Climate averages 1991–2020
Polotsk weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Polotsk: daytime highs average -2.7°C and nights cool to about -6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 43 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novopolotsk (13 km away). In January its highs average -2.7°C, about as warm as Polotsk, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Polotsk ranks joint 12th of 18 for the warmest January highs and joint 16th of 18 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is -2.2°C; Polotsk is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to -2.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 43 mm to 39 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
Polotsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -2.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 43 | 10.8 | 7.88 h |
| February | -2.0°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 39 | 9.7 | 9.610 h |
| March | 3.1°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 39 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 46 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.0°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 64 | 11.4 | 16.216 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 75 | 12.3 | 17.417 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 87 | 13.0 | 16.917 h |
| August | 21.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 73 | 11.3 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 61 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.0°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 61 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| November | 2.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 49 | 10.4 | 8.48 h |
| December | -1.0°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 43 | 10.5 | 7.27 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
- Novopolotsk in JanuaryBelarus · 13 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Vitebsk in JanuaryBelarus · 96 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -7.5°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Barysaw in JanuaryBelarus · 141 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -7.0°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Velikiye Luki in JanuaryRussia · 145 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -7.3°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Daugavpils in JanuaryLatvia · 148 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.1°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Orsha in JanuaryBelarus · 150 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -7.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Maladziečna in JanuaryBelarus · 179 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -6.6°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Minsk in JanuaryBelarus · 193 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 Polotsk) is explained once on the Polotsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.