Climate averages 1991–2020
Ulan-Ude weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Ulan-Ude: daytime highs average -15.9°C and nights cool to about -27.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 2.7 mm of precipitation on roughly 1 day, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Irkutsk (232 km away). In January its highs average -13.8°C, 2.1°C warmer than Ulan-Ude, with 5.5 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Ulan-Ude ranks 219th of 236 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Ulan-Ude is 8.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 6.6°C to -9.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 2.7 mm to 2.9 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
Ulan-Ude climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -15.9°C-27.2°C | -27.2°C | 2.7 | 1.0 | 8.48 h |
| February | -9.3°C-23.8°C | -23.8°C | 2.9 | 1.1 | 9.910 h |
| March | 0.1°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 4.9 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 15 | 3.7 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 31 | 6.7 | 15.616 h |
| June | 23.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 44 | 7.7 | 16.617 h |
| July | 25.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 53 | 9.6 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 68 | 9.9 | 14.615 h |
| September | 15.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 44 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 6.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 14 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | -4.4°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 9.3 | 3.2 | 8.99 h |
| December | -13.7°C-22.6°C | -22.6°C | 6.6 | 2.4 | 7.98 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
- Irkutsk in JanuaryRussia · 232 kmHigh -13.8°C · Low -22.9°C · 5.5 mm precipitation
- Angarsk in JanuaryRussia · 264 kmHigh -15.0°C · Low -24.8°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Darhan in JanuaryMongolia · 286 kmHigh -12.9°C · Low -24.8°C · 1.6 mm precipitation
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in JanuaryRussia · 288 kmHigh -15.7°C · Low -24.8°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Erdenet in JanuaryMongolia · 398 kmHigh -11.6°C · Low -21.7°C · 1.4 mm precipitation
- Chita in JanuaryRussia · 405 kmHigh -17.2°C · Low -28.9°C · 1.3 mm precipitation
- Ulan Bator in JanuaryMongolia · 439 kmHigh -12.4°C · Low -24.8°C · 1.5 mm precipitation
- Bratsk in JanuaryRussia · 618 kmHigh -17.2°C · Low -21.9°C · 8.4 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 Ulan-Ude) is explained once on the Ulan-Ude year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.