Chapayevsk weather in January

In January, Chapayevsk sees average daytime highs of -7°C and overnight lows near -13°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 8.9 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% 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 Chapayevsk's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chapayevsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-7°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-13°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
36 mm
8.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:55 AM – 4:46 PM
Cloud cover
86%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Chapayevsk is town in Russia.

Density
374/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 -7°C through the month.

A typical January day in Chapayevsk reaches about -7°C in the afternoon and slips back to -13°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -16°C and 1°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 Chapayevsk

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.

Chapayevsk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-7° / -13°368.910.27.90.0
Feb-6° / -13°297.37.99.50.0
Mar / -7°337.76.611.50.0
Apr12° / 377.81.313.63.4
May21° / 378.20.115.56.7
Jun25° / 14°499.1016.67.0
Jul27° / 16°437.7016.27.0
Aug25° / 14°386.4014.57.4
Sep19° / 467.7012.46.1
Oct10° / 407.8110.32.4
Nov / -4°367.84.98.40.0
Dec-6° / -11°3799.77.40.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Chapayevsk gets around 36 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 30% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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313034

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 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 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
114light 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 9:02 AM to 8:37 AM, and sunset from 4:27 PM to 5:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.49:024:27
27.49:024:28
37.49:024:29
47.59:024:30
57.59:014:31
67.59:014:32
77.59:014:33
87.69:004:35
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107.68:594:37
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187.98:534:49
198.08:524:51
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218.18:504:54
228.18:494:56
238.28:484:57
248.28:474:59
258.38:455:01
268.38:445:03
278.48:435:04
288.48:425:06
298.58:405:08
308.58:395:10
318.68:375:12

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.81 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Chapayevsk?

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 Chapayevsk.

What to pack for Chapayevsk in January

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

In January, Chapayevsk sees daytime highs around -7°C and nights near -13°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 Chapayevsk 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 Chapayevsk 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 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 12UV 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Chapayevsk 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 Chapayevsk is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (May, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 2116 µg/m³May 238 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul12Good
Aug10Good
Sep9Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Chapayevsk?

Chapayevsk sits at 53.0°N, 49.7°E, 39 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Bezenchuk, 19 km away.

Topography around Chapayevsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chapayevsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 51 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m.

The land around Chapayevsk is covered by trees (39%), grassland (28%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, grassland (39%), cropland (31%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
147 m
80 km
364 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Bezenchuk 19 km · Novokuybyshevsk 20 km · Samara 38 km · Zhigulëvsk 49 km · Tolyatti 66 km · Kinel’ 67 km · Oktyabr’sk 71 km · Syzran 85 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 Chapayevsk (52.9771°, 49.7086°, elevation 39 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).