Zawiercie weather in January

In January, Zawiercie sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 46 mm of precipitation across 11.6 wet days and about 8.3 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 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Zawiercie's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zawiercie's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
1st coldest
Precipitation
46 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
7:44 AM – 3:59 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Zawiercie is city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 39.6 µg/m³ · 2017
Density
624/km²
people per km²

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 1°C through the month.

A typical January day in Zawiercie 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 -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
91-3
101-3
111-4
121-4
131-4
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How January really feels in Zawiercie

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
11 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Zawiercie 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°4611.67.98.30.0
Feb / -4°4410.77.49.70.0
Mar / -0°5411.84.711.50.8
Apr13° / 5611.21.613.53.6
May18° / 8714.2015.25.3
Jun21° / 12°9014016.15.8
Jul23° / 14°10814.5015.86.2
Aug23° / 13°8211.9014.36.6
Sep18° / 10°7311.3012.45.6
Oct13° / 5710.20.510.43.4
Nov / 4910.538.70.8
Dec / -3°4510.76.27.90.0

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 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
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32377
42377
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72278
82377
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Zawiercie gets around 46 mm of rain and snow over 11.6 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 37% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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23823
33823
43823
53823
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73823
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313827

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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31100

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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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 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 7:50 AM to 7:29 AM, and sunset from 3:41 PM to 4:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.87:503:41
27.97:503:42
37.97:503:43
47.97:503:44
57.97:503:45
67.97:493:46
78.07:493:47
88.07:493:48
98.07:483:50
108.07:483:51
118.17:483:52
128.17:473:53
138.17:463:55
148.27:463:56
158.27:453:57
168.27:443:59
178.37:444:00
188.37:434:02
198.37:424:03
208.47:414:05
218.47:404:06
228.57:394:08
238.57:384:09
248.67:374:11
258.67:364:12
268.67:354:14
278.77:344:16
288.77:334:17
298.87:324:19
308.87:304:21
318.97:294:22

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.93 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.2Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Zawiercie?

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 Zawiercie.

What to pack for Zawiercie in January

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

In January, Zawiercie sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Zawiercie 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 Zawiercie peaks around June 22 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 22UV 7Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Zawiercie 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 Zawiercie is worst in June — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1722 µg/m³Dec 1716 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Zawiercie?

Zawiercie sits at 50.5°N, 19.4°E, 332 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Myszków, 12 km away.

Topography around Zawiercie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zawiercie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 336 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 226 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 750 m.

The land around Zawiercie is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
226 m
80 km
750 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Myszków 12 km · Dąbrowa Górnicza 23 km · Olkusz 25 km · Będzin 27 km · Czeladź 31 km · Sosnowiec 31 km · Siemianowice Śląskie 33 km · Jaworzno 33 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 Zawiercie (50.4877°, 19.4168°, elevation 332 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).