Climate averages 1991–2020
Debrecen 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 Debrecen: daytime highs average 2.6°C and nights cool to about -3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyíregyháza (48 km away). In January its highs average 2.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Debrecen, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Debrecen ranks 9th of 11 for the warmest January highs and joint 4th of 11 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 11 cities is 3.2°C; Debrecen is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 5.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 40 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
Debrecen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 34 | 8.1 | 8.99 h |
| February | 5.2°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 40 | 8.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 51 | 9.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 66 | 11.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 25.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 73 | 11.7 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 77 | 11.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 58 | 8.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 56 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 52 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 47 | 8.4 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.4°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 46 | 8.7 | 8.59 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
- Nyíregyháza in JanuaryHungary · 48 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -3.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Oradea in JanuaryRomania · 58 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Miskolc in JanuaryHungary · 90 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Satu Mare in JanuaryRomania · 97 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -4.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Szolnok in JanuaryHungary · 114 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Mukachevo in JanuaryUkraine · 130 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -5.1°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Uzhhorod in JanuaryUkraine · 131 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -4.5°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Košice in JanuarySlovakia · 134 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -5.2°C · 31 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 Debrecen) is explained once on the Debrecen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.