Climate averages 1991–2020
Pinsk weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Pinsk: daytime highs average -1.1°C and nights cool to about -5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 34 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baranovichi (112 km away). In January its highs average -1.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Pinsk, with 38 mm of precipitation.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Pinsk ranks 3rd of 18 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 18 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is -2.2°C; Pinsk is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 0.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 34 mm to 33 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
Pinsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -1.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 34 | 8.7 | 8.38 h |
| February | 0.3°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 33 | 9.3 | 9.910 h |
| March | 5.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 39 | 10.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 45 | 10.0 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.5°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 65 | 12.1 | 15.716 h |
| June | 21.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 72 | 11.8 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 91 | 13.0 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 62 | 9.2 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 57 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.3°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 50 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | 4.9°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 42 | 9.2 | 8.99 h |
| December | 0.3°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 41 | 10.0 | 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
- Baranovichi in JanuaryBelarus · 112 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -6.2°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Soligorsk in JanuaryBelarus · 124 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -6.2°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Lutsk in JanuaryUkraine · 160 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -4.8°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Brest in JanuaryBelarus · 160 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -5.0°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Rivne in JanuaryUkraine · 167 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -5.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Lida in JanuaryBelarus · 203 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.9°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Mazyr in JanuaryBelarus · 215 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.4°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Minsk in JanuaryBelarus · 222 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -7.1°C · 39 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 Pinsk) is explained once on the Pinsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.