Climate averages 1991–2020
Gniezno weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Gniezno: daytime highs average 1.4°C and nights cool to about -3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 15 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Poznań (46 km away). In January its highs average 1.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Gniezno, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Gniezno ranks joint 18th of 60 for the warmest January highs and joint 14th of 60 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 1.1°C; Gniezno is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 3.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 34 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
Gniezno climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.4°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 40 | 10.0 | 8.28 h |
| February | 3.1°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 34 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| March | 7.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 45 | 10.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 33 | 8.0 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 54 | 10.7 | 15.716 h |
| June | 21.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 61 | 11.0 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 86 | 11.8 | 16.316 h |
| August | 23.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 61 | 10.2 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 49 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 41 | 9.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 6.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 38 | 9.0 | 8.89 h |
| December | 2.6°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 41 | 9.7 | 7.88 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
- Poznań in JanuaryPoland · 46 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -2.6°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Inowrocław in JanuaryPoland · 55 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -3.2°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Konin in JanuaryPoland · 57 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Bydgoszcz in JanuaryPoland · 71 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -3.0°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Fordon in JanuaryPoland · 79 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -2.9°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Toruń in JanuaryPoland · 87 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -3.2°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Piła in JanuaryPoland · 89 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -2.6°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Kalisz in JanuaryPoland · 93 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -3.2°C · 40 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 Gniezno) is explained once on the Gniezno year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.