Artëm weather in January

In January, Artëm sees average daytime highs of -8°C and overnight lows near -16°C, with 10 mm of precipitation across 2.2 wet days and about 9.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 48 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Artëm's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Artëm's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-8°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-16°
1st coldest
Precipitation
10 mm
2.2 wet days
Daylight
9 h 06 min
8:47 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover
32%
1st clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
2.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Artëm is city in Russia.

Density
202/km²
people per km²
Founded
1908

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 -8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Artëm reaches about -8°C in the afternoon and slips back to -16°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -13°C and -2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and about 4°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Artëm

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.

Artëm weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-8° / -16°102.22.49.20.0
Feb-4° / -12°142.72.910.20.0
Mar / -5°275.14.111.60.1
Apr / 396.71.413.22.0
May14° / 7010.30.114.54.2
Jun19° / 13°588.7015.25.9
Jul23° / 18°11010.2014.96.4
Aug24° / 19°13011.5013.86.5
Sep20° / 14°828.6012.36.6
Oct14° / 647.60.510.84.3
Nov / -3°335.32.69.50.4
Dec-5° / -13°183.33.38.80.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Artëm gets around 10 mm of rain and snow over 2.2 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 7% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1910
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499
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689
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1078
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2767
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3067
3167

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 13 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 48 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:49 AM to 8:36 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.88:495:39
28.88:495:40
38.98:505:41
48.98:505:42
58.98:505:43
68.98:495:44
78.98:495:45
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199.28:455:58
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219.38:446:00
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239.38:436:02
249.48:426:04
259.48:426:05
269.48:416:06
279.58:406:07
289.58:396:09
299.58:386:10
309.68:376:11
319.68:366:13

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.98 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 2.42 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.1Moderate
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42.2Moderate
52.2Moderate
62.2Moderate
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92.2Moderate
102.3Moderate
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262.7Moderate
272.7Moderate
282.8Moderate
292.8Moderate
302.8Moderate
312.9Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Artëm

In seasonPeak

In January, Artëm sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Artëm sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Artëm's rainy season runs July–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Artëm?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Artëm.

What to pack for Artëm in January

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

In January, Artëm sees daytime highs around -8°C and nights near -16°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

a warm layera heavy coat

Sea temperature near Artëm in January

The nearest coast averages about 0°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 21°C and coldest in February near -0°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Aug 11 to Aug 26 — about 0.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarm
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan0Bracing
Feb0Bracing
Mar0Bracing
Apr3Bracing
May8Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug21Refreshing
Sep19Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec3Bracing

UV index in Artëm 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 Artëm peaks around August 18 at about 8 (very 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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowAug 18UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun7High
Jul5High
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Artëm 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 Artëm is worst in April — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.1× the cleanest month (September, 8 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateGoodModerateApr 1346 µg/m³Sep 108 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar35Poor
Apr49Poor
May20Moderate
Jun11Good
Jul11Good
Aug9Good
Sep8Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Artëm?

Artëm sits at 43.4°N, 132.2°E, 57 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Trudovoye, 11 km away.

Topography around Artëm

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Artëm has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 239 m around an average of 69 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 462 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,330 m.

The land around Artëm is covered by trees (43%) and artificial surfaces (38%) within 3 km, trees (56%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and water (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
239 m
16 km
462 m
80 km
1,330 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Trudovoye 11 km · Bol'šoj Kamen' 30 km · Vladivostok 38 km · Fokino 47 km · Ussuriysk 53 km · Partizansk 80 km · Nakhodka 82 km · Vrangel’ 101 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 Artëm (43.3576°, 132.1914°, elevation 57 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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. 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).