Anadyr weather in January

In January, Anadyr sees average daytime highs of -19°C and overnight lows near -22°C, with 25 mm of precipitation across 6.1 wet days and about 4.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -17°C in the first days to -19°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 3 h 24 min at the start of January to 6 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Anadyr's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Anadyr's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-19°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-22°
1st coldest
Precipitation
25 mm
6.1 wet days
Daylight
4 h 36 min
10:02 AM – 2:36 PM
Cloud cover
87%
11th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
0.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Anadyr is town in northeastern Russia.

Density
294/km²
people per km²
Founded
1889

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 -17°C in the first days to -19°C by the end.

A typical January day in Anadyr reaches about -19°C in the afternoon and slips back to -22°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -29°C and -6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Anadyr

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.

Anadyr weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-19° / -22°256.17.64.60.0
Feb-17° / -21°286.57.67.80.0
Mar-14° / -18°205611.20.0
Apr-8° / -12°164.2514.70.0
May / -3°1854.718.10.0
Jun / 296.20.620.60.1
Jul / 518.4019.51.3
Aug10° / 6510.2016.22.0
Sep / 478.50.712.70.8
Oct-1° / -4°417.66.59.20.0
Nov-8° / -11°397.795.80.0
Dec-15° / -19°275.66.93.40.0

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 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
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291486
301486
311387

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Anadyr gets around 25 mm of rain and snow over 6.1 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 20% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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312023

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 19 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 3 h 24 min at the start of January to 6 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 168 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 10:32 AM to 9:19 AM, and sunset from 1:55 PM to 3:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
13.410:321:55
23.410:301:57
33.510:291:59
43.610:282:01
53.610:262:04
63.710:242:06
73.810:222:09
83.910:202:12
93.910:182:15
104.010:162:18
114.110:142:21
124.210:122:24
134.310:102:27
144.410:072:30
154.510:052:33
164.610:022:36
174.79:592:40
184.89:572:43
194.99:542:46
205.09:512:50
215.19:492:53
225.29:462:57
235.39:433:00
245.49:403:03
255.59:373:07
265.69:343:10
275.79:313:14
285.89:283:17
295.99:253:21
306.09:223:24
316.29:193:28

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.04 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.16 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Anadyr?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Anadyr.

What to pack for Anadyr in January

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

In January, Anadyr sees daytime highs around -19°C and nights near -22°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

Sea temperature near Anadyr 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 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 11°C and coldest in January near -1°C.

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

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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UV index in Anadyr 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 Anadyr peaks around June 14 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 14UV 5Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr2Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Anadyr?

Anadyr sits at 64.7°N, 177.5°E, 35 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Magadan, 1,488 km away.

MagadanYelizovoPetropavlovsk-KamchatskyVilyuchinsk

Topography around Anadyr

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Anadyr has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 346 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,003 m.

The land around Anadyr is covered by water (60%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, water (49%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%), water (30%) and wetland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
117 m
16 km
346 m
80 km
1,003 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Magadan 1,488 km · Fairbanks 1,626 km · Badger 1,636 km · Anchorage 1,672 km · Yelizovo 1,675 km · Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 1,678 km · Eagle River 1,682 km · Vilyuchinsk 1,698 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 Anadyr (64.7342°, 177.5103°, elevation 35 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).