Climate averages 1991–2020
Pilsen weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry 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 Pilsen: daytime highs average 2.4°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prague (84 km away). In January its highs average 3.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Pilsen, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Czechia, Pilsen ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 2.0°C; Pilsen is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 4.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 33 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
Pilsen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 38 | 10.2 | 8.69 h |
| February | 4.3°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 33 | 8.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 45 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 42 | 10.5 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 63 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 73 | 12.5 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 79 | 12.8 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 69 | 10.7 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 54 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 45 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.1°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 42 | 8.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | 3.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 40 | 9.8 | 8.28 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
- Prague in JanuaryCzechia · 84 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -2.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Ústí nad Labem in JanuaryCzechia · 112 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 50 mm rain
- České Budějovice in JanuaryCzechia · 117 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -3.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Regensburg in JanuaryGermany · 123 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -3.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Chemnitz in JanuaryGermany · 125 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Zwickau in JanuaryGermany · 126 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -1.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Bayreuth in JanuaryGermany · 131 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -2.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Dresden in JanuaryGermany · 147 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -2.0°C · 62 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 Pilsen) is explained once on the Pilsen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.