Climate averages 1991–2020
Novokuznetsk weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Novokuznetsk: daytime highs average -12.5°C and nights cool to about -19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prokop’yevsk (33 km away). In January its highs average -12.5°C, about as warm as Novokuznetsk, with 26 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Novokuznetsk ranks joint 188th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 92nd of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Novokuznetsk is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.8°C to -8.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 32 mm to 24 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
Novokuznetsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -12.5°C-19.4°C | -19.4°C | 32 | 8.9 | 8.18 h |
| February | -8.7°C-16.9°C | -16.9°C | 24 | 7.1 | 9.710 h |
| March | -0.6°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 29 | 8.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.7°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 45 | 10.5 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 58 | 11.4 | 15.916 h |
| June | 22.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 67 | 12.0 | 17.017 h |
| July | 24.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 76 | 12.7 | 16.517 h |
| August | 22.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 67 | 11.6 | 14.815 h |
| September | 15.7°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 59 | 11.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 59 | 12.6 | 10.611 h |
| November | -3.3°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 61 | 13.0 | 8.69 h |
| December | -9.9°C-16.8°C | -16.8°C | 50 | 12.2 | 7.58 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
- Prokop’yevsk in JanuaryRussia · 33 kmHigh -12.5°C · Low -19.1°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Kiselëvsk in JanuaryRussia · 40 kmHigh -12.8°C · Low -19.4°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Kisilevsk in JanuaryRussia · 42 kmHigh -12.7°C · Low -19.2°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Mezhdurechensk in JanuaryRussia · 61 kmHigh -11.9°C · Low -18.8°C · 56 mm precipitation
- Belovo in JanuaryRussia · 92 kmHigh -12.5°C · Low -19.0°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Leninsk-Kuznetsky in JanuaryRussia · 118 kmHigh -13.4°C · Low -19.8°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Biysk in JanuaryRussia · 188 kmHigh -12.3°C · Low -19.1°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Kemerovo in JanuaryRussia · 190 kmHigh -13.4°C · Low -19.3°C · 30 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 Novokuznetsk) is explained once on the Novokuznetsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.