Oleśnica weather in January

In January, Oleśnica sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 44 mm of precipitation across 11.1 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 2°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 Oleśnica's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oleśnica's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
1st coldest
Precipitation
44 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
7:56 AM – 4:04 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Oleśnica is city and urban gmina in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

Air quality
Good
PM10 23.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,763/km²
people per km²
Founded
1189

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 2°C through the month.

A typical January day in Oleśnica reaches about 2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -3°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -5°C and 8°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)
12-3
22-3
32-3
42-3
52-3
62-2
72-2
82-2
92-2
102-2
112-2
122-2
132-2
142-2
152-3
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272-3
282-3
292-3
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312-3

How January really feels in Oleśnica

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.

Oleśnica 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 / -3°4411.15.98.20.0
Feb / -2°389.24.69.60.0
Mar / 4911.23.311.51.2
Apr14° / 3890.613.54.2
May19° / 5811.10.115.35.9
Jun22° / 12°7211.5016.36.3
Jul24° / 14°9312.7015.96.5
Aug24° / 14°6110.2014.46.8
Sep19° / 10°579.4012.46.0
Oct13° / 489.10.210.43.7
Nov / 419.328.71.0
Dec / -2°4410.44.27.70.0

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 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22575
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Oleśnica gets around 44 mm of rain and snow over 11.1 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 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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33819
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73818
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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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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
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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1414light breeze
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1814light breeze
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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 8:02 AM to 7:40 AM, and sunset from 3:45 PM to 4:28 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.78:023:45
27.78:023:46
37.88:023:47
47.88:013:48
57.88:013:49
67.88:013:51
77.98:013:52
87.98:003:53
97.98:003:54
107.98:003:55
118.07:593:57
128.07:583:58
138.07:583:59
148.17:574:01
158.17:574:02
168.17:564:04
178.27:554:05
188.27:544:07
198.27:534:08
208.37:524:10
218.37:524:11
228.47:514:13
238.47:494:14
248.57:484:16
258.57:474:18
268.67:464:19
278.67:454:21
288.67:444:23
298.77:424:24
308.77:414:26
318.87:404:28

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.42 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.83 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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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 Oleśnica?

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 Oleśnica.

What to pack for Oleśnica in January

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

In January, Oleśnica sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -3°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 Oleśnica 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 Oleśnica 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 Oleśnica 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 Oleśnica is worst in June — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1715 µg/m³Dec 149 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Oleśnica?

Oleśnica sits at 51.2°N, 17.4°E, 153 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Psie Pole Zawidawie, 21 km away.

Topography around Oleśnica

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oleśnica has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 154 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 627 m.

The land around Oleśnica is covered by cropland (40%), grassland (20%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
159 m
80 km
627 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Psie Pole Zawidawie 21 km · Jelcz 22 km · Jelcz Laskowice 22 km · Biskupin-Sępolno-Dąbie-Bartoszowice 24 km · Śródmieście 24 km · Rejon placu Grunwaldzkiego 25 km · Ołbin 26 km · Karłowice-Różanka 26 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 Oleśnica (51.2134°, 17.3899°, elevation 153 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).