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Podgorica in January

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Podgorica is cool: highs near 51°F, lows near 33°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Podgorica is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 1°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
51°F11°Caverage
Low
33°F1°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
9h 27mon average

Is January a good time to visit Podgorica?

January sits outside Podgorica's best months, which run in two parts: May, or September to October. Expect cool days and rain 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 51°F in January, against 51°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in January, against 11°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in January, against 20% to 46% through the year.

Cloud cover

58% cover in January, against 20% to 60% through the year.

Daylight

9h 27m in January, against 9h 07m to 15h 14m 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. December53°12°low 36°low 2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January51°11°low 33°low 1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February52°11°low 33°low 1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Podgorica sits, in January

Europe/Podgorica
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:10 AMsets 4:33 PM
Above the sea
40 mlow-lying
Latitude
42.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Budva38 km south-west

The land around Podgorica, 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. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Montenegro in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Podgorica

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Podgorica. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.