Handlová weather in January

In January, Handlová sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 10.2 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-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 20% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Handlová's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Handlová's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
53 mm
10.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
7:40 AM – 4:09 PM
Cloud cover
72%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
1.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Handlová is town in Slovakia.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 13.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
183/km²
people per km²
Founded
1254

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 Handlová reaches about 0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -5°C and 5°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)
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How January really feels in Handlová

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
2 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Handlová weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -6°5310.288.50.0
Feb / -5°51107.59.80.0
Mar / -1°5910.94.511.60.9
Apr13° / 61111.613.43.6
May18° / 9514.20155.2
Jun21° / 11°9913.9015.95.9
Jul23° / 12°10613.5015.56.4
Aug23° / 12°8712014.26.6
Sep18° / 7810.7012.45.6
Oct12° / 6410.10.610.53.2
Nov / 5910.83.690.6
Dec / -4°5710.67.48.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22674
32674
42674
52674
62674
72674
82674
92674
102674
112773
122872
132872
142872
153070
163070
173169
183169
193268
203268
213268
223367
233367
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263466
273466
283466
293466
303565
313565

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Handlová gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 10.2 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 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13427
23427
33426
43326
53325
63325
73224
83224
93224
103123
113123
123023
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193024
203125
213125
223226
233227
243327
253427
263428
273428
283528
293528
303528
313528

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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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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58calm
68calm
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97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 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 7:26 AM, and sunset from 3:52 PM to 4:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.17:443:52
28.17:443:53
38.27:443:54
48.27:443:55
58.27:443:56
68.27:443:57
78.27:443:58
88.37:433:59
98.37:434:00
108.37:434:01
118.37:424:02
128.47:424:04
138.47:414:05
148.47:414:06
158.57:404:07
168.57:404:09
178.57:394:10
188.67:384:11
198.67:384:13
208.67:374:14
218.77:364:16
228.77:354:17
238.77:344:19
248.87:334:20
258.87:324:22
268.97:314:23
278.97:304:25
288.97:294:26
299.07:284:28
309.07:274:29
319.17:264:31

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.8 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.06 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 Handlová?

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 Handlová.

What to pack for Handlová in January

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

In January, Handlová sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -6°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 Handlová 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 Handlová peaks around July 11 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 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 highHighModerateLowJul 11UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Handlová 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 Handlová is worst in June — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Handlová's WHO annual average of 13.2 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1816 µg/m³Dec 1310 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Handlová?

Handlová sits at 48.7°N, 18.8°E, 424 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Prievidza, 11 km away.

Banská BystricaPartizánskeZvolenBánovce nad BebravouMartin

Topography around Handlová

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Handlová has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 478 m around an average of 545 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,101 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,898 m.

The land around Handlová is covered by trees (72%) within 3 km, trees (66%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
478 m
16 km
1,101 m
80 km
1,898 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Prievidza 11 km · Bojnice 14 km · Žiar nad Hronom 16 km · Banská Bystrica 29 km · Partizánske 30 km · Zvolen 34 km · Bánovce nad Bebravou 37 km · Martin 40 km

Slovakia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 58% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$28,544
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
6.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 606
Religion
Roman Catholic 56%none 24%Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession 5%Greek Catholic 4%

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 Handlová (48.7276°, 18.7601°, elevation 424 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).