Climate averages 1991–2020
Subotica weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Subotica: daytime highs average 4.0°C and nights cool to about -2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 05 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Szeged (41 km away). In January its highs average 3.9°C, about as warm as Subotica, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Serbia, Subotica ranks 13th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 4.7°C; Subotica is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 6.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 42 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
Subotica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.0°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 36 | 7.7 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.4°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 42 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 42 | 8.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 48 | 9.7 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 65 | 11.4 | 14.915 h |
| June | 26.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 70 | 11.5 | 15.716 h |
| July | 28.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 64 | 9.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 51 | 8.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 56 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.0°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 52 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 46 | 7.8 | 9.510 h |
| December | 4.5°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 50 | 9.0 | 8.79 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
- Szeged in JanuaryHungary · 41 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -2.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Kecskemét in JanuaryHungary · 90 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -2.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Novi Sad in JanuarySerbia · 95 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Osijek in JanuaryCroatia · 97 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Zrenjanin in JanuarySerbia · 97 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -2.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Pécs in JanuaryHungary · 111 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -1.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Timişoara in JanuaryRomania · 127 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -2.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Szolnok in JanuaryHungary · 127 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 34 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 Subotica) is explained once on the Subotica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.