Belëv weather in January

In January, Belëv sees average daytime highs of -4°C and overnight lows near -9°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 9.8 wet days and about 7.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -4°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Belëv's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Belëv's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-4°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-9°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
37 mm
9.8 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:54 AM – 4:36 PM
Cloud cover
91%
12th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Belëv is human settlement in Tula Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,783/km²
people per km²
Founded
1147

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 -4°C through the month.

A typical January day in Belëv reaches about -4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -9°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -12°C and 2°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)
1-3-8
2-3-8
3-4-8
4-4-8
5-4-8
6-4-8
7-4-8
8-4-8
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How January really feels in Belëv

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.

Belëv weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-4° / -9°379.810.37.80.0
Feb-4° / -9°359.19.29.40.0
Mar / -5°368.36.711.50.0
Apr11° / 439.61.813.72.8
May18° / 6111.40.115.65.8
Jun22° / 12°7212016.76.2
Jul24° / 14°8313.6016.36.4
Aug23° / 12°6710.6014.66.7
Sep17° / 609.70.112.55.1
Oct / 5810.31.210.21.9
Nov / -3°4494.98.30.0
Dec-3° / -7°4210.49.87.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2694
3694
4694
5694
6694
7694
8694
9694
10694
11793
12793
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15793
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20892
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24991
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301090
311090

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Belëv gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 9.8 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 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13334
23234
33233
43233
53133
63133
73133
83233
93233
103132
113132
123132
133131
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153031
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203032
213132
223133
233133
243234
253234
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283435
293436
303436
313436

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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3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
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11100
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24100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 18 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 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
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:01 AM to 8:35 AM, and sunset from 4:16 PM to 5:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.29:014:16
27.39:014:17
37.39:014:18
47.39:014:19
57.39:004:20
67.49:004:22
77.49:004:23
87.48:594:24
97.48:594:26
107.58:584:27
117.58:574:28
127.58:574:30
137.68:564:31
147.68:554:33
157.78:544:34
167.78:544:36
177.78:534:38
187.88:524:39
197.88:514:41
207.98:504:43
217.98:484:44
228.08:474:46
238.08:464:48
248.18:454:50
258.18:444:51
268.28:424:53
278.28:414:55
288.38:394:57
298.38:384:59
308.48:365:01
318.58:355:03

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.45 kWh/m² to a high of 5.65 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.69 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 Belëv?

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 Belëv.

What to pack for Belëv in January

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

In January, Belëv sees daytime highs around -4°C and nights near -9°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Belëv 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 Belëv peaks around July 12 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 12UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Belëv?

Belëv sits at 53.8°N, 36.1°E, 176 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kozel’sk, 34 km away.

Topography around Belëv

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Belëv has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 165 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 155 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m.

The land around Belëv is covered by grassland (32%), trees (30%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, trees (48%), grassland (30%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (47%), cropland (31%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
155 m
80 km
200 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Kozel’sk 34 km · Suvorov 42 km · Sukhinichi 61 km · Mtsensk 66 km · Plavsk 77 km · Kaluga 80 km · Shchëkino 93 km · Orël 94 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 Belëv (53.8122°, 36.1334°, elevation 176 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).