Climate averages 1991–2020
Kropotkin weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Kropotkin: daytime highs average 3.0°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Armavir (65 km away). In January its highs average 2.9°C, about as warm as Kropotkin, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kropotkin ranks joint 10th of 236 for the warmest January highs and 228th of 236 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Kropotkin 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 falls from 51 mm to 41 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
Kropotkin 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-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 51 | 10.8 | 9.19 h |
| February | 4.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 41 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 9.8°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 57 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 51 | 9.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 21.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 73 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 69 | 10.1 | 15.616 h |
| July | 29.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 53 | 7.7 | 15.315 h |
| August | 29.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 41 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 55 | 7.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 58 | 7.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.4°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 49 | 8.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | 4.5°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 53 | 10.3 | 8.89 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
- Armavir in JanuaryRussia · 65 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Maykop in JanuaryRussia · 99 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -4.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Stavropol in JanuaryRussia · 118 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -6.2°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Krasnodar in JanuaryRussia · 132 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -2.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in JanuaryRussia · 140 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.6°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Cherkessk in JanuaryRussia · 178 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Bataysk in JanuaryRussia · 199 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -4.8°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Azov in JanuaryRussia · 206 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -4.7°C · 48 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 Kropotkin) is explained once on the Kropotkin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.