Police weather in January

In January, Police sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 10.9 wet days and about 7.8 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 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Police's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Police's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-2°
1st coldest
Precipitation
45 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:18 AM – 4:04 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Police is city of Poland.

Density
932/km²
people per km²
Founded
1260

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 Police reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -4°C and 8°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)
13-1
23-1
33-1
43-1
53-1
63-1
73-1
83-1
93-1
103-1
113-1
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How January really feels in Police

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.

Police 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°4510.93.57.80.0
Feb / -1°3693.49.40.0
Mar / 4410.62.211.51.1
Apr13° / 389.30.313.73.7
May18° / 5511.3015.65.6
Jun21° / 12°6110.8016.76.2
Jul23° / 14°7511.3016.36.6
Aug23° / 14°6811.7014.66.6
Sep18° / 10°549.7012.55.8
Oct13° / 48100.110.33.5
Nov / 4010.218.30.9
Dec / -0°46113.77.30.0

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 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
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52377
62377
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112179
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142278
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312377

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Police gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 10.9 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 34% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13811
23811
33811
43811
53810
63810
73810
83710
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123511
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253212
263212
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303212
313212

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 17 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
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3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:26 AM to 8:00 AM, and sunset from 3:44 PM to 4:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.38:263:44
27.38:263:45
37.38:263:46
47.48:253:47
57.48:253:48
67.48:253:49
77.48:243:51
87.58:243:52
97.58:233:53
107.58:233:55
117.68:223:56
127.68:223:57
137.68:213:59
147.78:204:00
157.78:194:02
167.88:184:04
177.88:184:05
187.88:174:07
197.98:164:08
207.98:154:10
218.08:134:12
228.08:124:14
238.18:114:15
248.18:104:17
258.28:094:19
268.28:074:21
278.38:064:23
288.38:054:24
298.48:034:26
308.48:024:28
318.58:004:30

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.48 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.65 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Police?

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 Police.

What to pack for Police in January

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

In January, Police 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

Sea temperature near Police in January

The nearest coast averages about 2°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 38 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan2Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun16Cool
Jul19Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Police 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 Police peaks around June 16 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 16UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Police?

Police sits at 53.6°N, 14.6°E, 7 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Drzetowo-Grabowo, 11 km away.

NowogardStargardŚwinoujście

Topography around Police

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Police has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m.

The land around Police is covered by trees (45%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (35%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
106 m
16 km
167 m
80 km
199 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Drzetowo-Grabowo 11 km · Szczecin 14 km · Świerczewo 14 km · Goleniów 17 km · Gryfino 34 km · Nowogard 38 km · Stargard 40 km · Świnoujście 45 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 Police (53.5521°, 14.5718°, elevation 7 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).