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Skopje in January

Chilly and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Skopje is chilly: highs near 47°F, lows near 28°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Skopje is chilly: highs near 8°C, lows near -2°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
47°F8°Caverage
Low
28°F-2°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
9h 30mon average

Is January a good time to visit Skopje?

January sits outside Skopje's best months, which run in two parts: May, or September to October. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about two 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 47°F in January, against 47°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 8°C in January, against 8°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in January, against 20% to 38% through the year.

Cloud cover

54% cover in January, against 18% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

9h 30m in January, against 9h 10m to 15h 11m 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. December49°9°low 32°low 0°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January47°8°low 28°low -2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February50°10°low 30°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Skopje sits, in January

Europe/Skopje
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:00 AMsets 4:26 PM
Above the sea
240 mlow-lying
Latitude
42.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Skopje, 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. Skopje is our one place in North Macedonia so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Skopje

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Skopje. 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 (240 m) against the climate model's (383 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 (240 m) against the climate model's (383 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.