Climate averages 1991–2020
Velikiye Luki weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Velikiye Luki: daytime highs average -3.0°C and nights cool to about -7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vitebsk (130 km away). In January its highs average -3.1°C, about as warm as Velikiye Luki, with 44 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Velikiye Luki ranks joint 39th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 187th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Velikiye Luki is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to -2.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 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
Velikiye Luki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -3.0°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 40 | 10.8 | 7.68 h |
| February | -2.3°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 36 | 9.6 | 9.59 h |
| March | 2.9°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 36 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 41 | 9.2 | 14.214 h |
| May | 16.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 61 | 11.0 | 16.316 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 78 | 13.2 | 17.618 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 88 | 13.7 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 74 | 11.0 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 62 | 10.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 60 | 11.4 | 10.510 h |
| November | 2.4°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 49 | 10.9 | 8.38 h |
| December | -1.3°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 41 | 10.3 | 7.07 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
- Vitebsk in JanuaryBelarus · 130 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -7.5°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Polotsk in JanuaryBelarus · 145 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Novopolotsk in JanuaryBelarus · 152 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Smolensk in JanuaryRussia · 198 kmHigh -4.0°C · Low -8.5°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Orsha in JanuaryBelarus · 203 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -7.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Pskov in JanuaryRussia · 212 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -6.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Velikiy Novgorod in JanuaryRussia · 246 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -7.8°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Daugavpils in JanuaryLatvia · 254 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.1°C · 41 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 Velikiye Luki) is explained once on the Velikiye Luki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.