Climate averages 1991–2020
Gjakovë weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Gjakovë: daytime highs average 5.5°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 28 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prizren (31 km away). In January its highs average 6.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Gjakovë, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Kosovo, Gjakovë ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 5.4°C; Gjakovë is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 7.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 64 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
Gjakovë climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 63 | 9.8 | 9.59 h |
| February | 7.0°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 64 | 10.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.9°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 78 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 75 | 12.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 75 | 13.1 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 53 | 10.9 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 51 | 8.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 37 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 78 | 10.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 87 | 11.2 | 9.19 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
- Prizren in JanuaryKosovo · 31 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Suva Reka in JanuaryKosovo · 32 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in JanuaryKosovo · 66 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Pristina in JanuaryKosovo · 69 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -2.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Shkodër in JanuaryAlbania · 83 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 166 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in JanuarySerbia · 84 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -3.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Skopje in JanuaryNorth Macedonia · 93 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -1.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Podgorica in JanuaryMontenegro · 96 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 180 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 Gjakovë) is explained once on the Gjakovë year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.