Chernogorsk weather in January

In January, Chernogorsk sees average daytime highs of -13°C and overnight lows near -21°C, with 6 mm of precipitation across 2 wet days and about 7.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 Chernogorsk's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chernogorsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-13°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-21°
1st coldest
Precipitation
6 mm
2 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
9:13 AM – 4:55 PM
Cloud cover
70%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
0.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Chernogorsk is human settlement in Khakas Autonomous Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Founded
1936

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 -13°C through the month.

A typical January day in Chernogorsk reaches about -13°C in the afternoon and slips back to -21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -23°C and -3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and about 5°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Chernogorsk

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.

Chernogorsk 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-13° / -21°623.67.80.0
Feb-8° / -19°62.13.59.40.0
Mar / -10°102.7311.50.2
Apr12° / -1°226.42.113.73.1
May19° / 379.40.315.65.9
Jun25° / 12°509.8016.76.8
Jul26° / 15°5710.8016.36.4
Aug23° / 12°6211.3014.66.5
Sep17° / 459.50.212.55.2
Oct / -1°277.32.410.21.4
Nov-3° / -9°175.25.58.30.0
Dec-10° / -17°113.85.67.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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203466
213664
223763
233763
243862
253961
264060
274159
284159
294258
304357
314357

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Chernogorsk gets around 6 mm of rain and snow over 2 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 7% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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31812

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 7 km/h in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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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 9:21 AM to 8:54 AM, and sunset from 4:35 PM to 5:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.29:214:35
27.39:214:36
37.39:204:37
47.39:204:38
57.39:204:40
67.49:194:41
77.49:194:42
87.49:194:43
97.49:184:45
107.59:174:46
117.59:174:48
127.59:164:49
137.69:154:50
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157.79:144:54
167.79:134:55
177.79:124:57
187.89:114:58
197.89:105:00
207.99:095:02
217.99:085:03
228.09:075:05
238.09:055:07
248.19:045:09
258.19:035:11
268.29:025:12
278.29:005:14
288.38:595:16
298.38:575:18
308.48:565:20
318.58:545:22

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.99 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Chernogorsk?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chernogorsk.

What to pack for Chernogorsk in January

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

In January, Chernogorsk sees daytime highs around -13°C and nights near -21°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Chernogorsk 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 Chernogorsk peaks around July 14 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 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Chernogorsk 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 Chernogorsk is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodGoodApr 1616 µg/m³Dec 145 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb10Good
Mar10Good
Apr17Moderate
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug9Good
Sep7Good
Oct6Good
Nov6Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Chernogorsk?

Chernogorsk sits at 53.8°N, 91.3°E, 263 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Abakan, 15 km away.

Topography around Chernogorsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chernogorsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m around an average of 272 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 394 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,044 m.

The land around Chernogorsk is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) within 16 km, and grassland (61%) within 80 km.

3 km
93 m
16 km
394 m
80 km
1,044 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Abakan 15 km · Minusinsk 30 km · Shushenskoye 70 km · Sayanogorsk 81 km · Abaza 154 km · Uzhur 191 km · Mezhdurechensk 214 km · Myski 231 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 Chernogorsk (53.8288°, 91.3095°, elevation 263 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).