Climate averages 1991–2020
Niš weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Niš: daytime highs average 4.8°C and nights cool to about -3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leskovac (36 km away). In January its highs average 4.7°C, about as warm as Niš, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Serbia, Niš ranks 6th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 4.7°C; Niš is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 7.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 40 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
Niš climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 43 | 9.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | 7.2°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 40 | 8.4 | 10.510 h |
| March | 12.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 55 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 61 | 10.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 62 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 55 | 9.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 42 | 8.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 32 | 6.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 36 | 6.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 43 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 5.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 50 | 9.4 | 9.09 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
- Leskovac in JanuarySerbia · 36 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -4.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Kruševac in JanuarySerbia · 54 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Pristina in JanuaryKosovo · 94 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -2.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in JanuaryKosovo · 97 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Kraljevo in JanuarySerbia · 108 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Kragujevac in JanuarySerbia · 111 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -2.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in JanuarySerbia · 115 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -3.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Pernik in JanuaryBulgaria · 122 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -5.0°C · 40 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 Niš) is explained once on the Niš year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.