Chernyakhovsk weather in January

In January, Chernyakhovsk sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 11.7 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 0°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 06 min at the start of January to 8 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Chernyakhovsk's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chernyakhovsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
1st coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
8:55 AM – 4:29 PM
Cloud cover
81%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Chernyakhovsk is Russian town in Kaliningrad Oblast.

Density
779/km²
people per km²
Founded
1336

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 0°C through the month.

A typical January day in Chernyakhovsk reaches about 0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -7°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Chernyakhovsk

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
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Chernyakhovsk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°4911.76.17.60.0
Feb / -4°4210.46.19.30.0
Mar / -1°4510.23.811.50.5
Apr12° / 459.3113.73.4
May18° / 5711.40.115.85.6
Jun21° / 11°7412.4016.95.9
Jul23° / 14°9213.7016.56.3
Aug23° / 13°7713.2014.76.2
Sep18° / 10°5810.6012.55.4
Oct12° / 6011.40.310.22.8
Nov / 5011.22.38.20.4
Dec / -2°48115.47.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 81%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Chernyakhovsk gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 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 37% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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, the windiest month of the year.

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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914light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 06 min at the start of January to 8 h 18 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 9:04 AM to 8:36 AM, and sunset from 4:08 PM to 4:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.19:044:08
27.19:034:09
37.19:034:10
47.19:034:12
57.29:034:13
67.29:024:14
77.29:024:15
87.39:014:17
97.39:014:18
107.39:004:19
117.48:594:21
127.48:594:22
137.48:584:24
147.58:574:25
157.58:564:27
167.68:554:29
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207.78:514:36
217.88:504:37
227.88:494:39
237.98:474:41
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258.08:454:45
268.18:434:47
278.18:424:49
288.28:404:51
298.28:394:52
308.38:374:54
318.38:364:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.39 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.57 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Chernyakhovsk?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chernyakhovsk.

What to pack for Chernyakhovsk in January

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

In January, Chernyakhovsk sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Chernyakhovsk in January

The nearest coast averages about 4°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 66 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Chernyakhovsk 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 Chernyakhovsk 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Chernyakhovsk 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 Chernyakhovsk is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodGoodMar 2115 µg/m³Dec 166 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb9Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May11Good
Jun12Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug12Good
Sep10Good
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Chernyakhovsk?

Chernyakhovsk sits at 54.6°N, 21.8°E, 38 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Gusev, 25 km away.

Topography around Chernyakhovsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chernyakhovsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 320 m.

The land around Chernyakhovsk is covered by grassland (47%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, grassland (45%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%), trees (30%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
49 m
16 km
102 m
80 km
320 m
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January weather nearby: Gusev 25 km · Sovetsk 50 km · Gierłoż 65 km · Giżycko 66 km · Kętrzyn 68 km · Taurage 75 km · Bartoszyce 78 km · Olecko 80 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 Chernyakhovsk (54.6335°, 21.8156°, elevation 38 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).