Climate averages 1991–2020
Krasnoyarsk weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Krasnoyarsk: daytime highs average -13.5°C and nights cool to about -21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia (44 km away). In January its highs average -14.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Krasnoyarsk, with 17 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Krasnoyarsk ranks 201st of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 19th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Krasnoyarsk is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.1°C to -9.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 13 mm to 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
Krasnoyarsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -13.5°C-21.1°C | -21.1°C | 13 | 4.4 | 7.78 h |
| February | -9.4°C-18.4°C | -18.4°C | 12 | 4.2 | 9.510 h |
| March | -1.5°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 17 | 5.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 31 | 8.8 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 48 | 11.3 | 16.316 h |
| June | 21.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 55 | 10.4 | 17.518 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 64 | 11.3 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 66 | 12.2 | 15.115 h |
| September | 13.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 53 | 11.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 5.7°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 41 | 10.9 | 10.510 h |
| November | -4.5°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 31 | 9.4 | 8.38 h |
| December | -11.1°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 26 | 8.1 | 7.17 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
- Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia in JanuaryRussia · 44 kmHigh -14.2°C · Low -21.2°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Zelenogorsk in JanuaryRussia · 103 kmHigh -14.3°C · Low -21.3°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Achinsk in JanuaryRussia · 153 kmHigh -14.3°C · Low -20.6°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Kansk in JanuaryRussia · 174 kmHigh -15.2°C · Low -22.2°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Chernogorsk in JanuaryRussia · 267 kmHigh -13.8°C · Low -20.2°C · 5.5 mm precipitation
- Minusinsk in JanuaryRussia · 271 kmHigh -13.6°C · Low -21.2°C · 8.1 mm precipitation
- Abakan in JanuaryRussia · 276 kmHigh -13.4°C · Low -20.4°C · 6.5 mm precipitation
- Mezhdurechensk in JanuaryRussia · 406 kmHigh -11.9°C · Low -18.8°C · 56 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 Krasnoyarsk) is explained once on the Krasnoyarsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.