Climate averages 1991–2020
Maladziečna weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Maladziečna: daytime highs average -2.4°C and nights cool to about -6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Minsk (66 km away). In January its highs average -2.9°C, about as warm as Maladziečna, with 39 mm of precipitation.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Maladziečna ranks 8th of 18 for the warmest January highs and joint 9th of 18 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is -2.2°C; Maladziečna is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to -1.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 39 mm to 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
Maladziečna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 39 | 10.1 | 8.08 h |
| February | -1.7°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 35 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| March | 3.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 39 | 9.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.4°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 46 | 9.7 | 14.014 h |
| May | 17.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 67 | 12.6 | 16.016 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 72 | 12.4 | 17.117 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 89 | 12.9 | 16.617 h |
| August | 21.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 68 | 10.5 | 14.915 h |
| September | 16.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 55 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.7°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 54 | 10.5 | 10.611 h |
| November | 3.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 41 | 9.8 | 8.69 h |
| December | -0.7°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 41 | 10.5 | 7.47 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
- Minsk in JanuaryBelarus · 66 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -7.1°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Barysaw in JanuaryBelarus · 108 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -7.0°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Vilnius in JanuaryLithuania · 110 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.8°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Lida in JanuaryBelarus · 112 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.9°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Baranovichi in JanuaryBelarus · 143 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -6.2°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Novopolotsk in JanuaryBelarus · 174 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Daugavpils in JanuaryLatvia · 175 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.1°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Soligorsk in JanuaryBelarus · 176 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -6.2°C · 36 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 Maladziečna) is explained once on the Maladziečna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.