Borodino weather in January

In January, Borodino sees average daytime highs of -14°C and overnight lows near -23°C, with 13 mm of precipitation across 4.4 wet days and about 7.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Borodino's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Borodino's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-14°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-23°
1st coldest
Precipitation
13 mm
4.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 18 min
9:10 AM – 4:29 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
0.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Borodino is human settlement in Borodino Urban Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Density
560/km²
people per km²
Founded
1949

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 -14°C through the month.

A typical January day in Borodino reaches about -14°C in the afternoon and slips back to -23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -28°C and -3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 4°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-14-22
2-14-22
3-14-22
4-14-22
5-14-22
6-15-22
7-15-22
8-15-23
9-15-23
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28-14-23
29-14-23
30-14-23
31-14-23

How January really feels in Borodino

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.

Borodino 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-14° / -23°134.46.47.40.0
Feb-10° / -20°124.36.29.20.0
Mar-2° / -13°155.16.511.40.0
Apr / -3°298.13.713.81.4
May16° / 4811.20.8164.6
Jun22° / 10°5510.6017.26.5
Jul24° / 13°6410.9016.76.7
Aug21° / 11°5910.7014.86.3
Sep14° / 5111.40.412.53.9
Oct / -3°3710.24.210.10.6
Nov-5° / -13°308.710.680.0
Dec-12° / -20°268.210.86.80.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 78%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
31981
41882
51882
61882
71981
81981
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272674
282872
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302872
312872

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Borodino gets around 13 mm of rain and snow over 4.4 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 15% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12027
22026
31926
41825
51724
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81522
91522
101521
111421
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311420

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 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
1412calm
1512calm
1612calm
1712calm
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1912calm
2012light breeze
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3012light breeze
3112calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:20 AM to 8:49 AM, and sunset from 4:07 PM to 4:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.89:204:07
26.89:204:08
36.89:194:10
46.99:194:11
56.99:194:12
66.99:184:13
77.09:184:15
87.09:174:16
97.09:164:18
107.19:164:19
117.19:154:21
127.19:144:22
137.29:134:24
147.29:124:25
157.39:114:27
167.39:104:29
177.49:094:31
187.49:084:33
197.59:074:34
207.59:064:36
217.69:044:38
227.69:034:40
237.79:024:42
247.79:004:44
257.88:594:46
267.88:574:48
277.98:564:50
288.08:544:52
298.08:534:54
308.18:514:56
318.28:494:58

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 6.11 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.79 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Borodino?

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
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Borodino.

What to pack for Borodino in January

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

In January, Borodino sees daytime highs around -14°C and nights near -23°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Borodino 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 Borodino peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Borodino 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 Borodino is worst in April — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 8.1× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1818 µg/m³Dec 153 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb6Good
Mar8Good
Apr19Moderate
May12Good
Jun10Good
Jul17Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep8Good
Oct6Good
Nov4Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Borodino?

Borodino sits at 55.9°N, 94.9°E, 329 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Zelenogorsk, 30 km away.

Topography around Borodino

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Borodino has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 158 m around an average of 319 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 226 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 613 m.

The land around Borodino is covered by grassland (42%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, grassland (34%), trees (33%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
158 m
16 km
226 m
80 km
613 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Zelenogorsk 30 km · Kansk 60 km · Ilanskiy 80 km · Zheleznogorsk 94 km · Sosnovoborsk 101 km · Berëzovka 112 km · Krasnoyarsk 124 km · Divnogorsk 158 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 Borodino (55.9076°, 94.9118°, elevation 329 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).