Climate averages 1991–2020
Makhachkala weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Makhachkala: daytime highs average 4.8°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (16 km away). In January its highs average 5.0°C, about as warm as Makhachkala, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Makhachkala ranks 6th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 64th of 236 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Makhachkala is 12.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 5.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 26 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
Makhachkala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 26 | 6.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 8.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 27 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 39 | 8.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 38 | 7.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 7.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 8.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 27 | 6.4 | 9.19 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
- Kaspiysk in JanuaryRussia · 16 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 0.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in JanuaryRussia · 80 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -3.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Derbent in JanuaryRussia · 120 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 1.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Grozny in JanuaryRussia · 152 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Sunzha in JanuaryRussia · 202 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -5.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Nazran in JanuaryRussia · 223 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -5.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in JanuaryRussia · 230 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -6.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Mingachevir in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 249 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 22 mm rain
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 Makhachkala) is explained once on the Makhachkala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.