Climate averages 1991–2020

Toruń weather
in January.

A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 1.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low -3.2°C Night-time mean, January

Precipitation 38 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 8 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a cold month in Toruń: daytime highs average 1.2°C and nights cool to about -3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 38 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 10 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Fordon (32 km away). In January its highs average 1.3°C, about as warm as Toruń, with 38 mm of precipitation.

Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Toruń ranks joint 22nd of 60 for the warmest January highs and joint 4th of 60 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 1.1°C; Toruń is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 2.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 38 mm to 32 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Toruń climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Toruń, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	1.2°C-3.2°C	-3.2°C	38	9.7	8.28 h
February	2.9°C-2.7°C	-2.7°C	32	8.5	9.810 h
March	7.1°C-0.4°C	-0.4°C	41	10.1	11.812 h
April	13.4°C3.9°C	3.9°C	36	8.8	13.914 h
May	18.3°C8.9°C	8.9°C	60	11.6	15.816 h
June	21.5°C12.6°C	12.6°C	61	11.5	16.817 h
July	23.5°C14.9°C	14.9°C	84	11.8	16.416 h
August	23.3°C14.8°C	14.8°C	60	10.1	14.815 h
September	18.4°C10.9°C	10.9°C	52	8.9	12.713 h
October	12.5°C6.5°C	6.5°C	43	9.4	10.711 h
November	6.6°C2.3°C	2.3°C	36	9.2	8.79 h
December	2.6°C-1.4°C	-1.4°C	40	9.6	7.78 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

Distance from Toruń

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Toruń) is explained once on the Toruń year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.