmno has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 50 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 221 m.

The land around Chełmno is covered by cropland (34%), trees (31%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (66%) within 16 km, and cropland (52%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
106 m
80 km
221 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Świecie 7.0 km · Chełmża 22 km · Grudziądz 26 km · Fordon 28 km · Solec Kujawski 32 km · Bydgoszcz 37 km · Torun 39 km · Kwidzyn 54 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 Chełmno (53.3486°, 18.4251°, elevation 72 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).