Kotlas weather in January

In January, Kotlas sees average daytime highs of -9°C and overnight lows near -15°C, with 31 mm of precipitation across 9.8 wet days and about 6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -9°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 12 min at the start of January to 7 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kotlas's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kotlas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-9°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-15°
1st coldest
Precipitation
31 mm
9.8 wet days
Daylight
6 hours
9:04 AM – 3:01 PM
Cloud cover
92%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
0.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kotlas is city in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
870/km²
people per km²
Founded
1890

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 -9°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kotlas reaches about -9°C in the afternoon and slips back to -15°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -20°C and -0°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Kotlas

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.

Kotlas 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-9° / -15°319.812.560.0
Feb-7° / -14°298.110.58.40.0
Mar-1° / -9°328.49.111.30.0
Apr / -2°388.53.814.31.1
May15° / 5411.10.9174.2
Jun20° / 6811.4018.85.8
Jul23° / 12°7111.8018.16.4
Aug19° / 10°6712.4015.65.5
Sep13° / 6011.90.312.63.2
Oct / 6011.749.60.4
Nov-3° / -7°451110.56.90.0
Dec-7° / -12°3710.813.15.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kotlas gets around 31 mm of rain and snow over 9.8 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 31% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 13 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 5 h 12 min at the start of January to 7 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:21 AM to 8:33 AM, and sunset from 2:32 PM to 3:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.29:212:32
25.29:202:34
35.39:192:35
45.39:192:37
55.39:182:39
65.49:172:40
75.49:162:42
85.59:152:44
95.59:142:46
105.69:132:48
115.69:112:50
125.79:102:52
135.89:092:55
145.89:072:57
155.99:062:59
166.09:043:01
176.09:023:04
186.19:003:06
196.28:593:09
206.28:573:11
216.38:553:14
226.48:533:16
236.58:513:19
246.58:493:21
256.68:473:24
266.78:453:27
276.88:423:29
286.98:403:32
297.08:383:35
307.08:353:38
317.18:333:40

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.12 kWh/m² to a high of 5.23 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.24 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Kotlas?

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 Kotlas.

What to pack for Kotlas in January

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

In January, Kotlas sees daytime highs around -9°C and nights near -15°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 Kotlas in January

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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 Kotlas peaks around June 22 at about 5 (moderate) — 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 4 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Mar2Low
Apr2Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep3Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Kotlas?

Kotlas sits at 61.3°N, 46.7°E, 78 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Koryazhma, 27 km away.

Topography around Kotlas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kotlas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m around an average of 51 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 237 m.

The land around Kotlas is covered by trees (44%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, trees (68%) within 16 km, and trees (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
39 m
16 km
113 m
80 km
237 m
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January weather nearby: Koryazhma 27 km · Velikiy Ustyug 58 km · Ezhva 225 km · Syktyvkar 226 km · Vel’sk 245 km · Yemva 265 km · Shar’ya 327 km · Kirov 340 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 Kotlas (61.2566°, 46.6537°, elevation 78 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).