Climate averages 1991–2020
Szolnok 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 Szolnok: daytime highs average 3.3°C and nights cool to about -2.7°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 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kecskemét (49 km away). In January its highs average 3.4°C, about as warm as Szolnok, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Szolnok ranks joint 6th 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; Szolnok is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 5.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 37 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
Szolnok climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 3.3°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 34 | 7.7 | 9.09 h |
| February | 5.8°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 37 | 7.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.1°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 36 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 46 | 9.1 | 13.614 h |
| May | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 63 | 11.8 | 15.115 h |
| June | 25.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 71 | 11.0 | 15.816 h |
| July | 27.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 71 | 10.2 | 15.516 h |
| August | 27.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 54 | 8.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 55 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 52 | 8.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 47 | 8.1 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 44 | 8.5 | 8.69 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
- Kecskemét in JanuaryHungary · 49 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -2.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Budapest in JanuaryHungary · 94 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -2.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Szeged in JanuaryHungary · 103 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -2.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Miskolc in JanuaryHungary · 111 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Debrecen in JanuaryHungary · 114 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -3.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Subotica in JanuarySerbia · 127 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -2.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Oradea in JanuaryRomania · 131 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in JanuaryHungary · 135 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 37 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 Szolnok) is explained once on the Szolnok year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.