Donskoy weather in January

In January, Donskoy sees average daytime highs of -5°C and overnight lows near -10°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 9.8 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Donskoy's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Donskoy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-5°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-10°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
9.8 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:46 AM – 4:26 PM
Cloud cover
91%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Donskoy is city in Tula Oblast, Russia.

Density
672/km²
people per km²
Founded
1773

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 -5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Donskoy reaches about -5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -10°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -13°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Donskoy

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.

Donskoy 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-5° / -10°389.810.57.70.0
Feb-4° / -10°378.89.39.40.0
Mar / -5°348.67.411.50.0
Apr11° / 449.81.913.72.7
May19° / 5210.4015.75.9
Jun22° / 12°6811.4016.86.3
Jul24° / 14°7812.3016.36.6
Aug23° / 13°649.8014.66.9
Sep17° / 579.80.112.55.1
Oct / 5910.41.510.21.8
Nov / -3°408.85.58.30.0
Dec-3° / -8°419.79.87.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2694
3694
4694
5595
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311090

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Donskoy gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 9.8 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 31% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13134
23134
33134
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53134
63134
73234
83234
93234
103234
113233
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133133
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253235
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293337
303337
313337

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 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
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916light breeze
1016light breeze
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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 24 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 8:53 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 4:06 PM to 4:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:534:06
27.28:534:07
37.38:534:08
47.38:534:10
57.38:534:11
67.38:524:12
77.48:524:13
87.48:514:14
97.48:514:16
107.58:504:17
117.58:504:19
127.58:494:20
137.68:484:22
147.68:474:23
157.68:474:25
167.78:464:26
177.78:454:28
187.88:444:30
197.88:434:31
207.98:424:33
217.98:404:35
228.08:394:36
238.08:384:38
248.18:374:40
258.18:364:42
268.28:344:44
278.28:334:46
288.38:314:47
298.38:304:49
308.48:284:51
318.48:274:53

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.66 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.66 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Donskoy?

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 Donskoy.

What to pack for Donskoy in January

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

In January, Donskoy sees daytime highs around -5°C and nights near -10°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Donskoy 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 Donskoy peaks around July 11 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 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 11UV 6Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Donskoy 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 Donskoy is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (January, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 2316 µg/m³Jan 16 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb8Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May10Good
Jun12Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep9Good
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Donskoy?

Donskoy sits at 54.0°N, 38.3°E, 219 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Novomoskovsk, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Donskoy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Donskoy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 214 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m.

The land around Donskoy is covered by trees (31%), grassland (29%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (41%), grassland (28%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
110 m
80 km
184 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Novomoskovsk 5.0 km · Severo-Zadonsk 9.0 km · Uzlovaya 11 km · Kimovsk 13 km · Bogoroditsk 26 km · Kireyevsk 27 km · Venëv 43 km · Tula 53 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 Donskoy (53.968°, 38.3315°, elevation 219 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).