Legnica weather in January

In January, Legnica sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 43 mm of precipitation across 10.7 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 3°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Legnica's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Legnica's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-2°
1st coldest
Precipitation
43 mm
10.7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:01 AM – 4:09 PM
Cloud cover
74%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Legnica is city with powiat rights of Poland.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 17 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,884/km²
people per km²
Founded
1264

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 3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Legnica reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -4°C and 9°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)
13-2
23-2
33-2
43-2
53-2
63-2
73-2
83-2
93-2
103-2
113-2
123-2
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272-3
282-3
292-3
303-3
313-3

How January really feels in Legnica

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.

Legnica weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°4310.74.68.20.0
Feb / -2°348.94.29.60.0
Mar / 4911.63.111.51.4
Apr14° / 368.10.513.54.3
May19° / 5510.90.115.36.0
Jun22° / 12°6311.1016.36.4
Jul25° / 14°8312.1015.96.6
Aug24° / 14°599.9014.46.8
Sep19° / 10°559.9012.46.1
Oct14° / 459.10.210.43.9
Nov / 399.21.78.71.1
Dec / -1°3910.13.77.70.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32773
42773
52773
62773
72773
82773
92773
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112773
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Legnica gets around 43 mm of rain and snow over 10.7 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 33% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13415
23515
33514
43514
53514
63514
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83514
93514
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113413
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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
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

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
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
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1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2114light breeze
2214light breeze
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3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 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 8:07 AM to 7:45 AM, and sunset from 3:50 PM to 4:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.78:073:50
27.78:073:51
37.88:073:52
47.88:063:53
57.88:063:54
67.88:063:56
77.98:063:57
87.98:053:58
97.98:053:59
107.98:044:00
118.08:044:02
128.08:034:03
138.08:034:04
148.18:024:06
158.18:014:07
168.18:014:09
178.28:004:10
188.27:594:12
198.27:584:13
208.37:574:15
218.37:564:16
228.47:554:18
238.47:544:19
248.57:534:21
258.57:524:23
268.67:514:24
278.67:504:26
288.67:494:28
298.77:474:29
308.77:464:31
318.87:454:33

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.84 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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30.7Dim
40.7Dim
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230.9Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.0Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Legnica?

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 Legnica.

What to pack for Legnica in January

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

In January, Legnica sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -2°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 Legnica 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 Legnica peaks around June 19 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 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 19UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Legnica 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 Legnica is worst in June — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Legnica's WHO annual average of 17 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1720 µg/m³Dec 1313 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Legnica?

Legnica sits at 51.2°N, 16.2°E, 121 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Jawor, 18 km away.

ŚwiebodziceBolesławiecJelenia Góra

Topography around Legnica

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Legnica has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 126 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 197 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,538 m.

The land around Legnica is covered by trees (30%), artificial surfaces (29%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
197 m
80 km
1,538 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Jawor 18 km · Złotoryja 19 km · Lubin 21 km · Strzegom 30 km · Polkowice 33 km · Świebodzice 40 km · Bolesławiec 42 km · Jelenia Góra 46 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 Legnica (51.2101°, 16.1619°, elevation 121 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).