Ishim weather in January

In January, Ishim sees average daytime highs of -13°C and overnight lows near -20°C, with 16 mm of precipitation across 5.4 wet days and about 7.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ishim's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ishim's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-13°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-20°
1st coldest
Precipitation
16 mm
5.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 18 min
8:53 AM – 4:09 PM
Cloud cover
83%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Ishim is town in Russia.

Density
1,473/km²
people per km²
Founded
1687

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 -13°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ishim reaches about -13°C in the afternoon and slips back to -20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -23°C and -3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Ishim

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.

Ishim 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-13° / -20°165.46.97.30.0
Feb-11° / -19°1456.19.10.0
Mar-3° / -11°2265.911.40.0
Apr / -1°2972.813.81.8
May18° / 408.70.4165.7
Jun22° / 12°5810.6017.26.5
Jul23° / 14°7311.1016.76.7
Aug21° / 11°6310.7014.96.3
Sep15° / 479.20.112.54.3
Oct / -0°3593.610.11.1
Nov-4° / -10°308.37.67.90.0
Dec-11° / -17°237.38.96.80.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
31486
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272278
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292179
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312179

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ishim gets around 16 mm of rain and snow over 5.4 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 18% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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32127
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311720

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 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:03 AM to 8:32 AM, and sunset from 3:48 PM to 4:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.79:033:48
26.89:033:49
36.89:023:50
46.89:023:51
56.89:023:52
66.99:013:54
76.99:013:55
86.99:003:56
97.08:593:58
107.08:593:59
117.18:584:01
127.18:574:03
137.18:564:04
147.28:554:06
157.28:544:08
167.38:534:09
177.38:524:11
187.48:514:13
197.48:504:15
207.58:494:17
217.58:474:19
227.68:464:21
237.68:454:23
247.78:434:24
257.78:424:26
267.88:404:29
277.98:394:31
287.98:374:33
298.08:354:35
308.18:344:37
318.18:324:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.45 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.69 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ishim?

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
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ishim.

What to pack for Ishim in January

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

In January, Ishim sees daytime highs around -13°C and nights near -20°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Ishim 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 Ishim peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 22 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 21UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Ishim 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 Ishim is worst in May — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 7.9× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodMay 1330 µg/m³Dec 214 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan4Good
Feb7Good
Mar9Good
Apr24Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun10Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug9Good
Sep6Good
Oct7Good
Nov6Good
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ishim?

Ishim sits at 56.1°N, 69.5°E, 95 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Petropavl, 139 km away.

Topography around Ishim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ishim has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 82 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m.

The land around Ishim is covered by artificial surfaces (37%), grassland (36%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (33%), trees (30%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
94 m
80 km
108 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Petropavl 139 km · Isil’kul’ 174 km · Zavodoukovsk 186 km · Yalutorovsk 205 km · Tobolsk 244 km · Borovskiy 253 km · Tyumen 268 km · Kurgan 269 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 Ishim (56.1125°, 69.4872°, elevation 95 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).