Climate averages 1991–2020
Skopje 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 Skopje: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about -1.8°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 30 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumanovo (28 km away). In January its highs average 5.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Skopje, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Skopje ranks 1st 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; Skopje is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 8.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 43 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
Skopje climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 6.4°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 45 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
| February | 8.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 43 | 7.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 56 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 57 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 49 | 10.1 | 14.515 h |
| June | 27.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 38 | 7.8 | 15.215 h |
| July | 30.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 25 | 4.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 25.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 33 | 5.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 53 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| December | 7.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 59 | 9.1 | 9.29 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
- Kumanovo in JanuaryNorth Macedonia · 28 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -1.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Prizren in JanuaryKosovo · 62 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Suva Reka in JanuaryKosovo · 64 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Prilep in JanuaryNorth Macedonia · 73 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -2.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Pristina in JanuaryKosovo · 78 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -2.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Gjakovë in JanuaryKosovo · 93 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in JanuaryKosovo · 109 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Leskovac in JanuarySerbia · 119 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -4.0°C · 47 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 Skopje) is explained once on the Skopje year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.