Kansk weather in January

In January, Kansk sees average daytime highs of -15°C and overnight lows near -23°C, with 12 mm of precipitation across 4.2 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 -15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 Kansk's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kansk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-15°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-23°
1st coldest
Precipitation
12 mm
4.2 wet days
Daylight
7 h 12 min
9:09 AM – 4:24 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
0.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kansk is town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Density
1,054/km²
people per km²
Founded
1636

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 Kansk reaches about -15°C in the afternoon and slips back to -23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -29°C and -4°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 4°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-15-22
2-15-22
3-15-23
4-15-23
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How January really feels in Kansk

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.

Kansk 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° / -23°124.26.67.30.0
Feb-11° / -21°124.26.59.10.0
Mar-2° / -13°154.9611.40.0
Apr / -3°277.83.713.81.4
May16° / 4611.80.8164.6
Jun23° / 11°5110.3017.36.6
Jul25° / 14°6110.7016.86.7
Aug22° / 11°5410014.96.4
Sep14° / 48110.312.53.9
Oct / -3°359.94.410.10.6
Nov-6° / -13°298.710.37.90.0
Dec-13° / -20°247.610.96.70.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
31981
42080
52080
62080
72080
82080
92080
102080
112080
122080
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152080
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302872
312872

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kansk gets around 12 mm of rain and snow over 4.2 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 14% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12026
21926
31825
41825
51724
61623
71523
81522
91422
101322
111322
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301420
311420

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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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
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912light 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 9:19 AM to 8:47 AM, and sunset from 4:02 PM to 4:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.79:194:02
26.79:184:03
36.89:184:04
46.89:184:06
56.89:174:07
66.99:174:08
76.99:164:09
86.99:164:11
97.09:154:12
107.09:144:14
117.09:144:15
127.19:134:17
137.19:124:19
147.29:114:20
157.29:104:22
167.29:094:24
177.39:084:26
187.39:074:28
197.49:054:29
207.59:044:31
217.59:034:33
227.69:024:35
237.69:004:37
247.78:594:39
257.78:574:41
267.88:564:43
277.98:544:45
287.98:524:47
298.08:514:49
308.08:494:51
318.18:474:54

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.51 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.77 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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240.9Dim
251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.0Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Kansk?

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 Kansk.

What to pack for Kansk in January

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

In January, Kansk sees daytime highs around -15°C and nights near -23°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Kansk 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 Kansk peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 19UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Kansk 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 Kansk is worst in April — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 8.8× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1819 µg/m³Dec 153 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan4Good
Feb6Good
Mar8Good
Apr20Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun11Good
Jul17Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep9Good
Oct6Good
Nov4Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kansk?

Kansk sits at 56.2°N, 95.7°E, 209 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Ilanskiy, 22 km away.

Topography around Kansk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kansk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 208 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 509 m.

The land around Kansk is covered by artificial surfaces (45%), trees (25%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (48%), trees (26%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
264 m
80 km
509 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Ilanskiy 22 km · Borodino 60 km · Zelenogorsk 71 km · Zheleznogorsk 135 km · Tayshet 144 km · Sosnovoborsk 148 km · Berëzovka 162 km · Krasnoyarsk 174 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 Kansk (56.2022°, 95.7185°, elevation 209 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).