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Sarajevo in January

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Sarajevo is chilly: highs near 43°F, lows near 25°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 33 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Sarajevo is chilly: highs near 6°C, lows near -4°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 33 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
43°F6°Caverage
Low
25°F-4°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 45% of days
Daylight
9h 19mon average

Is January a good time to visit Sarajevo?

January sits outside Sarajevo's best months, which run from June to September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 43°F in January, against 43°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 6°C in January, against 6°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

45% of days in January, against 34% to 54% through the year.

Cloud cover

66% cover in January, against 29% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

9h 19m in January, against 8h 58m to 15h 24m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December45°7°low 28°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January43°6°low 25°low -4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February45°7°low 25°low -4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Sarajevo sits, in January

Europe/Sarajevo
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:18 AMsets 4:32 PM
Above the sea
540 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Sarajevo, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Sarajevo is our one place in Bosnia & Herzegovina so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Sarajevo

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sarajevo. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (540 m) against the climate model's (817 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (540 m) against the climate model's (817 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.