Łańcut weather in January

In January, Łańcut sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 8.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 1°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Łańcut's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Łańcut's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
1st coldest
Precipitation
45 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
7:31 AM – 3:49 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Łańcut is city and urban gmina of Poland.

Density
1,751/km²
people per km²
Founded
1349

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 Łańcut reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°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
71-3
81-3
91-3
101-3
111-3
121-4
131-4
141-4
151-4
161-4
171-4
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200-4
210-4
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How January really feels in Łańcut

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
9 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Łańcut 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°4511.388.30.0
Feb / -3°4510.57.49.70.0
Mar / -0°5011411.51.0
Apr14° / 5711.11.113.54.0
May19° / 9014.3015.25.5
Jun22° / 12°8513.4016.16.1
Jul24° / 14°10314.6015.76.2
Aug24° / 14°7011.7014.36.7
Sep19° / 10°7610.8012.45.8
Oct13° / 58100.410.53.7
Nov / 499.92.98.80.9
Dec / -2°4410.567.90.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22080
32080
42080
52080
62179
72179
82179
92179
102377
112377
122476
132476
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Łańcut gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 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 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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53724
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73723
83623
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313829

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
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18100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
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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
1115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min 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 7:16 AM, and sunset from 3:32 PM to 4:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.97:373:32
27.97:373:33
37.97:373:34
48.07:373:35
58.07:363:36
68.07:363:37
78.07:363:38
88.17:363:39
98.17:353:40
108.17:353:41
118.17:343:43
128.27:343:44
138.27:333:45
148.27:333:47
158.37:323:48
168.37:313:49
178.37:313:51
188.47:303:52
198.47:293:54
208.47:283:55
218.57:273:57
228.57:263:58
238.67:264:00
248.67:244:01
258.77:234:03
268.77:224:04
278.77:214:06
288.87:204:08
298.87:194:09
308.97:184:11
318.97:164:12

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.4 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.95 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
20.8Dim
30.8Dim
40.8Dim
50.8Dim
60.8Dim
70.8Dim
80.8Dim
90.8Dim
100.8Dim
110.9Dim
120.9Dim
130.9Dim
140.9Dim
150.9Dim
160.9Dim
171.0Dim
181.0Dim
191.0Dim
201.0Dim
211.0Dim
221.1Dim
231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.2Dim
281.2Dim
291.2Dim
301.2Dim
311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Łańcut?

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 Łańcut.

What to pack for Łańcut in January

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

In January, Łańcut sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Łańcut 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 Łańcut peaks around June 21 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Łańcut?

Łańcut sits at 50.1°N, 22.2°E, 231 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Rzeszów, 17 km away.

RopczycePrzemyślNiskoKrosnoSanok

Topography around Łańcut

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Łańcut has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 217 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 729 m.

The land around Łańcut is covered by trees (37%), cropland (26%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (39%), cropland (32%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
70 m
16 km
243 m
80 km
729 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Rzeszów 17 km · Przeworsk 19 km · Jarosław 33 km · Ropczyce 44 km · Przemyśl 50 km · Nisko 51 km · Krosno 54 km · Sanok 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 Łańcut (50.0687°, 22.2291°, elevation 231 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).