Climate averages 1991–2020
České Budějovice weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in České Budějovice: daytime highs average 2.5°C and nights cool to about -3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 44 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Linz (76 km away). In January its highs average 3.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than České Budějovice, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Czechia, České Budějovice ranks 3rd of 12 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 2.0°C; České Budějovice is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 4.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 32 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
České Budějovice climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.5°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 40 | 9.7 | 8.79 h |
| February | 4.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 32 | 8.3 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.6°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 47 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 43 | 9.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 75 | 12.7 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 78 | 13.3 | 16.116 h |
| July | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 90 | 13.5 | 15.816 h |
| August | 23.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 79 | 11.1 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 60 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.5°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 48 | 9.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.6°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 42 | 8.8 | 9.29 h |
| December | 3.4°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 40 | 9.9 | 8.38 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
- Linz in JanuaryAustria · 76 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -3.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Pilsen in JanuaryCzechia · 117 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -3.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Prague in JanuaryCzechia · 124 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -2.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Pardubice in JanuaryCzechia · 151 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -3.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Brno in JanuaryCzechia · 157 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -3.7°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Vienna in JanuaryAustria · 164 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -2.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Salzburg in JanuaryAustria · 168 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -5.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Hradec Králové in JanuaryCzechia · 169 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -3.3°C · 48 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 České Budějovice) is explained once on the České Budějovice year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.