Climate averages 1991–2020
Cherkessk weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Cherkessk: daytime highs average 2.3°C and nights cool to about -7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nevinnomyssk (46 km away). In January its highs average 1.9°C, about as warm as Cherkessk, with 38 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Cherkessk ranks 16th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 140th of 236 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Cherkessk is 9.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 3.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Cherkessk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.3°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 37 | 8.5 | 9.39 h |
| February | 3.6°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 36 | 7.6 | 10.410 h |
| March | 8.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 63 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 79 | 11.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 108 | 14.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 121 | 13.6 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 81 | 10.4 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 76 | 9.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 69 | 9.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 66 | 9.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.8°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 48 | 8.1 | 9.710 h |
| December | 3.7°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 44 | 8.6 | 8.99 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Nevinnomyssk in JanuaryRussia · 46 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.6°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Kislovodsk in JanuaryRussia · 64 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -6.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Yessentuki in JanuaryRussia · 68 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -5.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in JanuaryRussia · 82 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -5.9°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Mineralnye Vody in JanuaryRussia · 87 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -4.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Stavropol in JanuaryRussia · 90 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -6.2°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Armavir in JanuaryRussia · 113 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in JanuaryRussia · 114 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -4.8°C · 26 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 Cherkessk) is explained once on the Cherkessk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.