Kohtla-Järve weather in January

In January, Kohtla-Järve sees average daytime highs of -2°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 10.5 wet days and about 6.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -1°C in the first days to -3°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 48 min at the start of January to 7 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kohtla-Järve's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kohtla-Järve's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-2°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
39 mm
10.5 wet days
Daylight
6 h 30 min
9:05 AM – 3:35 PM
Cloud cover
87%
12th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kohtla-Järve is town in Estonia.

Air quality
Excellent
PM2.5 4 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
900/km²
people per km²
Founded
1946

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about -1°C in the first days to -3°C by the end.

A typical January day in Kohtla-Järve reaches about -2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -9°C and 3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-1-5
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How January really feels in Kohtla-Järve

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Kohtla-Järve weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-2° / -6°3910.510.26.60.0
Feb-2° / -7°328.88.68.70.0
Mar / -4°338.7611.30.0
Apr / 369.32.414.11.2
May14° / 488.90.116.64.0
Jun18° / 10°7511.7018.15.4
Jul21° / 14°6411.2017.56.3
Aug20° / 13°7513.1015.35.8
Sep15° / 10°5712.5012.64.2
Oct / 6513.11.49.81.4
Nov / 5312.15.87.30.0
Dec / -3°4511.88.95.90.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kohtla-Järve gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 10.5 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 34% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 18 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
219light breeze
319light breeze
419light breeze
519light breeze
619light breeze
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1018light breeze
1118light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 5 h 48 min at the start of January to 7 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:19 AM to 8:38 AM, and sunset from 3:10 PM to 4:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.89:193:10
25.99:183:11
35.99:183:12
45.99:173:14
56.09:173:15
66.09:163:17
76.19:153:18
86.19:143:20
96.19:133:22
106.29:123:23
116.29:113:25
126.39:103:27
136.39:093:29
146.49:083:31
156.49:073:33
166.59:053:35
176.69:043:37
186.69:023:39
196.79:013:42
206.78:593:44
216.88:583:46
226.98:563:48
236.98:543:51
247.08:523:53
257.18:503:55
267.28:493:58
277.28:474:00
287.38:454:03
297.48:434:05
307.58:414:08
317.58:384:10

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.18 kWh/m² to a high of 5.66 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.32 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Kohtla-Järve?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kohtla-Järve.

What to pack for Kohtla-Järve in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Kohtla-Järve sees daytime highs around -2°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Kohtla-Järve in January

The nearest coast averages about 1°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 26 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan1Bracing
Feb0Bracing
Mar0Bracing
Apr2Bracing
May7Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct11Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Kohtla-Järve in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kohtla-Järve peaks around June 21 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kohtla-Järve?

Kohtla-Järve sits at 59.4°N, 27.3°E, 66 m above sea level, in Estonia. The nearest listed city is Narva, 52 km away.

NarvaRakvereSlantsyTartu

Topography around Kohtla-Järve

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kohtla-Järve.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kohtla-Järve has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 65 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m.

The land around Kohtla-Järve is covered by trees (34%), cropland (29%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (34%) and water (33%) within 16 km, and water (46%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
111 m
16 km
161 m
80 km
188 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Narva 52 km · Rakvere 52 km · Slantsy 56 km · Kingisepp 76 km · Sosnovyy Bor 116 km · Tartu 117 km · Kotka 120 km · Karhula 126 km

Estonia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 66% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$34,418
2025
Happiness
6.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 561
Religion
none 58%Orthodox 17%Protestant 9%other 3%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kohtla-Järve (59.3986°, 27.2731°, elevation 66 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).