Gorlice weather in January

In January, Gorlice sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 51 mm of precipitation across 11.7 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-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 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Gorlice's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gorlice's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
51 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
7:34 AM – 3:55 PM
Cloud cover
74%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Gorlice is city and urban gmina of Poland.

Air quality
Good
PM10 23.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,214/km²
people per km²
Founded
1354

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 Gorlice reaches about 1°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 -6°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
11-4
21-4
31-4
41-4
51-4
61-4
71-4
81-4
91-4
101-4
111-4
121-4
131-4
141-4
151-4
161-4
171-4
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How January really feels in Gorlice

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
10 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Gorlice 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 / -5°5111.78.98.40.0
Feb / -4°5111.69.19.80.0
Mar / -0°5412.2511.51.0
Apr14° / 6612.21.813.43.8
May19° / 10214.7015.15.4
Jun22° / 12°10114.10165.9
Jul24° / 14°12115.1015.66.1
Aug24° / 13°8312.4014.26.6
Sep19° / 8111.4012.45.7
Oct13° / 66110.610.53.5
Nov / 5411.13.48.80.8
Dec / -3°5011.77.280.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22575
32575
42575
52575
62575
72773
82773
92773
102872
112971
123070
133070
143070
153169
163169
173169
183169
193070
203070
213070
222971
232872
242773
252773
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282674
292674
302575
312575

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Gorlice gets around 51 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 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 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14128
24128
34128
44128
54028
64028
74028
83927
93927
103827
113826
123726
133726
143626
153626
163627
173627
183527
193528
203528
213529
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253731
263731
273832
283832
293833
303933
313933

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
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8100
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14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 13 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
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:39 AM to 7:19 AM, and sunset from 3:38 PM to 4:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.07:393:38
28.07:393:39
38.07:393:40
48.07:393:41
58.17:393:42
68.17:393:43
78.17:383:44
88.17:383:45
98.17:383:46
108.27:373:48
118.27:373:49
128.27:363:50
138.37:363:51
148.37:353:53
158.37:353:54
168.47:343:55
178.47:333:57
188.47:333:58
198.57:324:00
208.57:314:01
218.57:304:03
228.67:294:04
238.67:284:06
248.77:274:07
258.77:264:09
268.87:254:10
278.87:244:12
288.87:234:13
298.97:224:15
308.97:204:17
319.07:194:18

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.31 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.98 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.8Dim
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30.8Dim
40.8Dim
50.8Dim
60.8Dim
70.8Dim
80.8Dim
90.9Dim
100.9Dim
110.9Dim
120.9Dim
130.9Dim
140.9Dim
151.0Dim
161.0Dim
171.0Dim
181.0Dim
191.0Dim
201.1Dim
211.1Dim
221.1Dim
231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.2Dim
271.2Dim
281.2Dim
291.3Dim
301.3Dim
311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Gorlice?

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 Gorlice.

What to pack for Gorlice in January

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

In January, Gorlice sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Gorlice 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 Gorlice peaks around June 23 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 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 highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Gorlice?

Gorlice sits at 49.7°N, 21.2°E, 283 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Jasło, 25 km away.

BardejovTarnówKrosnoDębicaStará ĽubovňaBrzesko

Topography around Gorlice

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gorlice has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m around an average of 320 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 603 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,808 m.

The land around Gorlice is covered by trees (47%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
170 m
16 km
603 m
80 km
1,808 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Jasło 25 km · Nowy Sącz 34 km · Bardejov 41 km · Tarnów 42 km · Krosno 44 km · Dębica 48 km · Stará Ľubovňa 52 km · Brzesko 53 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 Gorlice (49.6556°, 21.1604°, elevation 283 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).