Kaluga weather in January

In January, Kaluga sees average daytime highs of -4°C and overnight lows near -9°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 9.6 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -4°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 Kaluga's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kaluga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-4°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-9°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
9.6 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
8:57 AM – 4:31 PM
Cloud cover
90%
12th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kaluga is town and administrative center of Kaluga Oblast in central Russia.

Density
2,019/km²
people per km²
Founded
1371

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 -4°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kaluga reaches about -4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -9°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -13°C and 2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-4-8
2-4-8
3-4-8
4-4-8
5-4-8
6-4-8
7-4-8
8-4-8
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How January really feels in Kaluga

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.

Kaluga 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-4° / -9°389.610.77.60.0
Feb-4° / -9°359.39.69.30.0
Mar / -5°378.97.111.50.0
Apr11° / 409.31.813.72.7
May18° / 6211.70.115.85.6
Jun22° / 12°7112.4016.96.1
Jul24° / 14°8513.4016.46.4
Aug22° / 12°6910.8014.76.6
Sep16° / 6210.30.212.54.9
Oct / 6010.71.510.21.8
Nov / -3°459.25.48.20.0
Dec-3° / -7°4210.710.27.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2793
3793
4793
5793
6793
7793
8793
9793
10793
11793
12694
13694
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311189

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kaluga gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 9.6 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 31% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13235
23135
33134
43134
53134
63134
73133
83133
93133
103033
113032
123032
133032
143031
152931
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192932
203032
213033
223034
233134
243135
253236
263236
273337
283337
293438
303438
313438

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 (%)
1100
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3100
4100
5100
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8100
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24100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light 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 9:05 AM to 8:37 AM, and sunset from 4:11 PM to 4:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.19:054:11
27.19:054:12
37.19:054:13
47.29:044:14
57.29:044:16
67.29:044:17
77.29:034:18
87.39:034:19
97.39:024:21
107.39:024:22
117.49:014:24
127.49:004:25
137.59:004:27
147.58:594:28
157.58:584:30
167.68:574:31
177.68:564:33
187.78:554:35
197.78:544:37
207.88:534:38
217.88:524:40
227.98:504:42
237.98:494:44
248.08:484:46
258.08:464:47
268.18:454:49
278.18:444:51
288.28:424:53
298.28:414:55
308.38:394:57
318.48:374:59

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.41 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.64 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 Kaluga?

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 Kaluga.

What to pack for Kaluga in January

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

In January, Kaluga sees daytime highs around -4°C and nights near -9°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Kaluga 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 Kaluga peaks around July 12 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 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 12UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kaluga?

Kaluga sits at 54.5°N, 36.3°E, 208 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Suvorov, 48 km away.

Topography around Kaluga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kaluga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m around an average of 184 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 206 m.

The land around Kaluga is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (59%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
98 m
16 km
156 m
80 km
206 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Suvorov 48 km · Aleksin 52 km · Maloyaroslavets 55 km · Kozel’sk 64 km · Obninsk 68 km · Protvino 71 km · Balabanovo 77 km · Sukhinichi 77 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 Kaluga (54.5306°, 36.27°, elevation 208 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).