Aleysk weather in January

In January, Aleysk sees average daytime highs of -11°C and overnight lows near -20°C, with 22 mm of precipitation across 6.6 wet days and about 8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 30 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Aleysk's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aleysk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-20°
1st coldest
Precipitation
22 mm
6.6 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
8:40 AM – 4:36 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Aleysk is human settlement in City of Aleysk, Altai Krai, Russia.

Founded
1913

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -11°C through the month.

A typical January day in Aleysk reaches about -11°C in the afternoon and slips back to -20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -22°C and -1°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Aleysk

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.

Aleysk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -20°226.68.280.0
Feb-8° / -18°205.66.59.50.0
Mar / -11°266.76.311.50.0
Apr12° / -0°377.52.213.63.2
May20° / 478.80.415.56.4
Jun25° / 13°5410.1016.56.8
Jul26° / 15°7112.3016.16.4
Aug24° / 12°438.6014.57.1
Sep18° / 388.30.112.45.8
Oct10° / -0°408.92.910.32.1
Nov-2° / -9°469.98.88.50.0
Dec-9° / -17°369.611.17.50.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
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52080
61981
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273070
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303070
313070

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Aleysk gets around 22 mm of rain and snow over 6.6 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 22% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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202227
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271722
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291721
301721
311721

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 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 30 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:47 AM to 8:23 AM, and sunset from 4:17 PM to 5:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.58:474:17
27.58:474:18
37.58:474:19
47.68:474:20
57.68:464:21
67.68:464:22
77.68:464:24
87.78:454:25
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107.78:444:27
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198.18:384:41
208.18:374:42
218.18:364:44
228.28:354:46
238.28:334:47
248.38:324:49
258.38:314:51
268.48:304:52
278.48:294:54
288.58:274:56
298.58:264:58
308.68:245:00
318.68:235:01

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.08 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Aleysk?

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
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Aleysk.

What to pack for Aleysk in January

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

In January, Aleysk sees daytime highs around -11°C and nights near -20°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Aleysk in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aleysk peaks around July 18 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 18UV 6Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Aleysk 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 Aleysk is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodGoodApr 1415 µg/m³Dec 166 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb11Good
Mar12Good
Apr16Moderate
May9Good
Jun8Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug9Good
Sep7Good
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Aleysk?

Aleysk sits at 52.5°N, 82.8°E, 180 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Yuzhnyy, 104 km away.

Topography around Aleysk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aleysk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 173 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 433 m.

The land around Aleysk is covered by grassland (48%), artificial surfaces (23%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
122 m
80 km
433 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Yuzhnyy 104 km · Novosilikatnyy 107 km · Barnaul 116 km · Novoaltaysk 129 km · Suzun 146 km · Rubtsovsk 153 km · Tal’menka 157 km · Biysk 164 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 Aleysk (52.4963°, 82.7747°, elevation 180 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).