Poprad weather in January

In January, Poprad sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -8°C, with 33 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-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 19% 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 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Poprad's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Poprad's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-8°
1st coldest
Precipitation
33 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
7:35 AM – 4:01 PM
Cloud cover
72%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Poprad is city in Slovakia.

Density
778/km²
people per km²
Founded
1250

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 Poprad reaches about -1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -8°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -7°C and 4°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)
1-1-7
2-1-7
3-1-7
4-1-7
5-1-7
6-1-7
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8-1-7
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26-1-8
27-1-8
28-1-8
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30-1-8
31-1-8

How January really feels in Poprad

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
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Poprad 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-1° / -8°338.288.50.0
Feb / -7°3898.69.80.0
Mar / -3°449.7711.60.3
Apr11° / 6412.53.113.42.6
May16° / 9415.30.3154.3
Jun19° / 10415.2015.95.3
Jul21° / 11°11715.6015.65.6
Aug21° / 11°9513014.26.1
Sep16° / 6810.7012.44.9
Oct11° / 589.51.410.52.6
Nov / -1°4594.68.90.3
Dec-1° / -6°379.188.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
32575
42674
52674
62674
72773
82773
92872
102971
112971
123070
133070
143169
153169
163268
173268
183367
193268
203268
213268
223268
233268
243268
253268
263169
273268
283268
293268
303367
313367

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Poprad gets around 33 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 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 27% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13129
23028
33028
42927
52827
62826
72726
82725
92625
102624
112524
122524
132423
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232626
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282829
292929
302929
312930

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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
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8100
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28100
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
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268calm
278calm
288calm
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308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 min 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 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:40 AM to 7:21 AM, and sunset from 3:44 PM to 4:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.17:403:44
28.17:403:45
38.17:403:46
48.17:403:47
58.17:393:48
68.27:393:49
78.27:393:50
88.27:393:51
98.27:383:52
108.37:383:54
118.37:383:55
128.37:373:56
138.37:373:57
148.47:363:59
158.47:364:00
168.47:354:01
178.57:344:03
188.57:344:04
198.57:334:05
208.67:324:07
218.67:314:08
228.77:304:10
238.77:294:11
248.77:284:13
258.87:274:14
268.87:264:16
278.97:254:17
288.97:244:19
299.07:234:20
309.07:224:22
319.07:214:24

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.32 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.18 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
21.0Dim
31.0Dim
41.0Dim
51.0Dim
61.0Dim
71.0Dim
81.0Dim
91.1Dim
101.1Dim
111.1Dim
121.1Dim
131.1Dim
141.1Dim
151.2Dim
161.2Dim
171.2Dim
181.2Dim
191.3Dim
201.3Dim
211.3Dim
221.3Dim
231.3Dim
241.4Dim
251.4Dim
261.4Dim
271.4Dim
281.5Dim
291.5Dim
301.5Dim
311.5Dim
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Poprad

In seasonPeak

None of Poprad's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Poprad's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Poprad?

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 Poprad.

What to pack for Poprad in January

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

In January, Poprad sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -8°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Poprad 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 Poprad peaks around July 10 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 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 10UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Poprad?

Poprad sits at 49.1°N, 20.3°E, 668 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Kežmarok, 13 km away.

ZakopaneStará ĽubovňaRožňavaLiptovský MikulášNowy Targ

Topography around Poprad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Poprad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 686 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,014 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,421 m.

The land around Poprad is covered by cropland (61%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, trees (42%) and cropland (36%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
2,014 m
80 km
2,421 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesmoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Kežmarok 13 km · Levoča 22 km · Spišská Nová Ves 23 km · Zakopane 37 km · Stará Ľubovňa 39 km · Rožňava 48 km · Liptovský Mikuláš 49 km · Nowy Targ 50 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 Poprad (49.0614°, 20.298°, elevation 668 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).