Climate averages 1991–2020
Obninsk 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 Obninsk: daytime highs average -5.0°C and nights cool to about -9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naro-Fominsk (32 km away). In January its highs average -4.6°C, about as warm as Obninsk, with 37 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Obninsk ranks joint 71st of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 150th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Obninsk is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to -4.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 38 mm to 35 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
Obninsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -5.0°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 38 | 9.8 | 7.88 h |
| February | -4.5°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 35 | 9.0 | 9.610 h |
| March | 1.0°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 37 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.2°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 40 | 9.6 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 63 | 11.5 | 16.116 h |
| June | 20.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 72 | 12.0 | 17.317 h |
| July | 23.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 85 | 13.1 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 70 | 10.6 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 60 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 59 | 10.8 | 10.511 h |
| November | 1.0°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 44 | 9.4 | 8.58 h |
| December | -3.1°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 41 | 10.6 | 7.37 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
- Naro-Fominsk in JanuaryRussia · 32 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -9.3°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Chekhov in JanuaryRussia · 54 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -9.5°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Serpukhov in JanuaryRussia · 55 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -9.7°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Kaluga in JanuaryRussia · 68 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -9.5°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Podolsk in JanuaryRussia · 69 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -9.6°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Novo-Peredelkino in JanuaryRussia · 75 kmHigh -4.8°C · Low -9.4°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Odintsovo in JanuaryRussia · 75 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -9.6°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Obruchevo in JanuaryRussia · 84 kmHigh -5.4°C · Low -10.5°C · 35 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 Obninsk) is explained once on the Obninsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.