Inta weather in January

In January, Inta sees average daytime highs of -15°C and overnight lows near -22°C, with 22 mm of precipitation across 7.1 wet days and about 3.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -15°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 2 h 12 min at the start of January to 5 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Inta's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Inta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-15°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-22°
1st coldest
Precipitation
22 mm
7.1 wet days
Daylight
3 h 48 min
9:14 AM – 1:03 PM
Cloud cover
84%
9th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
0.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Inta is city in Russia.

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 -15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Inta reaches about -15°C in the afternoon and slips back to -22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -28°C and -4°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-15-22
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How January really feels in Inta

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.

Inta 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-15° / -22°227.1103.90.0
Feb-14° / -21°2168.27.50.0
Mar-7° / -15°319.41211.10.0
Apr-1° / -9°4411.21114.80.0
May / -2°6012.77.318.60.6
Jun14° / 7913.21.921.83.8
Jul19° / 10°6911.70.120.35.6
Aug15° / 8815.50.116.53.7
Sep / 7414.51.612.81.6
Oct / -4°7616.41290.0
Nov-8° / -14°4611.813.85.30.0
Dec-13° / -19°359.612.62.20.0

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 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Inta gets around 22 mm of rain and snow over 7.1 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 24% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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22736
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282129
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312128

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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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
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
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816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 2 h 12 min at the start of January to 5 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 210 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:57 AM to 8:22 AM, and sunset from 12:08 PM to 2:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
12.29:5712:08
22.39:5512:11
32.49:5212:15
42.59:5012:18
52.69:4712:21
62.79:4412:25
72.89:4212:29
82.99:3912:32
93.09:3612:36
103.19:3312:40
113.29:3012:44
123.39:2712:48
133.59:2412:52
143.69:2012:55
153.79:1712:59
163.89:141:03
173.99:111:07
184.19:071:11
194.29:041:15
204.39:001:19
214.48:571:23
224.68:541:27
234.78:501:31
244.88:471:35
254.98:431:40
265.18:401:44
275.28:361:47
285.38:331:51
295.48:291:55
305.68:261:59
315.78:222:03

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.01 kWh/m² to a high of 4.73 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 0.09 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Inta?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Inta.

What to pack for Inta in January

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

In January, Inta sees daytime highs around -15°C and nights near -22°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Inta in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Inta peaks around July 11 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 3 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 11UV 4Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun4Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Inta?

Inta sits at 66.0°N, 60.2°E, 51 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Usinsk, 119 km away.

Topography around Inta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Inta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 62 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,490 m.

The land around Inta is covered by trees (56%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and wetland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
125 m
80 km
1,490 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Usinsk 119 km · Pechora 167 km · Vorgashor 234 km · Vorkuta 237 km · Labytnangi 287 km · Salekhard 293 km · Narian-Mar 358 km · Nar'yan-Mar 360 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 Inta (66.0317°, 60.1659°, elevation 51 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).