Climate averages 1991–2020
Pécs 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 Pécs: daytime highs average 4.3°C and nights cool to about -1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 38 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 9 h 05 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Osijek (69 km away). In January its highs average 4.5°C, about as warm as Pécs, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Pécs ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 11 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 11 cities is 3.2°C; Pécs is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 6.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 45 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
Pécs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.3°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 38 | 7.7 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.6°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 45 | 8.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 47 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 50 | 9.9 | 13.514 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 70 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 74 | 11.1 | 15.716 h |
| July | 27.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 60 | 9.6 | 15.415 h |
| August | 27.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 60 | 8.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 64 | 8.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 55 | 7.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 53 | 8.8 | 9.510 h |
| December | 4.8°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 54 | 9.0 | 8.79 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
- Osijek in JanuaryCroatia · 69 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Subotica in JanuarySerbia · 111 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -2.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in JanuaryHungary · 125 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Kecskemét in JanuaryHungary · 145 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -2.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Szeged in JanuaryHungary · 149 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -2.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Novi Sad in JanuarySerbia · 155 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Banja Luka in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 165 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Budapest in JanuaryHungary · 170 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -2.8°C · 36 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 Pécs) is explained once on the Pécs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.