Climate averages 1991–2020
Vorkuta weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Vorkuta: daytime highs average -18.4°C and nights cool to about -24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 30 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 3 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novyy Urengoy (572 km away). In January its highs average -21.1°C, 2.6°C cooler than Vorkuta, with 15 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vorkuta ranks 231st 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; Vorkuta is 11.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to -18.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 30 mm to 26 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
Vorkuta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -18.4°C-24.3°C | -24.3°C | 30 | 9.1 | 3.64 h |
| February | -18.2°C-23.7°C | -23.7°C | 26 | 8.2 | 7.88 h |
| March | -11.5°C-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 34 | 10.0 | 11.612 h |
| April | -5.8°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 38 | 9.8 | 15.616 h |
| May | 0.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 51 | 10.6 | 20.320 h |
| June | 10.7°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 63 | 12.0 | 24.024 h, midnight sun: no sunset |
| July | 16.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 70 | 11.4 | 22.523 h |
| August | 12.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 76 | 13.0 | 17.417 h |
| September | 6.8°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 61 | 12.5 | 13.313 h |
| October | -1.8°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 65 | 14.9 | 9.49 h |
| November | -11.1°C-16.9°C | -16.9°C | 50 | 11.7 | 5.35 h |
| December | -15.0°C-21.0°C | -21.0°C | 43 | 11.2 | 1.11 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
- Novyy Urengoy in JanuaryRussia · 572 kmHigh -21.1°C · Low -26.9°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Ukhta in JanuaryRussia · 647 kmHigh -12.6°C · Low -18.1°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Noyabrsk in JanuaryRussia · 711 kmHigh -19.1°C · Low -24.7°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Khanty-Mansiysk in JanuaryRussia · 762 kmHigh -16.8°C · Low -22.7°C · 20 mm precipitation
- Yekaterinburg in JanuaryRussia · 1197 kmHigh -11.3°C · Low -16.9°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Chelyabinsk in JanuaryRussia · 1380 kmHigh -11.2°C · Low -17.2°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Omsk in JanuaryRussia · 1474 kmHigh -13.2°C · Low -19.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Ufa in JanuaryRussia · 1482 kmHigh -9.5°C · Low -15.1°C · 38 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 Vorkuta) is explained once on the Vorkuta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.