Climate averages 1991–2020
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate 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 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: daytime highs average -8.0°C and nights cool to about -14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 52 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 59 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Asahikawa (355 km away). In January its highs average -5.2°C, 2.7°C warmer than Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, with 58 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk ranks joint 136th of 236 for the warmest January highs and 229th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to -6.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 52 mm to 39 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
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -8.0°C-14.9°C | -14.9°C | 52 | 7.3 | 9.09 h |
| February | -6.7°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 39 | 6.4 | 10.310 h |
| March | -1.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 63 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 5.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 69 | 10.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 12.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 68 | 10.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 16.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 61 | 9.3 | 15.816 h |
| July | 20.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 81 | 9.4 | 15.515 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 104 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 104 | 11.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.3°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 92 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 2.6°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 71 | 9.3 | 9.49 h |
| December | -4.9°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 63 | 8.6 | 8.69 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
- Asahikawa in JanuaryJapan · 355 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -12.1°C · 58 mm precipitation
- Kitami in JanuaryJapan · 362 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -13.1°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in JanuaryJapan · 424 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -10.8°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in JanuaryJapan · 438 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -10.6°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Otaru in JanuaryJapan · 440 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -5.8°C · 98 mm precipitation
- Sapporo in JanuaryJapan · 446 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -9.0°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Obihiro in JanuaryJapan · 450 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -14.8°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in JanuaryJapan · 461 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -10.2°C · 41 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 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) is explained once on the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.