Climate averages 1991–2020
Nizhnevartovsk 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 Nizhnevartovsk: daytime highs average -17.1°C and nights cool to about -22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Surgut (172 km away). In January its highs average -17.2°C, about as warm as Nizhnevartovsk, with 20 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Nizhnevartovsk ranks 225th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 49th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Nizhnevartovsk is 9.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to -14.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 20 mm to 18 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
Nizhnevartovsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -17.1°C-22.7°C | -22.7°C | 20 | 7.5 | 6.57 h |
| February | -14.6°C-20.1°C | -20.1°C | 18 | 6.1 | 9.09 h |
| March | -5.6°C-12.4°C | -12.4°C | 27 | 8.4 | 11.712 h |
| April | 1.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 36 | 9.3 | 14.615 h |
| May | 10.2°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 53 | 10.5 | 17.417 h |
| June | 18.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 69 | 11.5 | 19.119 h |
| July | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 10.1 | 18.318 h |
| August | 17.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 91 | 13.9 | 15.816 h |
| September | 10.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 64 | 12.0 | 13.013 h |
| October | 1.9°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 50 | 12.8 | 10.110 h |
| November | -9.3°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 38 | 10.1 | 7.47 h |
| December | -14.4°C-20.3°C | -20.3°C | 28 | 9.4 | 5.76 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
- Surgut in JanuaryRussia · 172 kmHigh -17.2°C · Low -23.0°C · 20 mm precipitation
- Nefteyugansk in JanuaryRussia · 214 kmHigh -16.8°C · Low -22.7°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Noyabrsk in JanuaryRussia · 258 kmHigh -19.1°C · Low -24.7°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Khanty-Mansiysk in JanuaryRussia · 406 kmHigh -16.8°C · Low -22.7°C · 20 mm precipitation
- Tobolsk in JanuaryRussia · 557 kmHigh -13.8°C · Low -19.7°C · 20 mm precipitation
- Novyy Urengoy in JanuaryRussia · 573 kmHigh -21.1°C · Low -26.9°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Seversk in JanuaryRussia · 680 kmHigh -14.6°C · Low -20.3°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Omsk in JanuaryRussia · 687 kmHigh -13.2°C · Low -19.9°C · 14 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 Nizhnevartovsk) is explained once on the Nizhnevartovsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.