Climate averages 1991–2020
Brest weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Brest: daytime highs average -0.4°C and nights cool to about -5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 35 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siedlce (98 km away). In January its highs average -0.1°C, about as warm as Brest, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Brest ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest January highs and joint 2nd of 18 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is -2.2°C; Brest is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 1.0°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 35 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Brest climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -0.4°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 35 | 9.0 | 8.38 h |
| February | 1.0°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 35 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| March | 6.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 41 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 47 | 10.0 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 73 | 12.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 71 | 12.2 | 16.717 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 84 | 13.0 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 65 | 10.1 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 60 | 9.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 45 | 9.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 5.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 39 | 9.0 | 8.99 h |
| December | 0.9°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 40 | 9.6 | 7.88 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Siedlce in JanuaryPoland · 98 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -4.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Białystok in JanuaryPoland · 120 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -5.1°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Lublin in JanuaryPoland · 124 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Pinsk in JanuaryBelarus · 160 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -5.4°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Wawer in JanuaryPoland · 174 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -3.9°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Hrodna in JanuaryBelarus · 174 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -5.3°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Praga Południe in JanuaryPoland · 180 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -3.9°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Warsaw in JanuaryPoland · 185 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -4.0°C · 40 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Brest) is explained once on the Brest year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.