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Russia · Month guide
Russia in January
Around -8 °C with 44 mm of rain and 2.5 hours of sun a day.
January is a mixed month for Russia — worth planning around specific regions. Around -8 °C with 44 mm of rain and 2.5 hours of sun a day. Use the regional grid below to find where this month works best — national averages hide the swings between coast, highlands, and inland.
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Russia · January
What the weather usually does
Russia · typical month
- Day / night-14 – -8 °CYear range -14 – 24 °C
- Rainfall44 mmYear range 37 – 80 mm
- Sunshine2.5 hr / dayYear range 1.8 – 7.9 hr / day
86 regions · current month
Russia, taken apart
- Altai Republic-15°C now · -15–19 °C yr
- Altai Republic-10°C now · -10–25 °C yr
- Amur-20°C now · -21–25 °C yr
- Arkhangelsk-11°C now · -11–16 °C yr
- Astrakhan-0°C now · -0–33 °C yr
- Autonomous Republic of Crimea5°C now · 5–29 °C yr
- Bashkortostan-9°C now · -9–25 °C yr
- Belgorod-2°C now · -2–27 °C yr
- Bryansk-2°C now · -2–25 °C yr
- Chechen Republic3°C now · 3–29 °C yr
- Chelyabinsk-10°C now · -10–25 °C yr
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug-23°C now · -23–16 °C yr
- Chuvash Republic-7°C now · -7–25 °C yr
- Irkutsk-19°C now · -19–23 °C yr
- Ivanovo-6°C now · -6–24 °C yr
- Jewish-15°C now · -15–27 °C yr
- Kabardino-Balkaria-1°C now · -1–24 °C yr
- Kaliningrad1°C now · 1–23 °C yr
- Kaluga-3°C now · -3–24 °C yr
- Kamchatka Krai-16°C now · -16–17 °C yr
- Karachay-Cherkess Republic-0°C now · -0–23 °C yr
- Karelia-7°C now · -7–21 °C yr
- Kemerovo-11°C now · -11–23 °C yr
- Khabarovsk Krai-22°C now · -22–22 °C yr
- Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-16°C now · -16–23 °C yr
- Kirov-9°C now · -9–24 °C yr
- Komi Republic-12°C now · -12–22 °C yr
- Kostroma-7°C now · -7–24 °C yr
- Krasnodar Krai5°C now · 5–31 °C yr
- Krasnoyarsk Krai-24°C now · -24–17 °C yr
- Kurgan-11°C now · -11–25 °C yr
- Kursk-2°C now · -2–26 °C yr
- Leningrad-4°C now · -4–22 °C yr
- Lipetsk-3°C now · -3–26 °C yr
- Magadan-28°C now · -28–19 °C yr
- Mari El Republic-7°C now · -7–25 °C yr
- Moscow-4°C now · -4–24 °C yr
- Moscow-4°C now · -4–24 °C yr
- Murmansk-8°C now · -8–18 °C yr
- Nenets Autonomous Okrug-12°C now · -12–18 °C yr
- Nizhny Novgorod-6°C now · -6–25 °C yr
- Novgorod-3°C now · -3–23 °C yr
- Novosibirsk-13°C now · -13–24 °C yr
- Omsk-13°C now · -13–24 °C yr
- Orenburg-8°C now · -8–28 °C yr
- Oryol-3°C now · -3–25 °C yr
- Penza-6°C now · -6–26 °C yr
- Perm Krai-10°C now · -10–23 °C yr
- Primorsky Krai-11°C now · -11–25 °C yr
- Pskov-2°C now · -2–23 °C yr
- Republic of Adygea5°C now · 5–30 °C yr
- Republic of Buryatia-19°C now · -19–21 °C yr
- Republic of Dagestan2°C now · 2–27 °C yr
- Republic of Ingushetia1°C now · 1–27 °C yr
- Republic of Kalmykia1°C now · 1–33 °C yr
- Republic of Khakassia-13°C now · -13–22 °C yr
- Republic of Mordovia-6°C now · -6–25 °C yr
