Climate averages 1991–2020
Vladivostok 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 Vladivostok: daytime highs average -7.5°C and nights cool to about -13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Artëm (38 km away). In January its highs average -8.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Vladivostok, with 10 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vladivostok ranks joint 125th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 17th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Vladivostok is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.5°C to -4.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 12 mm to 14 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
Vladivostok climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -7.5°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 12 | 2.1 | 9.49 h |
| February | -4.0°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 14 | 2.9 | 10.510 h |
| March | 1.8°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 27 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 7.1°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 42 | 6.9 | 13.413 h |
| May | 11.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 81 | 10.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 16.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 70 | 9.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 20.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 137 | 10.7 | 15.015 h |
| August | 22.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 150 | 11.9 | 13.914 h |
| September | 19.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 89 | 8.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 12.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 61 | 6.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 3.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 36 | 5.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | -4.8°C-10.8°C | -10.8°C | 19 | 3.5 | 9.19 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
- Artëm in JanuaryRussia · 38 kmHigh -8.4°C · Low -18.1°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Ussuriysk in JanuaryRussia · 78 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -19.9°C · 9.8 mm precipitation
- Nakhodka in JanuaryRussia · 90 kmHigh -6.1°C · Low -13.9°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Hunchun in JanuaryChina · 126 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -16.5°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Ŭndŏk in JanuaryNorth Korea · 141 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -14.4°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Suifenhe in JanuaryChina · 155 kmHigh -10.3°C · Low -20.8°C · 8.2 mm precipitation
- Tumen in JanuaryChina · 166 kmHigh -6.5°C · Low -17.3°C · 7.8 mm precipitation
- Wangqing in JanuaryChina · 173 kmHigh -7.7°C · Low -18.4°C · 7.5 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 Vladivostok) is explained once on the Vladivostok year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.