Climate averages 1991–2020
Chita weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Chita: daytime highs average -17.2°C and nights cool to about -28.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 1.3 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ulan-Ude (405 km away). In January its highs average -15.9°C, 1.3°C warmer than Chita, with 2.7 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Chita ranks joint 226th of 236 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Chita is 9.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 7.1°C to -10.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 1.3 mm to 1.6 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
Chita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -17.2°C-28.9°C | -28.9°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 8.38 h |
| February | -10.1°C-24.0°C | -24.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 9.910 h |
| March | -0.7°C-13.3°C | -13.3°C | 4.4 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 15 | 3.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 39 | 7.1 | 15.716 h |
| June | 23.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 25.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 83 | 11.2 | 16.216 h |
| August | 21.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 83 | 11.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 14.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 5.2°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 12 | 2.7 | 10.711 h |
| November | -6.0°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 5.1 | 1.9 | 8.99 h |
| December | -15.6°C-24.6°C | -24.6°C | 3.4 | 1.1 | 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
- Ulan-Ude in JanuaryRussia · 405 kmHigh -15.9°C · Low -27.2°C · 2.7 mm precipitation
- Jalai Nur in JanuaryChina · 413 kmHigh -16.2°C · Low -26.1°C · 1.9 mm precipitation
- Hailar in JanuaryChina · 540 kmHigh -17.9°C · Low -29.3°C · 2.4 mm precipitation
- Hulunbuir in JanuaryChina · 542 kmHigh -17.9°C · Low -29.2°C · 2.4 mm precipitation
- Genhe in JanuaryChina · 574 kmHigh -17.9°C · Low -29.5°C · 2.3 mm precipitation
- Yakeshi in JanuaryChina · 595 kmHigh -18.3°C · Low -28.7°C · 2.8 mm precipitation
- Darhan in JanuaryMongolia · 603 kmHigh -12.9°C · Low -24.8°C · 1.6 mm precipitation
- Irkutsk in JanuaryRussia · 628 kmHigh -13.8°C · Low -22.9°C · 5.5 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 Chita) is explained once on the Chita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.