- Republic of North Ossetia-Alania0°C now · 0–24 °C yr
- Republic of Tatarstan-8°C now · -8–26 °C yr
- Rostov0°C now · 0–31 °C yr
- Ryazan-4°C now · -4–25 °C yr
- Saint Petersburg-3°C now · -3–22 °C yr
- Sakha Republic-31°C now · -31–19 °C yr
- Sakhalin-11°C now · -11–19 °C yr
- Samara-7°C now · -7–27 °C yr
- Saratov-5°C now · -5–29 °C yr
- Sevastopol6°C now · 6–28 °C yr
- Smolensk-3°C now · -3–23 °C yr
- Stavropol Krai3°C now · 3–32 °C yr
- Sverdlovsk-12°C now · -12–24 °C yr
- Tambov-4°C now · -4–26 °C yr
- Tomsk-14°C now · -14–23 °C yr
- Tula-4°C now · -4–24 °C yr
- Tuva Republic-18°C now · -18–21 °C yr
- Tver-4°C now · -4–23 °C yr
- Tyumen-13°C now · -13–24 °C yr
- Udmurt Republic-8°C now · -8–24 °C yr
- Ulyanovsk-7°C now · -7–26 °C yr
- Vladimir-5°C now · -5–25 °C yr
- Volgograd-2°C now · -2–30 °C yr
- Vologda-7°C now · -7–23 °C yr
- Voronezh-2°C now · -2–28 °C yr
- Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug-19°C now · -19–19 °C yr
- Yaroslavl-5°C now · -5–23 °C yr
- Zabaykalsky Krai-19°C now · -19–24 °C yr
- nan-15°C now · -15–12 °C yr
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Climate at a glance · 10-year ERA5
A decade of weather, in one page
— daytime high— overnight low▬ typical range
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| Month | Average daytime high (°C) | Average overnight low (°C) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.9 | -14.2 | -26.3 | 0.1 |
| February | -5.4 | -12.8 | -24.5 | 2.3 |
| March | 1.0 | -7.7 | -18.1 | 9.3 |
| April | 9.4 | -0.7 | -7.2 | 18.1 |
| May | 15.8 | 5.0 | -1.2 | 24.5 |
| June | 21.3 | 10.6 | 5.2 | 28.5 |
| July | 24.0 | 13.6 | 9.3 | 30.0 |
| August | 22.9 | 12.2 | 7.3 | 28.9 |
| September | 16.4 | 6.7 | 0.9 | 24.1 |
| October | 8.2 | 0.8 | -5.8 | 16.1 |
| November | -0.5 | -6.3 | -16.0 | 7.2 |
| December | -6.2 | -11.8 | -22.3 | 1.1 |
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| Month | Rainfall (mm) |
|---|---|
| January | 44 |
| February | 37 |
| March | 42 |
| April | 50 |
| May | 62 |
| June | 73 |
| July | 80 |
| August | 68 |
| September | 57 |
| October | 57 |
| November | 53 |
| December | 47 |
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| Month | Sunshine hours (hr / day) |
|---|---|
| January | 2.5 |
| February | 4.1 |
| March | 6.1 |
| April | 7.3 |
| May | 7.8 |
| June | 7.9 |
| July | 7.4 |
| August | 6.6 |
| September | 5.0 |
| October | 3.5 |
| November | 2.3 |
| December | 1.8 |
— average▬ typical range
View data table
| Month | Average wind speed (km/h) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3 | 6.9 | 21.0 |
| February | 13.2 | 6.8 | 21.3 |
| March | 13.1 | 7.0 | 21.1 |
| April | 12.8 | 7.1 | 20.1 |
| May | 12.0 | 6.9 | 18.4 |
| June | 11.0 | 6.4 | 17.2 |
| July | 10.4 | 5.9 | 16.3 |
| August | 10.7 | 6.1 | 16.9 |
| September | 12.0 | 6.3 | 19.3 |
| October | 12.6 | 6.6 | 20.0 |
| November | 13.0 | 6.7 | 21.0 |
| December | 13.0 | 6.7 | 20.6 |
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