Przemyśl weather in January

In January, Przemyśl sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 42 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 0°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 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Przemyśl's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Przemyśl's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
42 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
7:28 AM – 3:48 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Przemyśl is city in southeastern Poland.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 19.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,451/km²
people per km²
Founded
1389

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 0°C through the month.

A typical January day in Przemyśl reaches about 0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -7°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
71-4
81-4
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How January really feels in Przemyśl

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
13 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Przemyśl weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°42118.28.40.0
Feb / -4°4710.67.99.80.0
Mar / -1°5111.14.611.50.9
Apr14° / 5811.61.513.53.9
May19° / 9315015.15.4
Jun22° / 12°9014.20165.9
Jul24° / 14°11415.4015.76.1
Aug24° / 13°8011.8014.26.7
Sep19° / 7810.5012.45.8
Oct13° / 6210.10.510.53.7
Nov / 4910.63.78.80.9
Dec / -3°4610.66.880.0

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 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Przemyśl gets around 42 mm of rain and snow over 11 wet days in January, the driest month. 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 37% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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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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
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916light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:33 AM to 7:13 AM, and sunset from 3:31 PM to 4:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.07:333:31
28.07:333:32
38.07:333:33
48.07:333:34
58.07:333:35
68.17:333:36
78.17:323:37
88.17:323:38
98.17:323:39
108.27:313:41
118.27:313:42
128.27:303:43
138.27:303:44
148.37:293:46
158.37:293:47
168.37:283:48
178.47:273:50
188.47:273:51
198.47:263:53
208.57:253:54
218.57:243:56
228.67:233:57
238.67:223:59
248.67:214:00
258.77:204:02
268.77:194:03
278.87:184:05
288.87:174:06
298.97:164:08
308.97:144:10
319.07:134:11

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.99 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Przemyśl?

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 Przemyśl.

What to pack for Przemyśl in January

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

In January, Przemyśl sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

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UV index in Przemyśl 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 Przemyśl peaks around June 23 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Przemyśl 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 Przemyśl is worst in June — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Przemyśl's WHO annual average of 19.4 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 2026 µg/m³Dec 1711 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Przemyśl?

Przemyśl sits at 49.8°N, 22.8°E, 193 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Jarosław, 26 km away.

SambirSanokŁańcutNovoyavorivs'kRzeszów

Topography around Przemyśl

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Przemyśl has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m around an average of 242 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 358 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,164 m.

The land around Przemyśl is covered by trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and trees (40%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
176 m
16 km
358 m
80 km
1,164 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Jarosław 26 km · Mostyska 28 km · Przeworsk 36 km · Sambir 43 km · Sanok 48 km · Łańcut 50 km · Novoyavorivs'k 60 km · Rzeszów 62 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 Przemyśl (49.785°, 22.7673°, elevation 193 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).