Climate averages 1991–2020
Balakovo weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Balakovo: daytime highs average -6.3°C and nights cool to about -11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vol’sk (28 km away). In January its highs average -6.4°C, about as warm as Balakovo, with 40 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Balakovo ranks joint 109th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 187th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Balakovo is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to -6.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 31 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
Balakovo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -6.3°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 40 | 9.0 | 8.38 h |
| February | -6.0°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 31 | 7.7 | 9.910 h |
| March | 0.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 34 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.4°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 36 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| May | 20.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 37 | 7.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 44 | 8.4 | 16.617 h |
| July | 27.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 39 | 7.2 | 16.216 h |
| August | 25.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 30 | 5.5 | 14.715 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 44 | 6.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 37 | 8.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.5°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 33 | 7.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | -4.5°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 37 | 8.6 | 7.88 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
- Vol’sk in JanuaryRussia · 28 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -11.6°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Engels in JanuaryRussia · 131 kmHigh -5.6°C · Low -10.6°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Syzran in JanuaryRussia · 134 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -11.9°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Saratov in JanuaryRussia · 136 kmHigh -5.9°C · Low -10.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Kuznetsk in JanuaryRussia · 146 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -11.9°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Chapayevsk in JanuaryRussia · 167 kmHigh -7.1°C · Low -12.5°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Novokuybyshevsk in JanuaryRussia · 188 kmHigh -7.7°C · Low -13.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Tolyatti in JanuaryRussia · 197 kmHigh -7.5°C · Low -11.9°C · 36 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 Balakovo) is explained once on the Balakovo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.