Kizel weather in January

In January, Kizel sees average daytime highs of -12°C and overnight lows near -18°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 12.8 wet days and about 6.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -12°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 6 hours at the start of January to 7 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kizel's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kizel's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-12°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-18°
1st coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
6 h 36 min
10:01 AM – 4:36 PM
Cloud cover
90%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kizel is town in Russia.

Density
288/km²
people per km²
Founded
1750

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 -12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kizel reaches about -12°C in the afternoon and slips back to -18°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -22°C and -3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-12-17
2-12-18
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How January really feels in Kizel

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.

Kizel 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-12° / -18°4912.816.36.70.0
Feb-10° / -16°359.312.48.80.0
Mar-2° / -9°5112.113.711.40.0
Apr / -3°5311.36.914.10.6
May14° / 7312.41.616.53.7
Jun19° / 11315.80.2185.1
Jul21° / 12°9313.6017.45.9
Aug18° / 10°11015.7015.24.7
Sep12° / 8915.61.212.62.5
Oct / -2°9416.210.29.80.2
Nov-5° / -10°7013.816.17.40.0
Dec-10° / -16°5312.916.360.0

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 3% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3892
4793
5793
6595
7595
8595
9595
10595
11595
12694
13694
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15793
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18793
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20991
21991
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271288
281288
291288
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311387

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kizel gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 12.8 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 16 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14355
24355
34355
44355
54355
64355
74355
84355
94355
104355
114355
124355
134355
144355
154255
164254
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184153
194153
204052
214052
223951
233950
243850
253849
263849
273748
283748
293747
303647
313646

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
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
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11100
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15100
16100
17100
18100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 hours at the start of January to 7 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 10:14 AM to 9:35 AM, and sunset from 4:11 PM to 5:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.010:144:11
26.010:134:13
36.010:134:14
46.010:134:15
56.110:124:17
66.110:114:18
76.210:114:20
86.210:104:21
96.210:094:23
106.310:084:25
116.310:074:27
126.410:064:29
136.410:054:31
146.510:044:32
156.510:024:34
166.610:014:36
176.710:004:39
186.79:584:41
196.89:574:43
206.89:554:45
216.99:534:47
227.09:524:49
237.09:504:52
247.19:484:54
257.29:474:56
267.29:454:59
277.39:435:01
287.49:415:03
297.49:395:06
307.59:375:08
317.69:355:11

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.22 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.37 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Kizel?

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
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kizel.

What to pack for Kizel in January

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

In January, Kizel sees daytime highs around -12°C and nights near -18°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Kizel 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 Kizel peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 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 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kizel?

Kizel sits at 59.0°N, 57.6°E, 293 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Aleksandrovsk, 13 km away.

Topography around Kizel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kizel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 229 m around an average of 316 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 394 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,005 m.

The land around Kizel is covered by trees (83%) within 3 km, trees (94%) within 16 km, and trees (95%) within 80 km.

3 km
229 m
16 km
394 m
80 km
1,005 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Aleksandrovsk 13 km · Gubakha 24 km · Berezniki 62 km · Chusovoy 85 km · Solikamsk 86 km · Dobryanka 96 km · Lys’va 105 km · Kachkanar 112 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 Kizel (59.0471°, 57.6477°, elevation 293 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).