Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski weather in January

In January, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 9.8 wet days and about 8.2 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 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
1st coldest
Precipitation
36 mm
9.8 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
7:39 AM – 3:49 PM
Cloud cover
77%
9th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

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 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 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 7°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)
11-3
21-3
31-3
41-3
51-3
61-3
71-3
81-3
91-3
101-3
111-3
121-3
131-3
141-3
151-4
161-4
171-4
181-4
191-4
201-4
211-4
221-4
231-4
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261-4
271-4
281-4
291-4
301-4
311-4

How January really feels in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

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.

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 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°369.85.98.20.0
Feb / -3°349.25.59.70.0
Mar / -0°4310.13.211.51.0
Apr14° / 5010.31.213.54.0
May19° / 7212.7015.35.7
Jun22° / 12°7312.5016.26.2
Jul24° / 14°8612.9015.86.5
Aug24° / 13°6410.2014.36.9
Sep19° / 6410.1012.45.9
Oct13° / 478.80.410.43.6
Nov / 388.92.48.70.8
Dec / -2°359.24.67.80.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
42179
52179
62278
72179
82179
92179
102179
112278
122278
132377
142377
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski gets around 36 mm of rain and snow over 9.8 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 31% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13218
23218
33218
43218
53218
63218
73218
83118
93118
103118
113018
123018
133018
142918
152918
162918
172918
182918
192918
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213019
223019
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313319

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
9100
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11100
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14100
15100
16100
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18100
19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
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
715light breeze
815light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
1514light breeze
1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2114light breeze
2214light breeze
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3015light breeze
3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 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 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:44 AM to 7:23 AM, and sunset from 3:31 PM to 4:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.87:443:31
27.87:443:32
37.87:443:33
47.87:443:34
57.97:443:35
67.97:443:36
77.97:433:37
87.97:433:38
97.97:433:40
108.07:423:41
118.07:423:42
128.07:413:43
138.17:413:45
148.17:403:46
158.17:393:47
168.27:393:49
178.27:383:50
188.27:373:52
198.37:363:53
208.37:353:55
218.47:343:56
228.47:333:58
238.57:324:00
248.57:314:01
258.57:304:03
268.67:294:04
278.67:284:06
288.77:274:08
298.77:254:09
308.87:244:11
318.87:234:13

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.86 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
20.7Dim
30.7Dim
40.7Dim
50.7Dim
60.7Dim
70.7Dim
80.7Dim
90.8Dim
100.8Dim
110.8Dim
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130.8Dim
140.8Dim
150.8Dim
160.8Dim
170.9Dim
180.9Dim
190.9Dim
200.9Dim
210.9Dim
221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski?

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 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.

What to pack for Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski in January

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

In January, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 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 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski peaks around June 23 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 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 23UV 7Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski?

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski sits at 50.9°N, 21.4°E, 176 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Starachowice, 25 km away.

Skarżysko-KamiennaStaszówTarnobrzegKielceRadomKraśnik

Topography around Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 188 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 310 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 517 m.

The land around Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski is covered by trees (30%), artificial surfaces (27%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and trees (42%) within 16 km, and trees (45%), cropland (32%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
310 m
80 km
517 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Starachowice 25 km · Sandomierz 37 km · Skarżysko-Kamienna 41 km · Staszów 44 km · Tarnobrzeg 45 km · Kielce 54 km · Radom 55 km · Kraśnik 59 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 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (50.9294°, 21.3852°, elevation 176 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).