January Precipitation Averages for European Cities

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during January at major cities throughout Europe. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

The cities range from Amsterdam to Zurich and from Reykjavík to İstanbul. They are listed alphabetically and you can jump ahead to the section for Amsterdam to Kiev, Leeds to Pristina and Reykjavík to Zurich.

Included in this list are Europe's national capitals plus cities with a metropolitan population of over one million people.

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation amounted to at least one millimetre (0.04 inches). The month's total precipitation is an average of historical weather data collected over a long period, in most cases 30 years.

Average monthly precipitation in January
Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
12	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2.6	67
10	Andorra la Vella, Andorra	3.3	83
5	Athens, Greece	1.9	48
5	Barcelona, Spain	1.6	41
8	Belgrade, Serbia	1.8	47
10	Berlin, Germany	1.7	42
12	Birmingham, United Kingdom	2.3	58
14	Bratislava, Slovakia	1.7	42
19	Brussels, Belgium	3.0	76
6	Bucharest, Romania	1.6	40
7	Budapest, Hungary	1.6	41
6	Chisinau, Moldova	1.6	40
12	Cologne, Germany	2.4	60
9	Copenhagen, Denmark	1.5	37
12	Dublin, Ireland	2.5	63
17	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4.4	113
12	Hamburg, Germany	2.5	64
11	Helsinki, Finland	2.1	54
12	İstanbul, Turkey	3.6	92
10	Kazan, Russia	1.3	33
9	Kharkiv, Ukraine	1.7	44
9	Kyiv, Ukraine	1.9	47

January averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
15	Leeds, United Kingdom	4.3	110
12	Lille, France	2.4	61
10	Lisbon, Portugal	3.8	97
9	Ljubljana, Slovenia	2.8	71
11	London, United Kingdom	1.6	42
12	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	2.8	71
9	Lyon, France	1.9	47
6	Madrid, Spain	1.5	37
13	Manchester, United Kingdom	2.8	72
5	Marseille, France	1.9	48
7	Milan, Italy	2.3	59
10	Minsk, Belarus	1.6	40
6	Monaco, Monaco	2.7	69
11	Moscow, Russia	1.7	42
10	Munich, Germany	1.9	48
9	Naples, Italy	3.6	92
6	Nice, France	2.7	69
9	Nizhny & Novgorod, Russia	1.1	29
8	Odessa, Ukraine	1.7	42
9	Oslo, Norway	1.9	49
10	Paris, France	2.0	51
10	Podgorica, Montenegro	7.5	192
7	Prague, Czech Republic	0.9	24
14	Pristina, Kosovo	1.5	39

Average amount of rain and snow in January
Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
13	Reykjavík, Iceland	3.0	76
9	Riga, Latvia	1.3	33
8	Rome, Italy	2.7	70
9	Rostov-on-Don, Russia	2.2	56
12	Rotterdam, Netherlands	2.7	69
10	Saint Petersburg, Russia	1.5	38
10	Samara, Russia	1.8	46
6	San Marino, San Marino	1.6	42
10	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	2.8	71
5	Skopje, Macedonia	1.2	30
5	Sofia, Bulgaria	1.2	31
10	Stockholm, Sweden	1.5	39
12	Tallinn, Estonia	2.0	51
5	Turin, Italy	1.9	48
11	Ufa, Russia	1.6	40
7	Vaduz, Liechtenstein	1.6	41
14	Valletta, Malta	3.5	89
7	Vienna, Austria	1.5	38
10	Vilnius, Lithuania	1.6	41
8	Volgograd, Russia	1.5	37
6	Warsaw, Poland	0.9	22
6	Zagreb, Croatia	1.7	43
10	Zurich, Switzerland	2.6	65

Average January Precipitation for Cities in Europe

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