Krosno weather in January

In January, Krosno sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 8.4 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 11% 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 Krosno's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Krosno's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
7:32 AM – 3:53 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Krosno is city with powiat rights of Poland.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 20.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,099/km²
people per km²
Founded
1342

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 Krosno 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 -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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How January really feels in Krosno

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
11 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Krosno 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 / -5°4911.88.88.40.0
Feb / -4°4911.48.49.80.0
Mar / -0°5111.54.911.50.9
Apr14° / 6011.41.313.43.8
May19° / 9314.5015.15.4
Jun22° / 12°9013.40166.0
Jul24° / 14°10914.9015.76.2
Aug24° / 13°7511.6014.26.7
Sep19° / 7711012.45.7
Oct13° / 6210.30.410.53.5
Nov / 5210.63.78.80.8
Dec / -3°4811.27.180.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21882
31882
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112377
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Krosno gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 11.8 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 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
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54028
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83927
93926
103826
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313932

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 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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515light breeze
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815light breeze
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1015light 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 7:37 AM to 7:17 AM, and sunset from 3:35 PM to 4:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.07:373:35
28.07:373:36
38.07:373:37
48.07:373:38
58.07:363:39
68.17:363:40
78.17:363:41
88.17:363:43
98.17:353:44
108.27:353:45
118.27:343:46
128.27:343:47
138.37:333:49
148.37:333:50
158.37:323:51
168.47:323:53
178.47:313:54
188.47:303:56
198.57:293:57
208.57:293:58
218.57:284:00
228.67:274:01
238.67:264:03
248.77:254:04
258.77:244:06
268.77:234:08
278.87:224:09
288.87:214:11
298.97:194:12
308.97:184:14
319.07:174:16

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.96 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Is January a good time to visit Krosno?

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 Krosno.

What to pack for Krosno in January

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

In January, Krosno sees daytime highs around 0°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 Krosno 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 Krosno 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
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Krosno in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Krosno is worst in June — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Krosno's WHO annual average of 20.5 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1927 µg/m³Dec 1613 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul26Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Krosno?

Krosno sits at 49.7°N, 21.8°E, 278 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Jasło, 22 km away.

RopczyceRzeszówGorliceDębicaŁańcutBardejov

Topography around Krosno

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Krosno has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 280 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 384 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,098 m.

The land around Krosno is covered by trees (28%), grassland (27%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (44%), cropland (33%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
384 m
80 km
1,098 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Jasło 22 km · Sanok 35 km · Ropczyce 42 km · Rzeszów 42 km · Gorlice 44 km · Dębica 48 km · Łańcut 54 km · Bardejov 57 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 Krosno (49.6887°, 21.7706°, elevation 278 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).