Aldan weather in January

In January, Aldan sees average daytime highs of -26°C and overnight lows near -32°C, with 10 mm of precipitation across 3.6 wet days and about 6.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about -27°C in the first days to -25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 06 min at the start of January to 7 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Aldan's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aldan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-26°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-32°
1st coldest
Precipitation
10 mm
3.6 wet days
Daylight
6 h 42 min
9:27 AM – 4:09 PM
Cloud cover
83%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
0.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Aldan is city in Sakha Republic.

Density
740/km²
people per km²
Founded
1924

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about -27°C in the first days to -25°C by the end.

A typical January day in Aldan reaches about -26°C in the afternoon and slips back to -32°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -35°C and -17°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 5°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-27-32
2-27-32
3-27-32
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15-27-32
16-27-32
17-27-32
18-26-32
19-26-32
20-26-32
21-26-32
22-26-32
23-26-32
24-25-32
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30-25-31
31-24-31

How January really feels in Aldan

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.

Aldan weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-26° / -32°103.67.26.80.0
Feb-21° / -29°103.76.98.80.0
Mar-12° / -21°196.710.511.40.0
Apr-1° / -10°389.610.9140.0
May / -1°8514.67.716.51.6
Jun18° / 9713.90.817.95.1
Jul21° / 11°13715.7017.35.5
Aug18° / 12115.50.415.24.8
Sep / 10014.86.512.51.4
Oct-4° / -11°5812.815.59.90.0
Nov-18° / -24°277.611.47.50.0
Dec-26° / -32°124.58.76.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21387
31486
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61486
71486
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101585
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311882

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Aldan gets around 10 mm of rain and snow over 3.6 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 12% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
11630
21630
31630
41629
51529
61528
71427
81426
91325
101324
111223
121122
131121
141020
15920
16919
17919
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19919
20919
21919
22919
231020
241020
251121
261122
271222
281223
291223
301223
311223

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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Dry (%)
1100
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28100
29100
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
209calm
219calm
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239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 06 min at the start of January to 7 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:39 AM to 9:01 AM, and sunset from 3:44 PM to 4:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.19:393:44
26.19:393:45
36.19:383:47
46.29:383:48
56.29:373:50
66.29:373:51
76.39:363:53
86.39:353:54
96.49:343:56
106.49:333:58
116.49:323:59
126.59:314:01
136.59:304:03
146.69:294:05
156.69:284:07
166.79:274:09
176.89:254:11
186.89:244:13
196.99:224:15
206.99:214:17
217.09:194:19
227.19:184:21
237.19:164:24
247.29:144:26
257.39:134:28
267.39:114:30
277.49:094:33
287.59:074:35
297.59:054:37
307.69:034:40
317.79:014:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.57 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Aldan

In seasonPeak

None of Aldan's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Aldan's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Aldan?

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

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

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Aldan.

What to pack for Aldan in January

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

In January, Aldan sees daytime highs around -26°C and nights near -32°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Aldan 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 Aldan peaks around June 10 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 10UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar1Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul2Low
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Aldan in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Aldan is worst in July — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 26.9× the cleanest month (December, 1 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 2026 µg/m³Dec 171 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan2Good
Feb2Good
Mar5Good
Apr6Good
May8Good
Jun9Good
Jul27Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct4Good
Nov2Good
Dec1Good
Location & terrain

Where is Aldan?

Aldan sits at 58.6°N, 125.4°E, 698 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Neryungri, 221 km away.

ZeyaLenskBodayboShimanovskMirny

Topography around Aldan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aldan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 201 m around an average of 683 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 857 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,334 m.

The land around Aldan is covered by trees (77%) within 3 km, trees (95%) within 16 km, and trees (91%) within 80 km.

3 km
201 m
16 km
857 m
80 km
1,334 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Neryungri 221 km · Tynda 387 km · Yakutsk 448 km · Zeya 554 km · Lensk 632 km · Bodaybo 660 km · Shimanovsk 749 km · Mirny 760 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,547
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
other Christian 2%

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 Aldan (58.6123°, 125.4°, elevation 698 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).