Gorno-Altaysk weather in January

In January, Gorno-Altaysk sees average daytime highs of -9°C and overnight lows near -20°C, with 23 mm of precipitation across 6.7 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -9°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Gorno-Altaysk's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gorno-Altaysk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-9°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-20°
1st coldest
Precipitation
23 mm
6.7 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:25 AM – 4:26 PM
Cloud cover
67%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
1.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Gorno-Altaysk is city in eastern Russia.

Density
658/km²
people per km²
Founded
1830

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 -9°C through the month.

A typical January day in Gorno-Altaysk reaches about -9°C in the afternoon and slips back to -20°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -18°C and -1°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Gorno-Altaysk

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.

Gorno-Altaysk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-9° / -20°236.78.28.10.0
Feb-6° / -18°226.37.69.60.0
Mar / -11°358.78.711.50.0
Apr11° / -1°7011.95.113.62.6
May18° / 9413.21.415.45.3
Jun22° / 11°9713.8016.46.1
Jul24° / 13°11316.20166.0
Aug22° / 11°10313.9014.46.2
Sep17° / 7712.50.412.45.0
Oct / -1°67125.310.41.8
Nov-1° / -10°5611.711.78.60.0
Dec-7° / -17°369.611.57.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 65%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
33169
43169
53268
63268
73268
83268
93169
103169
113268
123268
133367
143367
153466
163565
173565
183664
193763
203862
213961
223961
233961
244159
254159
264159
274159
284159
294258
304258
314159

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Gorno-Altaysk gets around 23 mm of rain and snow over 6.7 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 22% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12533
22532
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52530
62430
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112328
122328
132327
142327
152227
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192126
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302025
312025

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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Dry (%)
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22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:32 AM to 8:08 AM, and sunset from 4:07 PM to 4:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:324:07
27.68:324:08
37.68:314:09
47.78:314:10
57.78:314:12
67.78:314:13
77.78:304:14
87.88:304:15
97.88:304:16
107.88:294:18
117.88:294:19
127.98:284:20
137.98:274:22
147.98:274:23
158.08:264:25
168.08:254:26
178.18:244:28
188.18:244:29
198.18:234:31
208.28:224:32
218.28:214:34
228.38:204:35
238.38:194:37
248.48:174:39
258.48:164:40
268.58:154:42
278.58:144:44
288.68:134:46
298.68:114:47
308.78:104:49
318.78:084:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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60.9Dim
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90.9Dim
100.9Dim
111.0Dim
121.0Dim
131.0Dim
141.0Dim
151.1Dim
161.1Dim
171.1Dim
181.1Dim
191.1Dim
201.2Dim
211.2Dim
221.2Dim
231.3Dim
241.3Dim
251.3Dim
261.4Dim
271.4Dim
281.4Dim
291.5Dim
301.5Dim
311.5Dim
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Gorno-Altaysk

In seasonPeak

None of Gorno-Altaysk's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Gorno-Altaysk's rainy season runs April–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Gorno-Altaysk?

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 Gorno-Altaysk.

What to pack for Gorno-Altaysk in January

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

In January, Gorno-Altaysk sees daytime highs around -9°C and nights near -20°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Gorno-Altaysk 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 Gorno-Altaysk peaks around July 18 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 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 18UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
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Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
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Sep4Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Gorno-Altaysk?

Gorno-Altaysk sits at 52.0°N, 85.9°E, 285 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Mayma, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Gorno-Altaysk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gorno-Altaysk has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m around an average of 384 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 973 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,208 m.

The land around Gorno-Altaysk is covered by trees (61%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and trees (46%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
366 m
16 km
973 m
80 km
2,208 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Mayma 5.0 km · Biysk 81 km · Tashtagol 161 km · Kaltan 197 km · Zarinsk 205 km · Osinniki 206 km · Yuzhnyy 208 km · Novoaltaysk 210 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 Gorno-Altaysk (51.9606°, 85.9189°, elevation 285 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).