Belogorsk weather in January

In January, Belogorsk sees average daytime highs of -18°C and overnight lows near -30°C, with 4 mm of precipitation across 1.1 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about -19°C in the first days to -16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Belogorsk's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Belogorsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-18°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-30°
1st coldest
Precipitation
4 mm
1.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:30 AM – 4:40 PM
Cloud cover
47%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
1.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Belogorsk is city in Belogorsk Urban Okrug, Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.

Density
501/km²
people per km²
Founded
1860

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 -19°C in the first days to -16°C by the end.

A typical January day in Belogorsk reaches about -18°C in the afternoon and slips back to -30°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -24°C and -12°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 6°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-19-29
2-19-29
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8-19-30
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20-18-30
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29-16-29
30-16-28
31-16-28

How January really feels in Belogorsk

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.

Belogorsk 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-18° / -30°41.12.18.20.0
Feb-12° / -25°41.329.70.0
Mar-2° / -15°92.32.911.50.0
Apr10° / -2°2552.113.52.3
May19° / 609.50.215.35.8
Jun24° / 13°8011.1016.26.5
Jul26° / 17°13214015.85.9
Aug24° / 14°10612.5014.36.4
Sep18° / 719.30.112.45.6
Oct / -3°356.7310.41.4
Nov-7° / -17°133.33.88.70.0
Dec-18° / -28°72.13.27.80.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26238
36238
46238
56238
66238
76139
86139
96238
106238
116139
126139
136139
146139
156139
166040
176040
186040
196040
206040
215941
225941
235941
245941
255941
265941
276040
286040
296040
306040
316040

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Belogorsk gets around 4 mm of rain and snow over 1.1 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 4% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
157
257
357
457
557
657
757
847
946
1046
1146
1236
1336
1436
1536
1626
1726
1826
1926
2036
2136
2236
2336
2437
2537
2637
2737
2847
2947
3047
3147

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 (%)
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 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
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
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229calm
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249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:36 AM to 8:14 AM, and sunset from 4:22 PM to 5:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:364:22
27.88:364:23
37.88:364:24
47.88:354:25
57.98:354:26
67.98:354:28
77.98:354:29
87.98:344:30
98.08:344:31
108.08:344:32
118.08:334:34
128.08:334:35
138.18:324:36
148.18:314:38
158.18:314:39
168.28:304:40
178.28:294:42
188.28:284:43
198.38:284:45
208.38:274:46
218.48:264:48
228.48:254:50
238.58:244:51
248.58:234:53
258.58:224:54
268.68:204:56
278.68:194:58
288.78:184:59
298.78:175:01
308.88:165:03
318.88:145:04

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.13 kWh/m² to a high of 5.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.46 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.2Dim
21.2Dim
31.2Dim
41.2Dim
51.2Dim
61.3Dim
71.3Dim
81.3Dim
91.3Dim
101.3Dim
111.3Dim
121.4Dim
131.4Dim
141.4Dim
151.4Dim
161.4Dim
171.5Dim
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261.7Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Belogorsk

In seasonPeak

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

Belogorsk'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 Belogorsk?

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 Belogorsk.

What to pack for Belogorsk in January

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

In January, Belogorsk sees daytime highs around -18°C and nights near -30°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Belogorsk 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 Belogorsk peaks around August 16 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateHighModerateLowAug 16UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul4Moderate
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Belogorsk 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 Belogorsk is worst in April — around 74 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 19.4× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1971 µg/m³Dec 234 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb7Good
Mar34Moderate
Apr74Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun12Good
Jul17Moderate
Aug8Good
Sep10Good
Oct32Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Belogorsk?

Belogorsk sits at 50.9°N, 128.5°E, 168 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Svobodnyy, 58 km away.

Topography around Belogorsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Belogorsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 169 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m.

The land around Belogorsk is covered by artificial surfaces (28%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) within 16 km, and cropland (32%), grassland (31%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
29 m
16 km
94 m
80 km
193 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Svobodnyy 58 km · Chigiri 95 km · Blagoveshchensk 99 km · Shimanovsk 134 km · Raychikhinsk 139 km · Zeya 325 km · Birobidzhan 394 km · Hainan 424 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 Belogorsk (50.9124°, 128.5124°, elevation 168 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).