Climate averages 1991–2020
Tartu weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Tartu: daytime highs average -2.2°C and nights cool to about -6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 11 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pskov (113 km away). In January its highs average -2.6°C, about as warm as Tartu, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 2 cities listed in Estonia, Tartu ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 2 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 2 cities is -1.9°C; Tartu is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to -2.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Tartu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -2.2°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 40 | 10.4 | 7.27 h |
| February | -2.3°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 36 | 8.9 | 9.39 h |
| March | 2.3°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 35 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 9.6 | 14.414 h |
| May | 15.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 53 | 10.6 | 16.717 h |
| June | 19.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 84 | 13.1 | 18.218 h |
| July | 21.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 68 | 12.3 | 17.518 h |
| August | 20.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 75 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| September | 15.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 50 | 10.3 | 12.913 h |
| October | 8.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.310 h |
| November | 2.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 50 | 10.7 | 7.98 h |
| December | -0.4°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 44 | 10.8 | 6.57 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Pskov in JanuaryRussia · 113 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -6.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Tallinn in JanuaryEstonia · 163 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -5.4°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Riga in JanuaryLatvia · 223 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -4.9°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Helsinki in JanuaryFinland · 223 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Vantaa in JanuaryFinland · 233 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -6.7°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Espoo in JanuaryFinland · 235 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -5.8°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Gatchina in JanuaryRussia · 236 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.3°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Peterhof in JanuaryRussia · 246 kmHigh -3.4°C · Low -7.0°C · 43 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tartu) is explained once on the Tartu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.