Climate averages 1991–2020
Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate 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 Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia: daytime highs average -3.8°C and nights cool to about -8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orël (85 km away). In January its highs average -4.2°C, about as warm as Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia, with 38 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia ranks joint 46th of 236 for the warmest January highs and joint 187th of 236 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 236 cities is -7.3°C; Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to -3.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 37 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 (Kursk Oblast), Russia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -3.8°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 40 | 9.9 | 8.38 h |
| February | -3.2°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 37 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| March | 2.4°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 39 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 46 | 9.6 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 60 | 10.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 22.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 65 | 11.1 | 16.717 h |
| July | 24.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 77 | 12.2 | 16.316 h |
| August | 23.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 54 | 8.5 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 55 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 54 | 10.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | 2.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 42 | 8.4 | 8.89 h |
| December | -2.1°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 41 | 9.5 | 7.88 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
- Orël in JanuaryRussia · 85 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -8.8°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Kursk in JanuaryRussia · 89 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.3°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Bryansk in JanuaryRussia · 125 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -8.4°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Shostka in JanuaryUkraine · 139 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -7.4°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Sumy in JanuaryUkraine · 163 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -7.5°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Gubkin in JanuaryRussia · 190 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.4°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Konotop in JanuaryUkraine · 193 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -6.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Staryy Oskol in JanuaryRussia · 206 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -8.2°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 Zheleznogorsk) is explained once on the Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.