Climate averages 1991–2020
Hradec Králové weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Hradec Králové: daytime highs average 2.1°C and nights cool to about -3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pardubice (19 km away). In January its highs average 2.2°C, about as warm as Hradec Králové, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Czechia, Hradec Králové ranks 6th of 12 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 2.0°C; Hradec Králové is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 3.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 38 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
Hradec Králové climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.1°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 48 | 11.1 | 8.69 h |
| February | 3.9°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 38 | 8.6 | 10.010 h |
| March | 8.2°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 49 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 36 | 9.0 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 59 | 11.1 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 66 | 11.4 | 16.316 h |
| July | 23.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 74 | 11.7 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 65 | 9.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 59 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 47 | 9.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 46 | 9.5 | 9.19 h |
| December | 3.0°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 50 | 10.3 | 8.18 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
- Pardubice in JanuaryCzechia · 19 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -3.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Wałbrzych in JanuaryPoland · 70 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -5.2°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Jelenia Góra in JanuaryPoland · 77 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -4.5°C · 61 mm precipitation
- Liberec in JanuaryCzechia · 83 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -3.5°C · 77 mm precipitation
- Prague in JanuaryCzechia · 102 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -2.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Legnica in JanuaryPoland · 114 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -3.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Olomouc in JanuaryCzechia · 122 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -4.1°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Brno in JanuaryCzechia · 126 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -3.7°C · 33 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 Hradec Králové) is explained once on the Hradec Králové year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.