Climate averages 1991–2020
Vologda weather
in January.
A freezing month with light 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 Vologda: daytime highs average -7.0°C and nights cool to about -11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 59 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cherepovets (113 km away). In January its highs average -6.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Vologda, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vologda ranks 122nd of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 116th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Vologda is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to -6.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 36 mm to 30 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
Vologda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -7.0°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 36 | 10.2 | 7.07 h |
| February | -6.2°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 30 | 8.3 | 9.29 h |
| March | -0.8°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 32 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 38 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| May | 15.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 57 | 11.4 | 16.917 h |
| June | 19.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 78 | 11.9 | 18.418 h |
| July | 21.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 82 | 13.1 | 17.818 h |
| August | 19.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 77 | 12.7 | 15.516 h |
| September | 13.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 60 | 11.1 | 12.913 h |
| October | 6.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 57 | 12.1 | 10.310 h |
| November | -1.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 46 | 10.2 | 7.88 h |
| December | -4.7°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 39 | 11.2 | 6.36 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
- Cherepovets in JanuaryRussia · 113 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -10.7°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Rybinsk in JanuaryRussia · 144 kmHigh -5.7°C · Low -10.3°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Kostroma in JanuaryRussia · 173 kmHigh -6.5°C · Low -11.3°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Yaroslavl in JanuaryRussia · 177 kmHigh -6.1°C · Low -11.1°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Kineshma in JanuaryRussia · 238 kmHigh -6.5°C · Low -11.2°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Ivanovo in JanuaryRussia · 255 kmHigh -6.3°C · Low -11.4°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Kovrov in JanuaryRussia · 330 kmHigh -5.9°C · Low -10.9°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Sergiyev Posad in JanuaryRussia · 340 kmHigh -5.5°C · Low -10.2°C · 39 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 Vologda) is explained once on the Vologda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.