Climate averages 1991–2020
Smolensk weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Smolensk: daytime highs average -4.0°C and nights cool to about -8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orsha (110 km away). In January its highs average -3.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Smolensk, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Smolensk ranks 53rd of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 210th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Smolensk is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to -3.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 42 mm to 39 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
Smolensk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -4.0°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 42 | 10.5 | 7.98 h |
| February | -3.4°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 39 | 9.7 | 9.610 h |
| March | 1.9°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 38 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 42 | 9.4 | 14.114 h |
| May | 16.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 74 | 12.3 | 16.116 h |
| June | 20.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 80 | 13.0 | 17.217 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 93 | 13.4 | 16.717 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 74 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 60 | 9.5 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 64 | 11.3 | 10.611 h |
| November | 1.6°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 48 | 10.0 | 8.59 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 41 | 10.6 | 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
- Orsha in JanuaryBelarus · 110 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -7.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Vitebsk in JanuaryBelarus · 126 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -7.5°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Mahilyow in JanuaryBelarus · 147 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -7.3°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Velikiye Luki in JanuaryRussia · 198 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -7.3°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Polotsk in JanuaryBelarus · 222 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Bryansk in JanuaryRussia · 224 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -8.4°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Novopolotsk in JanuaryBelarus · 235 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Barysaw in JanuaryBelarus · 237 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -7.0°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 Smolensk) is explained once on the Smolensk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.