Climate averages 1991–2020
Banská Bystrica weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: 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 Banská Bystrica: daytime highs average 1.2°C and nights cool to about -5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Žilina (62 km away). In January its highs average 0.7°C, about as warm as Banská Bystrica, with 63 mm of precipitation.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Banská Bystrica ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 6 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 6 cities is 1.5°C; Banská Bystrica is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 3.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 49 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Banská Bystrica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.2°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 49 | 10.1 | 8.89 h |
| February | 3.2°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 52 | 10.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 7.8°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 58 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 69 | 11.8 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 106 | 15.3 | 15.215 h |
| June | 22.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 118 | 14.8 | 16.116 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 116 | 14.7 | 15.716 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 98 | 12.2 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 78 | 11.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 67 | 10.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 60 | 10.8 | 9.29 h |
| December | 2.0°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 55 | 10.5 | 8.48 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
- Žilina in JanuarySlovakia · 62 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -5.2°C · 63 mm precipitation
- Nitra in JanuarySlovakia · 92 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -3.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in JanuaryPoland · 121 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -4.9°C · 65 mm precipitation
- Zlín in JanuaryCzechia · 121 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -4.0°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Havířov in JanuaryCzechia · 127 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -4.5°C · 54 mm precipitation
- Ostrava in JanuaryCzechia · 137 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -4.0°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Budapest in JanuaryHungary · 138 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -2.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Miskolc in JanuaryHungary · 139 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 29 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 Banská Bystrica) is explained once on the Banská Bystrica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.