Gusev weather in January

In January, Gusev sees average daytime highs of -0°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 48 mm of precipitation across 11.6 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-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 9% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Gusev's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gusev's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-0°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
1st coldest
Precipitation
48 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
8:54 AM – 4:27 PM
Cloud cover
82%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Gusev is city of Gusevsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,766/km²
people per km²
Founded
1501

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 Gusev 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 -8°C and 5°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 Gusev

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
13 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Gusev weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-0° / -4°4811.66.87.60.0
Feb / -4°4210.46.89.30.0
Mar / -1°4510.44.411.50.4
Apr12° / 449.21.313.73.3
May18° / 5811.70.115.85.4
Jun20° / 11°7512.7016.95.8
Jul23° / 14°8813.1016.46.3
Aug22° / 13°7612.7014.76.3
Sep17° / 569.9012.55.4
Oct11° / 5610.70.310.22.6
Nov / 4710.52.88.20.3
Dec / -2°4711.35.87.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21783
31783
41783
51783
61783
71882
81882
91783
101783
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Gusev gets around 48 mm of rain and snow over 11.6 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 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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24121
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54021
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83921
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313824

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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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light 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 24 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 9:02 AM to 8:34 AM, and sunset from 4:07 PM to 4:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.19:024:07
27.19:024:08
37.19:014:09
47.29:014:10
57.29:014:11
67.29:004:13
77.29:004:14
87.39:004:15
97.38:594:17
107.38:584:18
117.48:584:20
127.48:574:21
137.48:564:23
147.58:554:24
157.58:544:26
167.68:544:27
177.68:534:29
187.78:524:31
197.78:504:33
207.78:494:34
217.88:484:36
227.88:474:38
237.98:464:40
248.08:444:42
258.08:434:43
268.18:424:45
278.18:404:47
288.28:394:49
298.28:374:51
308.38:364:53
318.48:344:55

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.59 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 Gusev?

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 Gusev.

What to pack for Gusev in January

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

In January, Gusev 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

UV index in Gusev 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 Gusev peaks around June 23 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 23UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Gusev?

Gusev sits at 54.6°N, 22.2°E, 45 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Chernyakhovsk, 25 km away.

Topography around Gusev

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gusev has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 51 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 322 m.

The land around Gusev is covered by grassland (47%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, grassland (40%), cropland (36%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%), cropland (32%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
114 m
80 km
322 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Chernyakhovsk 25 km · Sovetsk 58 km · Olecko 65 km · Giżycko 68 km · Suwałki 71 km · Gierłoż 73 km · Taurage 74 km · Marijampolė 74 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 Gusev (54.5922°, 22.1997°, elevation 45 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).