Climate averages 1991–2020
Velikiy Novgorod weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Velikiy Novgorod: daytime highs average -3.7°C and nights cool to about -7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 45 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gatchina (134 km away). In January its highs average -3.9°C, about as warm as Velikiy Novgorod, with 37 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Velikiy Novgorod ranks joint 44th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 217th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Velikiy Novgorod is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to -3.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 45 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
Velikiy Novgorod climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -3.7°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 45 | 11.4 | 7.17 h |
| February | -3.5°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 36 | 8.9 | 9.39 h |
| March | 1.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 37 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 44 | 9.5 | 14.414 h |
| May | 16.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 63 | 11.3 | 16.817 h |
| June | 20.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 92 | 12.7 | 18.218 h |
| July | 22.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 86 | 13.2 | 17.618 h |
| August | 20.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 82 | 12.1 | 15.415 h |
| September | 15.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 61 | 10.8 | 12.913 h |
| October | 7.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 76 | 13.7 | 10.310 h |
| November | 1.6°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 68 | 12.7 | 7.98 h |
| December | -1.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 51 | 12.4 | 6.56 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
- Gatchina in JanuaryRussia · 134 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.3°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Pushkin in JanuaryRussia · 142 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.4°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Kolpino in JanuaryRussia · 142 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -8.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Saint Petersburg in JanuaryRussia · 167 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Peterhof in JanuaryRussia · 170 kmHigh -3.4°C · Low -7.0°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Pskov in JanuaryRussia · 189 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -6.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Velikiye Luki in JanuaryRussia · 246 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -7.3°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Tartu in JanuaryEstonia · 265 kmHigh -2.2°C · Low -6.3°C · 40 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 Velikiy Novgorod) is explained once on the Velikiy Novgorod year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.