Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuznetsk weather
in January.
A freezing month with light 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 Kuznetsk: daytime highs average -6.8°C and nights cool to about -11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Penza (106 km away). In January its highs average -6.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kuznetsk, with 38 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kuznetsk ranks joint 119th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 116th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Kuznetsk is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to -6.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 36 mm to 30 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
Kuznetsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -6.8°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 36 | 9.0 | 8.28 h |
| February | -6.0°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 30 | 7.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 0.0°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 37 | 8.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 41 | 8.0 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 47 | 8.9 | 15.816 h |
| June | 22.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 61 | 10.6 | 16.917 h |
| July | 24.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 60 | 9.9 | 16.416 h |
| August | 22.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 56 | 8.5 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 49 | 8.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 8.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 44 | 8.8 | 10.611 h |
| November | 0.0°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 39 | 8.7 | 8.79 h |
| December | -5.2°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 37 | 9.5 | 7.78 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
- Penza in JanuaryRussia · 106 kmHigh -6.3°C · Low -11.2°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Syzran in JanuaryRussia · 125 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -11.9°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Vol’sk in JanuaryRussia · 131 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -11.6°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Balakovo in JanuaryRussia · 146 kmHigh -6.3°C · Low -11.3°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Saransk in JanuaryRussia · 152 kmHigh -6.7°C · Low -11.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Ulyanovsk in JanuaryRussia · 179 kmHigh -7.7°C · Low -12.4°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Saratov in JanuaryRussia · 180 kmHigh -5.9°C · Low -10.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Engels in JanuaryRussia · 185 kmHigh -5.6°C · Low -10.6°C · 36 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 Kuznetsk) is explained once on the Kuznetsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.