Climate averages 1991–2020
Kansk weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Kansk: daytime highs average -15.2°C and nights cool to about -22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zelenogorsk (71 km away). In January its highs average -14.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kansk, with 13 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kansk ranks 217th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 17th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Kansk is 7.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.9°C to -11.3°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 12 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
Kansk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -15.2°C-22.2°C | -22.2°C | 12 | 4.2 | 7.68 h |
| February | -11.3°C-19.2°C | -19.2°C | 12 | 4.3 | 9.510 h |
| March | -2.7°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 15 | 4.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.2°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 27 | 7.8 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 46 | 11.7 | 16.316 h |
| June | 22.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 51 | 10.3 | 17.618 h |
| July | 24.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 61 | 10.7 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 54 | 10.0 | 15.115 h |
| September | 13.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 48 | 11.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 5.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 35 | 9.9 | 10.510 h |
| November | -5.6°C-12.4°C | -12.4°C | 29 | 8.7 | 8.38 h |
| December | -12.5°C-19.7°C | -19.7°C | 24 | 7.6 | 7.07 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
- Zelenogorsk in JanuaryRussia · 71 kmHigh -14.3°C · Low -21.3°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia in JanuaryRussia · 135 kmHigh -14.2°C · Low -21.2°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Krasnoyarsk in JanuaryRussia · 174 kmHigh -13.5°C · Low -21.1°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Achinsk in JanuaryRussia · 322 kmHigh -14.3°C · Low -20.6°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Bratsk in JanuaryRussia · 365 kmHigh -17.2°C · Low -21.9°C · 8.4 mm precipitation
- Minusinsk in JanuaryRussia · 378 kmHigh -13.6°C · Low -21.2°C · 8.1 mm precipitation
- Chernogorsk in JanuaryRussia · 385 kmHigh -13.8°C · Low -20.2°C · 5.5 mm precipitation
- Abakan in JanuaryRussia · 389 kmHigh -13.4°C · Low -20.4°C · 6.5 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 Kansk) is explained once on the Kansk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.