Climate averages 1991–2020
Wrocław weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Wrocław: daytime highs average 2.3°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Legnica (62 km away). In January its highs average 2.3°C, about as warm as Wrocław, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Wrocław ranks joint 4th of 60 for the warmest January highs and joint 23rd of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 1.1°C; Wrocław is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 4.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 35 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
Wrocław climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.3°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 41 | 10.9 | 8.58 h |
| February | 4.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 35 | 9.1 | 10.010 h |
| March | 8.3°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 48 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 40 | 9.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 61 | 11.5 | 15.516 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 75 | 11.5 | 16.516 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 94 | 12.7 | 16.116 h |
| August | 24.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 65 | 10.3 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 61 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 48 | 9.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.8°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 40 | 9.3 | 9.09 h |
| December | 3.4°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 41 | 9.9 | 8.08 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
- Legnica in JanuaryPoland · 62 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -3.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Wałbrzych in JanuaryPoland · 64 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -5.2°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Lubin in JanuaryPoland · 67 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -2.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Opole in JanuaryPoland · 79 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -3.5°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Ostrów Wielkopolski in JanuaryPoland · 82 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -3.2°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Jelenia Góra in JanuaryPoland · 94 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -4.5°C · 61 mm precipitation
- Kalisz in JanuaryPoland · 104 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -3.2°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Hradec Králové in JanuaryCzechia · 130 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -3.3°C · 48 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 Wrocław) is explained once on the Wrocław year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.