Starachowice weather in January

In January, Starachowice sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 10.1 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 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 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 Starachowice's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Starachowice's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
1st coldest
Precipitation
39 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
7:40 AM – 3:50 PM
Cloud cover
77%
9th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Starachowice is city and urban gmina of Poland.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 19.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,687/km²
people per km²
Founded
1450

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 Starachowice reaches about 0°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 -7°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)
11-4
21-4
31-4
41-4
51-4
61-4
71-4
81-4
91-4
101-4
111-4
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How January really feels in Starachowice

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
12 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Starachowice 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°3910.178.20.0
Feb / -4°379.56.79.60.0
Mar / -1°4510.83.911.50.7
Apr13° / 5411.11.513.53.6
May18° / 7813.7015.35.4
Jun22° / 12°8113.1016.26.0
Jul24° / 14°9514015.86.3
Aug23° / 13°6911014.46.7
Sep18° / 6710.7012.45.6
Oct12° / 499.30.610.43.3
Nov / 399.42.88.70.7
Dec / -3°399.65.47.80.0

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 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42179
52179
62179
72278
82278
92278
102278
112377
122278
132278
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Starachowice gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 10.1 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 32% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13321
23221
33221
43221
53221
63221
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93221
103221
113221
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133120
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283423
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303423
313523

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 (%)
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27100
28100
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30100
31100

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
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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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 7:46 AM to 7:24 AM, and sunset from 3:32 PM to 4:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.87:463:32
27.87:463:33
37.87:463:34
47.87:463:35
57.87:463:36
67.97:453:37
77.97:453:38
87.97:453:39
97.97:443:40
108.07:443:42
118.07:433:43
128.07:433:44
138.17:423:45
148.17:423:47
158.17:413:48
168.27:403:50
178.27:403:51
188.27:393:53
198.37:383:54
208.37:373:56
218.47:363:57
228.47:353:59
238.47:344:00
248.57:334:02
258.57:324:04
268.67:314:05
278.67:304:07
288.77:284:09
298.77:274:10
308.87:264:12
318.87:244:14

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.87 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Starachowice?

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 Starachowice.

What to pack for Starachowice in January

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

In January, Starachowice sees daytime highs around 0°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 Starachowice 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 Starachowice peaks around June 22 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 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 22UV 6Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Starachowice 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 Starachowice is worst in June — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Starachowice's WHO annual average of 19.2 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1724 µg/m³Dec 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Starachowice?

Starachowice sits at 51.0°N, 21.1°E, 210 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Skarżysko-Kamienna, 16 km away.

RadomKońskieStaszówPionkiSandomierz

Topography around Starachowice

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Starachowice has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m around an average of 242 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 520 m.

The land around Starachowice is covered by trees (65%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (45%), cropland (30%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
91 m
16 km
264 m
80 km
520 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Skarżysko-Kamienna 16 km · Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 25 km · Kielce 36 km · Radom 41 km · Końskie 50 km · Staszów 53 km · Pionki 55 km · Sandomierz 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 Starachowice (51.0374°, 21.0713°, elevation 210 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).