Climate averages 1991–2020
Rzeszów weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Rzeszów: daytime highs average 0.4°C and nights cool to about -4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tarnów (72 km away). In January its highs average 1.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Rzeszów, with 46 mm of precipitation.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Rzeszów ranks joint 53rd of 60 for the warmest January highs and joint 49th of 60 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 1.1°C; Rzeszów is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 2.3°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 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
Rzeszów climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 0.4°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 47 | 11.7 | 8.69 h |
| February | 2.3°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 47 | 11.1 | 10.010 h |
| March | 7.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 51 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 59 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 92 | 14.4 | 15.415 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 88 | 13.6 | 16.316 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 105 | 14.9 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 71 | 11.7 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 78 | 10.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 59 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 50 | 10.0 | 9.19 h |
| December | 1.7°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 46 | 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 · 72 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -4.8°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Nowy Sącz in JanuaryPoland · 104 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -5.5°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski in JanuaryPoland · 108 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Prešov in JanuarySlovakia · 128 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -5.3°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Drohobych in JanuaryUkraine · 133 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -5.7°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Kielce in JanuaryPoland · 134 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.8°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Lublin in JanuaryPoland · 140 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Lviv in JanuaryUkraine · 147 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -5.1°C · 39 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 Rzeszów) is explained once on the Rzeszów year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.