Climate averages 1991–2020
Ust’-Ilimsk weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little 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 Ust’-Ilimsk: daytime highs average -18.5°C and nights cool to about -24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bratsk (217 km away). In January its highs average -17.2°C, 1.3°C warmer than Ust’-Ilimsk, with 8.4 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Ust’-Ilimsk ranks 232nd of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 22nd of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Ust’-Ilimsk is 11.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.4°C to -14.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 14 mm to 12 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
Ust’-Ilimsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -18.5°C-24.1°C | -24.1°C | 14 | 5.1 | 7.37 h |
| February | -14.1°C-20.7°C | -20.7°C | 12 | 4.5 | 9.39 h |
| March | -5.0°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 19 | 6.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 3.5°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 28 | 7.8 | 14.314 h |
| May | 12.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 43 | 10.6 | 16.717 h |
| June | 20.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 56 | 10.5 | 18.018 h |
| July | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 59 | 10.0 | 17.417 h |
| August | 20.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 57 | 9.9 | 15.415 h |
| September | 12.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 51 | 10.9 | 12.913 h |
| October | 2.6°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 41 | 11.4 | 10.410 h |
| November | -9.5°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 31 | 9.7 | 8.08 h |
| December | -16.9°C-23.2°C | -23.2°C | 22 | 7.7 | 6.67 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
- Bratsk in JanuaryRussia · 217 kmHigh -17.2°C · Low -21.9°C · 8.4 mm precipitation
- Kansk in JanuaryRussia · 464 kmHigh -15.2°C · Low -22.2°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Zelenogorsk in JanuaryRussia · 531 kmHigh -14.3°C · Low -21.3°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia in JanuaryRussia · 584 kmHigh -14.2°C · Low -21.2°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in JanuaryRussia · 587 kmHigh -15.7°C · Low -24.8°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Angarsk in JanuaryRussia · 610 kmHigh -15.0°C · Low -24.8°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Krasnoyarsk in JanuaryRussia · 627 kmHigh -13.5°C · Low -21.1°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Irkutsk in JanuaryRussia · 643 kmHigh -13.8°C · Low -22.9°C · 5.5 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 Ust’-Ilimsk) is explained once on the Ust’-Ilimsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.