Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint Petersburg 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 Saint Petersburg: daytime highs average -3.8°C and nights cool to about -7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 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 Peterhof (24 km away). In January its highs average -3.4°C, about as warm as Saint Petersburg, with 43 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Saint Petersburg ranks joint 46th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 199th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Saint Petersburg is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to -4.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 41 mm to 32 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
Saint Petersburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -3.8°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 41 | 11.2 | 6.87 h |
| February | -4.0°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 32 | 9.2 | 9.19 h |
| March | 0.3°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 36 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.1°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 39 | 9.3 | 14.515 h |
| May | 14.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 50 | 9.2 | 17.117 h |
| June | 18.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 64 | 11.4 | 18.719 h |
| July | 21.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 65 | 11.1 | 18.018 h |
| August | 19.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 70 | 11.2 | 15.616 h |
| September | 14.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 55 | 11.0 | 13.013 h |
| October | 7.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 62 | 12.3 | 10.210 h |
| November | 1.6°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 56 | 12.0 | 7.68 h |
| December | -1.6°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 49 | 12.2 | 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
- Peterhof in JanuaryRussia · 24 kmHigh -3.4°C · Low -7.0°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Pushkin in JanuaryRussia · 25 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.4°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Kolpino in JanuaryRussia · 26 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -8.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Gatchina in JanuaryRussia · 42 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.3°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Vyborg in JanuaryRussia · 121 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.0°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Velikiy Novgorod in JanuaryRussia · 167 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -7.8°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in JanuaryFinland · 170 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -8.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in JanuaryFinland · 224 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 Saint Petersburg) is explained once on the Saint Petersburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.