Karabash weather in January

In January, Karabash sees average daytime highs of -10°C and overnight lows near -17°C, with 16 mm of precipitation across 5 wet days and about 7.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -10°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 6 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Karabash's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Karabash's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-10°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-17°
1st coldest
Precipitation
16 mm
5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
9:27 AM – 4:50 PM
Cloud cover
82%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
0.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Karabash is human settlement in Karabash Urban Okrug, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
326/km²
people per km²
Founded
1822

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 -10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Karabash reaches about -10°C in the afternoon and slips back to -17°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -18°C and -3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Karabash

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.

Karabash 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-10° / -17°1656.97.40.0
Feb-8° / -16°144.56.29.20.0
Mar-1° / -9°276.57.611.40.0
Apr / -1°367.83.613.81.3
May15° / 5510.20.915.94.7
Jun20° / 11°6812.5017.15.8
Jul22° / 13°9613.7016.66.1
Aug20° / 12°8212.9014.85.7
Sep14° / 5010.40.512.53.9
Oct / 4710.54.910.10.8
Nov-3° / -8°257.17.880.0
Dec-9° / -15°215.87.66.90.0

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 85%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Karabash gets around 16 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 19% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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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 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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113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 6 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 12 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 9:36 AM to 9:06 AM, and sunset from 4:29 PM to 5:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.99:364:29
26.99:354:30
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47.09:354:32
57.09:354:34
67.09:344:35
77.09:344:36
87.19:334:38
97.19:324:39
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117.29:314:42
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157.39:284:49
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298.19:095:15
308.29:085:17
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.49 kWh/m² to a high of 5.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.72 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Karabash

In seasonPeak

None of Karabash's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Karabash's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
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Feb
Mar
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Is January a good time to visit Karabash?

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 Karabash.

What to pack for Karabash in January

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

In January, Karabash sees daytime highs around -10°C and nights near -17°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Karabash 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 Karabash 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Jun6High
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Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Karabash?

Karabash sits at 55.5°N, 60.2°E, 356 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kyshtym, 33 km away.

Topography around Karabash

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Karabash has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m around an average of 386 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 732 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,015 m.

The land around Karabash is covered by trees (59%) within 3 km, trees (84%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) within 80 km.

3 km
250 m
16 km
732 m
80 km
1,015 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Kyshtym 33 km · Ozersk 43 km · Zlatoust 50 km · Miass 50 km · Kusa 51 km · Kasli 56 km · Chebarkul’ 58 km · Verkhniy Ufaley 63 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 Karabash (55.4895°, 60.2088°, elevation 356 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).