Climate averages 1991–2020
Grozny weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Grozny: daytime highs average 3.0°C and nights cool to about -4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sunzha (52 km away). In January its highs average 2.5°C, about as warm as Grozny, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Grozny ranks joint 10th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 96th of 236 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Grozny is 10.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 4.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 33 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
Grozny climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 3.0°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 33 | 8.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 4.6°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 33 | 7.4 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 47 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 57 | 9.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 74 | 11.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 76 | 9.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 61 | 8.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 61 | 7.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 62 | 8.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 48 | 8.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 40 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.5°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 31 | 7.4 | 9.09 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
- Sunzha in JanuaryRussia · 52 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -5.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in JanuaryRussia · 73 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -3.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Nazran in JanuaryRussia · 75 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -5.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in JanuaryRussia · 88 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -6.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Makhachkala in JanuaryRussia · 152 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 0.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in JanuaryRussia · 165 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 0.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Tbilisi in JanuaryGeorgia · 193 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -3.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in JanuaryRussia · 201 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 Grozny) is explained once on the Grozny year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.