Climate averages 1991–2020
Tambov weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Tambov: daytime highs average -5.0°C and nights cool to about -9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 13 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Michurinsk (67 km away). In January its highs average -5.1°C, about as warm as Tambov, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Tambov ranks joint 71st 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; Tambov is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to -4.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 41 mm to 36 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
Tambov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -5.0°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 41 | 10.2 | 8.28 h |
| February | -4.4°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 36 | 8.4 | 9.810 h |
| March | 1.5°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 37 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.0°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 41 | 9.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 19.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 55 | 9.4 | 15.816 h |
| June | 23.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 69 | 11.3 | 16.817 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 61 | 10.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 24.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 46 | 7.9 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 53 | 9.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 53 | 10.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.7°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 44 | 8.7 | 8.89 h |
| December | -3.2°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 42 | 10.3 | 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.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Michurinsk in JanuaryRussia · 67 kmHigh -5.1°C · Low -9.9°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Lipetsk in JanuaryRussia · 128 kmHigh -4.8°C · Low -9.5°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Balashov in JanuaryRussia · 177 kmHigh -5.3°C · Low -10.0°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Voronezh in JanuaryRussia · 194 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -8.9°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Yelets in JanuaryRussia · 198 kmHigh -4.3°C · Low -8.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Ryazan’ in JanuaryRussia · 239 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -9.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Penza in JanuaryRussia · 244 kmHigh -6.3°C · Low -11.2°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Novomoskovsk in JanuaryRussia · 252 kmHigh -5.3°C · Low -10.0°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 Tambov) is explained once on the Tambov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.