Climate averages 1991–2020
Orsk weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Orsk: daytime highs average -9.6°C and nights cool to about -15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novotroitsk (13 km away). In January its highs average -9.6°C, about as warm as Orsk, with 25 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Orsk ranks joint 161st of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 55th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Orsk is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to -8.1°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 23 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
Orsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -9.6°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 23 | 6.4 | 8.48 h |
| February | -8.1°C-15.2°C | -15.2°C | 23 | 5.7 | 10.010 h |
| March | -0.8°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 29 | 7.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 35 | 6.7 | 13.814 h |
| May | 20.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 34 | 7.6 | 15.516 h |
| June | 26.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 29 | 6.1 | 16.516 h |
| July | 27.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 42 | 7.6 | 16.116 h |
| August | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 29 | 5.4 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 21 | 4.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 31 | 6.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | -0.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 25 | 6.1 | 9.09 h |
| December | -7.1°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 25 | 6.7 | 8.08 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
- Novotroitsk in JanuaryRussia · 13 kmHigh -9.6°C · Low -15.7°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Aktobe in JanuaryKazakhstan · 139 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -14.9°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Orenburg in JanuaryRussia · 242 kmHigh -8.8°C · Low -14.8°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Magnitogorsk in JanuaryRussia · 243 kmHigh -10.3°C · Low -17.5°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Salavat in JanuaryRussia · 296 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -14.8°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Ishimbay in JanuaryRussia · 297 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -14.6°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Beloretsk in JanuaryRussia · 304 kmHigh -10.9°C · Low -16.9°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Sterlitamak in JanuaryRussia · 318 kmHigh -9.0°C · Low -14.6°C · 39 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 Orsk) is explained once on the Orsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.