Zvolen weather in January

In January, Zvolen sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 46 mm of precipitation across 9.2 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 0°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 Zvolen's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zvolen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
46 mm
9.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
7:38 AM – 4:08 PM
Cloud cover
70%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
1.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Zvolen is town in Slovakia.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 14.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
404/km²
people per km²
Founded
1135

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 Zvolen 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 on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Zvolen

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
wind chill below the day's low

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

Zvolen 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 / -6°469.27.18.50.0
Feb / -5°469.26.59.80.0
Mar / -1°539.83.411.61.2
Apr14° / 6210.70.613.43.9
May18° / 99140155.4
Jun22° / 11°10614.2015.85.9
Jul24° / 12°10313.6015.56.4
Aug23° / 12°8811.3014.16.8
Sep18° / 7210012.45.8
Oct12° / 6510.40.410.63.4
Nov / 6210.52.790.7
Dec / -4°519.66.18.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23169
33169
43169
53169
63169
73070
83070
93070
103070
113169
123169
133169
143169
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Zvolen gets around 46 mm of rain and snow over 9.2 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 30% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13324
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73022
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313023

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 7 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
17calm
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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 7:42 AM to 7:24 AM, and sunset from 3:51 PM to 4:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.17:423:51
28.27:423:52
38.27:423:53
48.27:423:54
58.27:423:55
68.27:423:56
78.37:423:57
88.37:413:58
98.37:413:59
108.37:414:00
118.47:404:01
128.47:404:03
138.47:394:04
148.47:394:05
158.57:384:06
168.57:384:08
178.57:374:09
188.67:364:10
198.67:354:12
208.67:354:13
218.77:344:15
228.77:334:16
238.87:324:18
248.87:314:19
258.87:304:21
268.97:294:22
278.97:284:24
289.07:274:25
299.07:264:27
309.17:254:28
319.17:244:30

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.87 kWh/m² to a high of 5.71 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.14 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 Zvolen?

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 Zvolen.

What to pack for Zvolen in January

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

In January, Zvolen sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Zvolen 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 Zvolen peaks around July 13 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 13UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Zvolen 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 Zvolen is worst in June — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Zvolen's WHO annual average of 14.4 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1918 µg/m³Dec 1410 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov11Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Zvolen?

Zvolen sits at 48.6°N, 19.2°E, 297 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Banská Bystrica, 18 km away.

HandlováBreznoPrievidzaLučenecBojniceLevice

Topography around Zvolen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zvolen has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 302 m around an average of 341 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 816 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,041 m.

The land around Zvolen is covered by trees (49%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
302 m
16 km
816 m
80 km
2,041 m
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January weather nearby: Banská Bystrica 18 km · Žiar nad Hronom 22 km · Handlová 34 km · Brezno 44 km · Prievidza 45 km · Lučenec 46 km · Bojnice 48 km · Levice 57 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 Zvolen (48.5744°, 19.1532°, elevation 297 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).