Climate averages 1991–2020

Žilina weather
in January.

A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 0.7°C Daytime mean, January

Average low -5.2°C Night-time mean, January

Precipitation 63 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 9 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a cold month in Žilina: daytime highs average 0.7°C and nights cool to about -5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 63 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 42 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Banská Bystrica (62 km away). In January its highs average 1.2°C, about as warm as Žilina, with 49 mm of precipitation.

Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Žilina ranks joint 5th of 6 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 6 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 6 cities is 1.5°C; Žilina is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 2.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 63 mm to 60 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Žilina climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Žilina, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	0.7°C-5.2°C	-5.2°C	63	12.1	8.79 h
February	2.6°C-4.3°C	-4.3°C	60	11.4	10.110 h
March	7.1°C-0.8°C	-0.8°C	68	12.7	11.912 h
April	13.6°C3.6°C	3.6°C	67	11.7	13.714 h
May	18.0°C8.6°C	8.6°C	98	15.2	15.315 h
June	21.3°C12.4°C	12.4°C	106	15.4	16.216 h
July	23.1°C14.3°C	14.3°C	116	16.0	15.816 h
August	23.2°C14.1°C	14.1°C	92	12.7	14.414 h
September	18.0°C9.9°C	9.9°C	83	12.2	12.713 h
October	12.6°C5.4°C	5.4°C	69	11.0	10.811 h
November	6.9°C1.4°C	1.4°C	63	11.4	9.29 h
December	1.7°C-3.2°C	-3.2°C	64	12.1	8.38 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

Distance from Žilina

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Žilina) is explained once on the Žilina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.