Climate averages 1991–2020
Astrakhan weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Astrakhan: daytime highs average -0.2°C and nights cool to about -5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elista (291 km away). In January its highs average -0.2°C, about as warm as Astrakhan, with 28 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Astrakhan ranks joint 29th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 25th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Astrakhan is 7.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 1.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 15 mm to 13 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
Astrakhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -0.2°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 15 | 4.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | 1.5°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 13 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.9°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 20 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 26 | 4.9 | 13.514 h |
| May | 23.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 27 | 5.6 | 15.015 h |
| June | 29.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 20 | 4.3 | 15.716 h |
| July | 32.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 15 | 3.3 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 12 | 2.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 15 | 3.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 19 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 18 | 4.6 | 9.59 h |
| December | 1.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 18 | 5.1 | 8.79 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
- Elista in JanuaryRussia · 291 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -5.3°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Atyrau in JanuaryKazakhstan · 305 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -8.1°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Khasavyurt in JanuaryRussia · 363 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -3.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Volzhsky in JanuaryRussia · 365 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -8.0°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Volgograd in JanuaryRussia · 374 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -7.9°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Makhachkala in JanuaryRussia · 377 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 0.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Grozny in JanuaryRussia · 385 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in JanuaryRussia · 387 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 0.8°C · 25 mm rain
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 Astrakhan) is explained once on the Astrakhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.