Climate averages 1991–2020
Volzhsky weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Volzhsky: daytime highs average -3.0°C and nights cool to about -8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 30 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volgograd (22 km away). In January its highs average -2.9°C, about as warm as Volzhsky, with 31 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Volzhsky ranks joint 39th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 82nd of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Volzhsky is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to -2.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 30 mm to 25 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
Volzhsky 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-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 30 | 7.7 | 8.89 h |
| February | -2.1°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 25 | 6.4 | 10.110 h |
| March | 5.1°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 30 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 29 | 6.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 22.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 39 | 7.1 | 15.215 h |
| June | 27.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 31 | 6.4 | 16.116 h |
| July | 30.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 25 | 5.4 | 15.716 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 21 | 3.9 | 14.414 h |
| September | 22.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 31 | 5.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 32 | 6.8 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.2°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 24 | 6.0 | 9.29 h |
| December | -1.3°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 32 | 7.9 | 8.38 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
- Volgograd in JanuaryRussia · 22 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -7.9°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Kamyshin in JanuaryRussia · 152 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -8.9°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Volgodonsk in JanuaryRussia · 241 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -5.6°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Elista in JanuaryRussia · 278 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -5.3°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Engels in JanuaryRussia · 315 kmHigh -5.6°C · Low -10.6°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Saratov in JanuaryRussia · 318 kmHigh -5.9°C · Low -10.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Balashov in JanuaryRussia · 328 kmHigh -5.3°C · Low -10.0°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in JanuaryRussia · 337 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -6.4°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 Volzhsky) is explained once on the Volzhsky year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.