Climate averages 1991–2020
Omsk weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little 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 Omsk: daytime highs average -13.2°C and nights cool to about -19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Petropavl (270 km away). In January its highs average -12.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Omsk, with 15 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Omsk ranks 197th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 22nd of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Omsk is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to -10.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 14 mm to 12 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
Omsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -13.2°C-19.9°C | -19.9°C | 14 | 4.9 | 7.88 h |
| February | -10.6°C-17.5°C | -17.5°C | 12 | 4.2 | 9.610 h |
| March | -2.5°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 18 | 5.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.2°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 30 | 7.4 | 14.114 h |
| May | 18.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 36 | 8.0 | 16.116 h |
| June | 22.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 53 | 10.0 | 17.317 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 62 | 11.2 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 61 | 10.8 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 33 | 7.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 6.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 32 | 8.0 | 10.511 h |
| November | -3.9°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 29 | 7.6 | 8.58 h |
| December | -10.3°C-16.7°C | -16.7°C | 21 | 6.6 | 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
- Petropavl in JanuaryKazakhstan · 270 kmHigh -12.2°C · Low -18.3°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Kokshetau in JanuaryKazakhstan · 321 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -17.4°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Pavlodar in JanuaryKazakhstan · 384 kmHigh -12.1°C · Low -19.2°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in JanuaryKazakhstan · 386 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -18.2°C · 8.3 mm precipitation
- Astana in JanuaryKazakhstan · 443 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -17.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Tobolsk in JanuaryRussia · 474 kmHigh -13.8°C · Low -19.7°C · 20 mm precipitation
- Kurgan in JanuaryRussia · 511 kmHigh -11.6°C · Low -18.1°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Tyumen in JanuaryRussia · 542 kmHigh -12.5°C · Low -18.9°C · 17 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 Omsk) is explained once on the Omsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.