Climate averages 1991–2020
Nitra weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Nitra: daytime highs average 2.7°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bratislava (75 km away). In January its highs average 2.9°C, about as warm as Nitra, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Nitra ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 6 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 6 cities is 1.5°C; Nitra is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 5.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 34 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
Nitra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.7°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 39 | 8.1 | 8.89 h |
| February | 5.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 34 | 8.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 40 | 8.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 41 | 7.9 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 67 | 10.6 | 15.215 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 71 | 10.6 | 16.016 h |
| July | 26.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 72 | 10.5 | 15.716 h |
| August | 26.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 62 | 8.8 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 60 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 49 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 49 | 9.1 | 9.39 h |
| December | 3.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 43 | 8.4 | 8.48 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
- Bratislava in JanuarySlovakia · 75 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Győr in JanuaryHungary · 77 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -2.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Banská Bystrica in JanuarySlovakia · 92 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -5.0°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Zlín in JanuaryCzechia · 107 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -4.0°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Žilina in JanuarySlovakia · 113 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -5.2°C · 63 mm precipitation
- Budapest in JanuaryHungary · 115 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -2.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in JanuaryHungary · 127 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Vienna in JanuaryAustria · 127 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -2.9°C · 35 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 Nitra) is explained once on the Nitra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.