Buzuluk weather in January

In January, Buzuluk sees average daytime highs of -8°C and overnight lows near -14°C, with 34 mm of precipitation across 8.9 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-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 8% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Buzuluk's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Buzuluk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-8°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-14°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
34 mm
8.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
9:44 AM – 5:37 PM
Cloud cover
86%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Buzuluk is town in Russia.

Density
1,624/km²
people per km²
Founded
1736

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 Buzuluk reaches about -8°C in the afternoon and slips back to -14°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -17°C and 0°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Buzuluk

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.

Buzuluk 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-8° / -14°348.910.47.90.0
Feb-7° / -14°287.38.19.50.0
Mar-0° / -8°3386.911.50.0
Apr12° / 357.91.313.63.3
May21° / 418.3015.56.8
Jun25° / 13°519.3016.57.0
Jul27° / 15°397.3016.17.0
Aug26° / 14°376.8014.57.4
Sep19° / 417.8012.46.2
Oct10° / 428.21.310.32.4
Nov / -5°377.95.68.40.0
Dec-6° / -12°368.59.37.50.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11090
21090
3991
4991
5991
61090
71090
81090
91090
10991
11991
121090
131090
141189
151090
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181288
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201387
211486
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251783
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291783
301981
311981

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Buzuluk gets around 34 mm of rain and snow over 8.9 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 29% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12934
22935
32935
43035
53035
63035
73036
83036
93036
103135
113135
123135
133035
143034
153034
163034
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202832
212832
222831
232831
242832
252832
262832
272933
282934
293034
303035
313135

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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24100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:51 AM to 9:26 AM, and sunset from 5:18 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.49:515:18
27.59:515:19
37.59:505:20
47.59:505:21
57.59:505:22
67.69:505:23
77.69:495:24
87.69:495:25
97.69:485:27
107.79:485:28
117.79:475:29
127.79:475:31
137.89:465:32
147.89:455:34
157.89:455:35
167.99:445:37
177.99:435:38
188.09:425:40
198.09:415:41
208.19:405:43
218.19:395:45
228.19:385:46
238.29:375:48
248.29:365:50
258.39:345:52
268.39:335:53
278.49:325:55
288.49:305:57
298.59:295:59
308.59:286:01
318.69:266:02

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.59 kWh/m² to a high of 6.11 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.84 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.2Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Buzuluk?

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 Buzuluk.

What to pack for Buzuluk in January

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

In January, Buzuluk sees daytime highs around -8°C and nights near -14°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Buzuluk 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 Buzuluk peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Buzuluk?

Buzuluk sits at 52.8°N, 52.3°E, 74 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Sorochinsk, 72 km away.

Topography around Buzuluk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Buzuluk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 74 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 288 m.

The land around Buzuluk is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) within 3 km, cropland (45%), trees (28%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
27 m
16 km
163 m
80 km
288 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Sorochinsk 72 km · Neftegorsk 74 km · Otradnyy 90 km · Kinel’-Cherkassy 92 km · Pokhvistnevo 98 km · Buguruslan 98 km · Krasnaya Glinka 116 km · Kinel’ 120 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 Buzuluk (52.7782°, 52.2585°, elevation 74 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).