Climate averages 1991–2020
Daugavpils weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Daugavpils: daytime highs average -2.1°C and nights cool to about -6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novopolotsk (135 km away). In January its highs average -2.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Daugavpils, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 2 cities listed in Latvia, Daugavpils ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 2 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 2 cities is -1.5°C; Daugavpils is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to -1.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 41 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Daugavpils climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -2.1°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 41 | 11.0 | 7.78 h |
| February | -1.4°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 39 | 9.6 | 9.510 h |
| March | 3.5°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 41 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.1°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 45 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| May | 16.9°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 68 | 11.2 | 16.316 h |
| June | 20.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 78 | 12.7 | 17.517 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 78 | 12.6 | 16.917 h |
| August | 21.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 77 | 11.6 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 59 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.2°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 60 | 11.9 | 10.510 h |
| November | 3.3°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 47 | 11.0 | 8.38 h |
| December | -0.5°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 43 | 10.9 | 7.17 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Novopolotsk in JanuaryBelarus · 135 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Panevėžys in JanuaryLithuania · 137 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Polotsk in JanuaryBelarus · 148 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Vilnius in JanuaryLithuania · 155 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.8°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Maladziečna in JanuaryBelarus · 175 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -6.6°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Riga in JanuaryLatvia · 190 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -4.9°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Kaunas in JanuaryLithuania · 198 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -5.5°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Šiauliai in JanuaryLithuania · 201 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -5.5°C · 39 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 Daugavpils) is explained once on the Daugavpils year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.