Isil’kul’ weather in January

In January, Isil’kul’ sees average daytime highs of -13°C and overnight lows near -20°C, with 14 mm of precipitation across 5 wet days and about 7.6 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 9% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 hours at the start of January to 8 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Isil’kul’'s 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Isil’kul’'s year-round climate.

Daytime high
-13°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-20°
1st coldest
Precipitation
14 mm
5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
9:39 AM – 5:09 PM
Cloud cover
83%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
0.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Isil’kul’ is town in Omsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
144/km²
people per km²
Founded
1895

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 Isil’kul’ 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 Isil’kul’

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.

Isil’kul’ 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°14567.60.0
Feb-10° / -18°134.45.49.30.0
Mar-2° / -11°195.65.311.40.0
Apr / -1°316.82.413.82.1
May18° / 378.20.415.86.0
Jun23° / 12°5310.50176.6
Jul24° / 14°7011.9016.56.7
Aug22° / 12°6510.3014.76.5
Sep16° / 398.9012.54.7
Oct / -0°338.13.310.21.3
Nov-4° / -10°287.86.98.10.0
Dec-10° / -17°216.37.770.0

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 84%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Isil’kul’ gets around 14 mm of rain and snow over 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 17% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 hours at the start of January to 8 h 18 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 9:48 AM to 9:19 AM, and sunset from 4:49 PM to 5:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.09:484:49
27.09:474:50
37.19:474:51
47.19:474:52
57.19:474:53
67.19:464:54
77.29:464:56
87.29:454:57
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107.39:445:00
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187.69:375:13
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207.79:355:16
217.79:345:18
227.89:325:20
237.89:315:22
247.99:305:24
258.09:285:26
268.09:275:27
278.19:255:29
288.19:245:31
298.29:225:33
308.29:215:35
318.39:195:37

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.74 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Isil’kul’?

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 Isil’kul’.

What to pack for Isil’kul’ in January

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

In January, Isil’kul’ 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 Isil’kul’ in January

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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 Isil’kul’ peaks around June 22 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 22UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Isil’kul’ 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 Isil’kul’ is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.9× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1715 µg/m³Dec 224 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb7Good
Mar9Good
Apr16Moderate
May10Good
Jun8Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug8Good
Sep6Good
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Isil’kul’?

Isil’kul’ sits at 54.9°N, 71.3°E, 118 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Omsk, 134 km away.

Topography around Isil’kul’

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Isil’kul’ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 126 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m.

The land around Isil’kul’ is covered by grassland (36%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
43 m
80 km
100 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Omsk 134 km · Petropavl 136 km · Ishim 174 km · Akkol’ 210 km · Kalachinsk 212 km · Kokshetau 219 km · Shchuchinsk 231 km · Makinsk 260 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 Isil’kul’ (54.9121°, 71.2718°, elevation 118 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).