Climate averages 1991–2020
Sarajevo weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Sarajevo: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about -3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ilidža (4 km away). In January its highs average 4.6°C, about as warm as Sarajevo, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest January highs and joint 4th of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 5.5°C; Sarajevo is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 5.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Sarajevo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 83 | 11.9 | 9.39 h |
| February | 5.7°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 92 | 11.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 9.8°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 93 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 109 | 15.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 110 | 16.0 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 94 | 13.7 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 84 | 12.5 | 15.115 h |
| August | 26.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 69 | 11.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 91 | 11.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 95 | 10.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 104 | 11.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | 5.5°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 110 | 12.6 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Ilidža in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 4 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Zenica in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 53 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Mostar in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 71 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -0.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Tuzla in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 81 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -3.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Banja Luka in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 138 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Split in JanuaryCroatia · 159 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Čačak in JanuarySerbia · 160 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -3.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Podgorica in JanuaryMontenegro · 173 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 180 mm rain
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 Sarajevo) is explained once on the Sarajevo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Ilidža lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.