Kirovsk weather in January

In January, Kirovsk sees average daytime highs of -10°C and overnight lows near -16°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 10.1 wet days and about 2.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -10°C in the first days to -11°C by the end. 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 0 hours at the start of January to 5 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kirovsk's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kirovsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-10°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-16°
1st coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
2 h 30 min
11:39 AM – 2:10 PM
Cloud cover
88%
10th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
0.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kirovsk is human settlement in Kirovsk Urban Okrug, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.

Founded
1929

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about -10°C in the first days to -11°C by the end.

A typical January day in Kirovsk reaches about -10°C in the afternoon and slips back to -16°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -20°C and -2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Kirovsk

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.

Kirovsk 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-10° / -16°3810.112.12.30.0
Feb-10° / -15°369.411.97.10.0
Mar-5° / -12°399.111.2110.0
Apr / -6°358.38.515.10.0
May / -0°4811.15.319.50.9
Jun14° / 6812.80.623.83.5
Jul17° / 8513.9021.94.8
Aug14° / 7113.2016.93.8
Sep / 6411.41.212.81.7
Oct / -2°6412.27.88.80.0
Nov-4° / -8°5411.312.94.40.0
Dec-7° / -12°4811.3140.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
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6991
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271288
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301189
311189

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kirovsk gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 10.1 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 33% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 12 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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303239
313239

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 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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49calm
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139calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 0 hours at the start of January to 5 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.612:341:10
101.012:211:24
111.412:121:34
121.612:041:42
131.911:571:50
142.111:511:57
152.311:452:03
162.511:392:10
172.711:342:16
182.911:292:22
193.111:242:27
203.211:192:33
213.411:142:38
223.611:092:44
233.711:052:49
243.911:002:54
254.110:552:59
264.210:513:04
274.410:463:09
284.510:423:14
294.710:373:19
304.810:333:24
315.010:293:29

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 5.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.04 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 Kirovsk?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kirovsk.

What to pack for Kirovsk in January

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

In January, Kirovsk sees daytime highs around -10°C and nights near -16°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 Kirovsk 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 Kirovsk peaks around July 14 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 14UV 4Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr2Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun4Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep1Low
Oct0Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kirovsk?

Kirovsk sits at 67.6°N, 33.7°E, 387 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Apatity, 12 km away.

Topography around Kirovsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kirovsk has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 764 m around an average of 465 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,141 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,364 m.

The land around Kirovsk is covered by trees (35%) and moss and lichen (23%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and moss and lichen (26%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) within 80 km.

3 km
764 m
16 km
1,141 m
80 km
1,364 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Apatity 12 km · Monchegorsk 49 km · Polyarnyye Zori 57 km · Olenegorsk 61 km · Kandalaksha 75 km · Kovdor 136 km · Murmansk 152 km · Severomorsk 162 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 Kirovsk (67.6148°, 33.6727°, elevation 387 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).