Climate averages 1991–2020
Vladikavkaz weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Vladikavkaz: daytime highs average 2.6°C and nights cool to about -6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazran (22 km away). In January its highs average 2.2°C, about as warm as Vladikavkaz, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vladikavkaz ranks 14th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 64th of 236 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Vladikavkaz is 9.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 3.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Vladikavkaz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.6°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 30 | 6.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 7.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 70 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 103 | 15.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 157 | 21.1 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 216 | 22.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 201 | 22.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 169 | 20.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 19.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 98 | 14.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 61 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 38 | 6.9 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.3°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 26 | 6.0 | 9.19 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Nazran in JanuaryRussia · 22 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -5.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Sunzha in JanuaryRussia · 44 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -5.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Grozny in JanuaryRussia · 88 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Tbilisi in JanuaryGeorgia · 151 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -3.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in JanuaryRussia · 157 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -4.8°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Khasavyurt in JanuaryRussia · 157 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -3.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Rustavi in JanuaryGeorgia · 166 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in JanuaryRussia · 172 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -5.9°C · 30 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 Vladikavkaz) is explained once on the Vladikavkaz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.