Climate averages 1991–2020
Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia 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 Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia: daytime highs average -14.2°C and nights cool to about -21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Krasnoyarsk (44 km away). In January its highs average -13.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia, with 13 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia ranks 209th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 33rd of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.3°C to -9.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 17 mm to 15 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
Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -14.2°C-21.2°C | -21.2°C | 17 | 5.7 | 7.68 h |
| February | -9.9°C-18.2°C | -18.2°C | 15 | 5.3 | 9.510 h |
| March | -1.7°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 21 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.2°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 36 | 9.9 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 54 | 12.0 | 16.316 h |
| June | 22.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 60 | 11.3 | 17.618 h |
| July | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 71 | 12.0 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 66 | 11.9 | 15.115 h |
| September | 14.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 59 | 12.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 5.5°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 49 | 12.2 | 10.510 h |
| November | -5.0°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 39 | 10.8 | 8.38 h |
| December | -11.6°C-18.7°C | -18.7°C | 32 | 9.5 | 7.07 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
- Krasnoyarsk in JanuaryRussia · 44 kmHigh -13.5°C · Low -21.1°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Zelenogorsk in JanuaryRussia · 67 kmHigh -14.3°C · Low -21.3°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Kansk in JanuaryRussia · 135 kmHigh -15.2°C · Low -22.2°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Achinsk in JanuaryRussia · 187 kmHigh -14.3°C · Low -20.6°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Chernogorsk in JanuaryRussia · 304 kmHigh -13.8°C · Low -20.2°C · 5.5 mm precipitation
- Minusinsk in JanuaryRussia · 306 kmHigh -13.6°C · Low -21.2°C · 8.1 mm precipitation
- Abakan in JanuaryRussia · 312 kmHigh -13.4°C · Low -20.4°C · 6.5 mm precipitation
- Mezhdurechensk in JanuaryRussia · 450 kmHigh -11.9°C · Low -18.8°C · 56 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 Zheleznogorsk) is explained once on the Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.