Climate averages 1991–2020

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky weather
in January.

A freezing month with heavy precipitation: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high -9.0°C Daytime mean, January

Average low -13.9°C Night-time mean, January

Precipitation 115 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 8 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a freezing month in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: daytime highs average -9.0°C and nights cool to about -13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 115 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes January a month with heavy precipitation (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 10 min on an average January day.

Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ranks joint 148th of 236 for the warmest January highs and 234th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to -7.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 115 mm to 92 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	-9.0°C-13.9°C	-13.9°C	115	12.4	8.28 h
February	-7.1°C-13.1°C	-13.1°C	92	10.4	9.810 h
March	-3.4°C-9.7°C	-9.7°C	114	11.6	11.812 h
April	0.8°C-5.2°C	-5.2°C	96	10.1	13.914 h
May	5.3°C-1.1°C	-1.1°C	68	9.0	15.816 h
June	11.6°C4.3°C	4.3°C	63	9.9	16.817 h
July	15.8°C9.0°C	9.0°C	72	9.9	16.416 h
August	16.0°C9.6°C	9.6°C	106	10.9	14.815 h
September	12.5°C6.0°C	6.0°C	108	10.9	12.713 h
October	5.7°C0.3°C	0.3°C	139	12.5	10.711 h
November	-2.0°C-7.4°C	-7.4°C	135	11.7	8.79 h
December	-8.3°C-13.3°C	-13.3°C	117	10.9	7.78 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.

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January in nearby cities

Distance from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) is explained once on the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.