Ivanovo weather in January

In January, Ivanovo sees average daytime highs of -6°C and overnight lows near -11°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 7.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 30 min at the start of January to 8 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ivanovo's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ivanovo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-6°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-11°
1st coldest
Precipitation
39 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
7 h 06 min
8:53 AM – 3:58 PM
Cloud cover
92%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Ivanovo is city in the center of European Russia.

Density
3,874/km²
people per km²
Founded
1608

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 -6°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ivanovo reaches about -6°C in the afternoon and slips back to -11°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -15°C and 1°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Ivanovo

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.

Ivanovo weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -11°391112.77.10.0
Feb-5° / -11°308.59.390.0
Mar / -6°348.88.111.40.0
Apr10° / 439.52.513.92.2
May17° / 5610.90.216.25.4
Jun21° / 11°7612.5017.46.0
Jul23° / 14°7312.8016.96.4
Aug21° / 12°7011.90156.2
Sep15° / 5910.10.112.54.4
Oct / 6311.72.9101.1
Nov-0° / -4°4710.47.17.80.0
Dec-4° / -9°4210.611.16.50.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Ivanovo gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 11 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 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 13 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 30 min at the start of January to 8 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:03 AM to 8:30 AM, and sunset from 3:35 PM to 4:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.59:033:35
26.69:033:36
36.69:033:37
46.69:023:39
56.69:023:40
66.79:023:41
76.79:013:43
86.79:003:44
96.89:003:46
106.88:593:47
116.98:583:49
126.98:573:51
136.98:563:52
147.08:553:54
157.08:543:56
167.18:533:58
177.18:524:00
187.28:514:02
197.28:494:03
207.38:484:05
217.38:474:07
227.48:454:09
237.58:444:11
247.58:424:14
257.68:414:16
267.68:394:18
277.78:374:20
287.88:364:22
297.88:344:24
307.98:324:26
318.08:304:29

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.29 kWh/m² to a high of 5.45 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.47 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ivanovo?

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 Ivanovo.

What to pack for Ivanovo in January

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

In January, Ivanovo sees daytime highs around -6°C and nights near -11°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Ivanovo 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 Ivanovo peaks around July 13 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
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Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Ivanovo?

Ivanovo sits at 57.0°N, 41.0°E, 132 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kokhma, 11 km away.

Topography around Ivanovo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ivanovo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 127 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m.

The land around Ivanovo is covered by artificial surfaces (58%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, trees (66%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
40 m
16 km
74 m
80 km
147 m
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January weather nearby: Kokhma 11 km · Furmanov 29 km · Shuya 30 km · Teykovo 31 km · Privolzhsk 47 km · Rodniki 48 km · Volgorechensk 51 km · Nerekhta 56 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 Ivanovo (56.9999°, 40.9726°, elevation 132 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).