Climate averages 1991–2020
Leskovac weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Leskovac: daytime highs average 4.7°C and nights cool to about -4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Niš (36 km away). In January its highs average 4.8°C, about as warm as Leskovac, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Serbia, Leskovac ranks joint 7th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 4.7°C; Leskovac is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 7.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 45 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
Leskovac climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.7°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 47 | 9.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 7.2°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 45 | 9.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 11.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 61 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 67 | 10.9 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 70 | 11.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 59 | 9.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 45 | 8.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 36 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 41 | 6.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 46 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 46 | 8.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 5.6°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 57 | 10.2 | 9.19 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
- Niš in JanuarySerbia · 36 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -3.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Pristina in JanuaryKosovo · 73 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -2.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Kruševac in JanuarySerbia · 82 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in JanuaryKosovo · 89 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Kumanovo in JanuaryNorth Macedonia · 98 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -1.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Pernik in JanuaryBulgaria · 99 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -5.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Suva Reka in JanuaryKosovo · 116 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Sofia in JanuaryBulgaria · 117 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.3°C · 39 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 Leskovac) is explained once on the Leskovac year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.