Climate averages 1991–2020
Syktyvkar weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Syktyvkar: daytime highs average -10.9°C and nights cool to about -16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ukhta (258 km away). In January its highs average -12.6°C, 1.6°C cooler than Syktyvkar, with 27 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Syktyvkar ranks joint 171st of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 88th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Syktyvkar is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to -9.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 31 mm to 26 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
Syktyvkar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -10.9°C-16.3°C | -16.3°C | 31 | 9.9 | 6.36 h |
| February | -9.7°C-15.3°C | -15.3°C | 26 | 8.0 | 8.99 h |
| March | -2.6°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 32 | 8.8 | 11.712 h |
| April | 4.6°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 38 | 9.4 | 14.715 h |
| May | 13.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 54 | 11.0 | 17.618 h |
| June | 18.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 75 | 12.4 | 19.419 h |
| July | 21.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 68 | 11.8 | 18.619 h |
| August | 17.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 77 | 13.2 | 15.916 h |
| September | 11.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 64 | 12.6 | 13.013 h |
| October | 3.8°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 60 | 13.1 | 10.110 h |
| November | -4.1°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 42 | 10.9 | 7.37 h |
| December | -8.3°C-13.3°C | -13.3°C | 37 | 10.5 | 5.55 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
- Ukhta in JanuaryRussia · 258 kmHigh -12.6°C · Low -18.1°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Kirov in JanuaryRussia · 347 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -14.3°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Kirovo-Chepetsk in JanuaryRussia · 349 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -14.3°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Solikamsk in JanuaryRussia · 392 kmHigh -11.5°C · Low -16.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Glazov in JanuaryRussia · 405 kmHigh -9.6°C · Low -14.8°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Berezniki in JanuaryRussia · 413 kmHigh -11.6°C · Low -16.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Perm in JanuaryRussia · 507 kmHigh -10.4°C · Low -15.6°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Votkinsk in JanuaryRussia · 544 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -14.1°C · 38 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 Syktyvkar) is explained once on the Syktyvkar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.