Climate averages 1991–2020
Szczecin weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Szczecin: daytime highs average 2.5°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stargard (35 km away). In January its highs average 2.3°C, about as warm as Szczecin, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Szczecin ranks joint 1st of 60 for the warmest January highs and joint 36th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 1.1°C; Szczecin is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 3.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 36 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
Szczecin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.5°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 45 | 10.8 | 8.18 h |
| February | 3.9°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 36 | 9.0 | 9.810 h |
| March | 7.6°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 44 | 10.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 38 | 9.3 | 14.014 h |
| May | 17.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 55 | 11.3 | 15.916 h |
| June | 20.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 61 | 10.8 | 16.917 h |
| July | 22.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 75 | 11.3 | 16.516 h |
| August | 22.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 11.6 | 14.815 h |
| September | 18.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 54 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 48 | 9.9 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 40 | 10.1 | 8.79 h |
| December | 3.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 46 | 11.0 | 7.68 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
- Stargard in JanuaryPoland · 35 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -2.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in JanuaryPoland · 89 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -2.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Berlin in JanuaryGermany · 126 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -1.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Koszalin in JanuaryPoland · 136 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -1.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Piła in JanuaryPoland · 148 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -2.6°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Potsdam in JanuaryGermany · 152 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -1.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Rostock in JanuaryGermany · 175 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -0.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Zielona Góra in JanuaryPoland · 178 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -2.5°C · 46 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 Szczecin) is explained once on the Szczecin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.