Climate averages 1991–2020
Peterhof weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Peterhof: daytime highs average -3.4°C and nights cool to about -7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint Petersburg (24 km away). In January its highs average -3.8°C, about as warm as Peterhof, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Peterhof ranks 42nd of 236 for the warmest January highs and 215th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Peterhof is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.3°C to -3.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 43 mm to 34 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
Peterhof climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -3.4°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 43 | 11.7 | 6.87 h |
| February | -3.7°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 34 | 9.3 | 9.19 h |
| March | 0.2°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 37 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.0°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 39 | 8.9 | 14.515 h |
| May | 13.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 48 | 8.6 | 17.117 h |
| June | 17.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 64 | 10.6 | 18.719 h |
| July | 20.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 62 | 10.2 | 18.018 h |
| August | 18.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 74 | 11.0 | 15.616 h |
| September | 13.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 63 | 11.5 | 12.913 h |
| October | 7.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 13.0 | 10.210 h |
| November | 2.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 66 | 13.3 | 7.68 h |
| December | -1.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 53 | 12.8 | 6.16 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
- Saint Petersburg in JanuaryRussia · 24 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Pushkin in JanuaryRussia · 34 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.4°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Gatchina in JanuaryRussia · 36 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.3°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Kolpino in JanuaryRussia · 41 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -8.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Vyborg in JanuaryRussia · 111 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.0°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in JanuaryFinland · 161 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -8.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Velikiy Novgorod in JanuaryRussia · 170 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -7.8°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in JanuaryFinland · 207 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -8.3°C · 44 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 Peterhof) is explained once on the Peterhof year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.