Climate averages 1991–2020
Prilep weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Prilep: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about -2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Skopje (73 km away). In January its highs average 6.4°C, 1.2°C warmer than Prilep, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Prilep ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest January highs and joint 2nd of 3 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is 5.7°C; Prilep is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 7.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 42 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
Prilep climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.2°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 45 | 8.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 7.1°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 42 | 8.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.0°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 53 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 54 | 10.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 52 | 10.1 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 31 | 7.3 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 24 | 4.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 21 | 4.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 32 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 49 | 6.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 51 | 7.6 | 9.910 h |
| December | 6.2°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 55 | 8.5 | 9.39 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
- Skopje in JanuaryNorth Macedonia · 73 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -1.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Kumanovo in JanuaryNorth Macedonia · 89 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -1.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Prizren in JanuaryKosovo · 118 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Elbasan in JanuaryAlbania · 126 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Suva Reka in JanuaryKosovo · 128 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Évosmos in JanuaryGreece · 136 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Thessaloníki in JanuaryGreece · 140 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Tirana in JanuaryAlbania · 145 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 103 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 Prilep) is explained once on the Prilep year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.