Climate averages 1991–2020
Podgorica weather
in January.
A cool, very wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Podgorica: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about 0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shkodër (46 km away). In January its highs average 9.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Podgorica, with 166 mm of rain.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 180 mm to 195 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
Podgorica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 180 | 12.1 | 9.59 h |
| February | 9.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 195 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| March | 13.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 189 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 158 | 12.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 121 | 12.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 67 | 9.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 43 | 6.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 30.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 41 | 5.8 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 164 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 212 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 286 | 12.8 | 9.810 h |
| December | 9.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 271 | 13.5 | 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
- Shkodër in JanuaryAlbania · 46 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 166 mm rain
- Gjakovë in JanuaryKosovo · 96 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Prizren in JanuaryKosovo · 124 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Durrës in JanuaryAlbania · 125 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in JanuarySerbia · 128 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -3.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Suva Reka in JanuaryKosovo · 129 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Tirana in JanuaryAlbania · 132 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in JanuaryKosovo · 140 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.5°C · 44 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 Podgorica) is explained once on the Podgorica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.