Gornyak weather in January

In January, Gornyak sees average daytime highs of -11°C and overnight lows near -19°C, with 27 mm of precipitation across 7.5 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Gornyak's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gornyak's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-19°
1st coldest
Precipitation
27 mm
7.5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:39 AM – 4:48 PM
Cloud cover
70%
9th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Gornyak is human settlement in Loktevsky District, Altai Krai, Russia.

Density
580/km²
people per km²
Founded
1942

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 -11°C through the month.

A typical January day in Gornyak reaches about -11°C in the afternoon and slips back to -19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -22°C and -2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Gornyak

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.

Gornyak 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-11° / -19°277.58.68.20.0
Feb-9° / -18°246.37.39.60.0
Mar-1° / -11°317.46.211.50.0
Apr12° / 3471.913.53.5
May20° / 408.40.415.36.7
Jun25° / 13°458.9016.27.0
Jul27° / 15°6311.5015.86.5
Aug25° / 12°367.2014.37.4
Sep19° / 326.90.112.46.4
Oct11° / 418.52.310.42.6
Nov-1° / -9°45988.70.0
Dec-8° / -16°389.7117.80.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
33070
43070
53070
62971
72872
82872
92872
102872
112872
122971
132971
143070
153070
163070
173070
183070
193169
203268
213268
223367
233367
243367
253367
263367
273367
283268
293268
303268
313268

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Gornyak gets around 27 mm of rain and snow over 7.5 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 25% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12833
22833
32732
42732
52732
62731
72731
82731
92731
102731
112730
122630
132630
142630
152630
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202428
212427
222326
232225
242225
252124
262124
272023
282023
292023
302023
312023

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 (%)
1100
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4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
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11100
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14100
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17100
18100
19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 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
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
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817light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:44 AM to 8:23 AM, and sunset from 4:30 PM to 5:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:444:30
27.88:444:31
37.88:444:32
47.88:444:33
57.88:444:34
67.98:444:35
77.98:434:37
87.98:434:38
97.98:434:39
108.08:424:40
118.08:424:41
128.08:414:43
138.18:414:44
148.18:404:45
158.18:394:47
168.28:394:48
178.28:384:50
188.28:374:51
198.38:364:53
208.38:354:54
218.48:344:56
228.48:334:57
238.48:324:59
248.58:315:01
258.58:305:02
268.68:295:04
278.68:285:06
288.78:275:07
298.78:255:09
308.88:245:11
318.88:235:12

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.55 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.25 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.0Dim
21.0Dim
31.0Dim
41.0Dim
51.0Dim
61.0Dim
71.0Dim
81.1Dim
91.1Dim
101.1Dim
111.1Dim
121.1Dim
131.1Dim
141.2Dim
151.2Dim
161.2Dim
171.3Dim
181.3Dim
191.3Dim
201.3Dim
211.4Dim
221.4Dim
231.4Dim
241.4Dim
251.5Dim
261.5Dim
271.6Dim
281.6Dim
291.6Dim
301.6Dim
311.7Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Gornyak?

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 Gornyak.

What to pack for Gornyak in January

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

In January, Gornyak sees daytime highs around -11°C and nights near -19°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Gornyak 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 Gornyak peaks around July 19 at about 7 (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 19UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Gornyak?

Gornyak sits at 51.0°N, 81.5°E, 266 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Shemonaikha, 51 km away.

Topography around Gornyak

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gornyak has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 276 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,042 m.

The land around Gornyak is covered by grassland (47%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
149 m
80 km
1,042 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Shemonaikha 51 km · Rubtsovsk 61 km · Semey 107 km · Ust-Kamenogorsk 139 km · Ridder 161 km · Kalbatau 185 km · Aleysk 190 km · Altay 242 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 Gornyak (50.9953°, 81.4669°, elevation 266 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).