Climate averages 1991–2020
Tbilisi weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Tbilisi: daytime highs average 5.6°C and nights cool to about -3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 31 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rustavi (19 km away). In January its highs average 6.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Tbilisi, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Georgia, Tbilisi ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 4 cities is 6.9°C; Tbilisi is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 6.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 30 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
Tbilisi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.6°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 25 | 6.4 | 9.510 h |
| February | 6.9°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 30 | 6.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.4°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 64 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 105 | 14.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 111 | 15.8 | 14.515 h |
| June | 26.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 75 | 11.2 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 47 | 7.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 29.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 46 | 7.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 51 | 8.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 65 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.6°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 43 | 7.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 6.7°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 29 | 6.2 | 9.29 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
- Rustavi in JanuaryGeorgia · 19 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Vanadzor in JanuaryArmenia · 102 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -9.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Gyumri in JanuaryArmenia · 130 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -10.9°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Vladikavkaz in JanuaryRussia · 151 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -6.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Ganja in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 170 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Yerevan in JanuaryArmenia · 170 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -6.8°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Nazran in JanuaryRussia · 171 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -5.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Sunzha in JanuaryRussia · 182 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -5.0°C · 30 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 Tbilisi) is explained once on the Tbilisi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.