Climate averages 1991–2020
Nowy Sącz weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Nowy Sącz: daytime highs average 1.2°C and nights cool to about -5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tarnów (48 km away). In January its highs average 1.0°C, about as warm as Nowy Sącz, with 46 mm of precipitation.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Nowy Sącz ranks joint 22nd of 60 for the warmest January highs and joint 34th of 60 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 1.1°C; Nowy Sącz is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 3.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 44 mm to 47 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
Nowy Sącz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.2°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 44 | 10.4 | 8.79 h |
| February | 3.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 47 | 11.1 | 10.110 h |
| March | 7.4°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 52 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 69 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 106 | 15.3 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 109 | 15.1 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 128 | 16.3 | 15.816 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 89 | 13.2 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 78 | 11.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 64 | 10.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 49 | 10.3 | 9.19 h |
| December | 2.2°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 44 | 10.7 | 8.28 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
- Tarnów in JanuaryPoland · 48 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -4.8°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Kraków in JanuaryPoland · 73 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -5.0°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Prešov in JanuarySlovakia · 79 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -5.3°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Rzeszów in JanuaryPoland · 104 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -4.4°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Košice in JanuarySlovakia · 109 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -5.2°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Bielsko-Biala in JanuaryPoland · 121 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -4.9°C · 65 mm precipitation
- Jaworzno in JanuaryPoland · 121 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -5.0°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Mysłowice in JanuaryPoland · 127 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 46 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 Nowy Sącz) is explained once on the Nowy Sącz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.