Climate averages 1991–2020
Sochi weather
in January.
A cold, wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Sochi: daytime highs average 7.7°C and nights cool to about 2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adler (25 km away). In January its highs average 8.0°C, about as warm as Sochi, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sochi ranks 2nd of 236 for the warmest January highs and 235th of 236 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Sochi is 15.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 7.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 109 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Sochi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 145 | 15.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | 7.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 109 | 12.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 112 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 87 | 10.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 81 | 10.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 72 | 9.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 80 | 9.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 26.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 66 | 9.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 112 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 134 | 10.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 130 | 10.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 9.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 146 | 14.2 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Adler in JanuaryRussia · 25 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Maykop in JanuaryRussia · 116 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -4.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Krasnodar in JanuaryRussia · 172 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -2.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Armavir in JanuaryRussia · 191 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Cherkessk in JanuaryRussia · 199 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in JanuaryRussia · 201 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in JanuaryRussia · 211 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.6°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Kropotkin in JanuaryRussia · 215 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -3.4°C · 51 mm rain
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 Sochi) is explained once on the Sochi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.