Kusa weather in January

In January, Kusa sees average daytime highs of -10°C and overnight lows near -17°C, with 20 mm of precipitation across 6.4 wet days and about 7.5 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 Kusa's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kusa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-10°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-17°
1st coldest
Precipitation
20 mm
6.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
9:29 AM – 4:54 PM
Cloud cover
83%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
0.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kusa is human settlement in Kusinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,321/km²
people per km²
Founded
1778

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 Kusa 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-10-17
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How January really feels in Kusa

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.

Kusa 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°206.49.27.50.0
Feb-8° / -17°175.77.99.20.0
Mar-1° / -10°297.99.611.40.0
Apr / -2°398.64.513.81.5
May16° / 6011.11.215.94.8
Jun20° / 7513.90.117.15.7
Jul22° / 12°9413.9016.65.9
Aug20° / 10°7914.1014.85.5
Sep14° / 6012.31.112.53.6
Oct / -1°5712.67.210.10.7
Nov-3° / -10°349.710.98.10.0
Dec-9° / -16°257.410.36.90.0

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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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11387
21387
31387
41288
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91288
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kusa gets around 20 mm of rain and snow over 6.4 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 22% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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302027
312027

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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Wind in January

Winds average 11 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
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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 9:38 AM to 9:08 AM, and sunset from 4:33 PM to 5:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.99:384:33
26.99:384:34
37.09:374:35
47.09:374:36
57.09:374:38
67.09:364:39
77.19:364:40
87.19:354:42
97.19:354:43
107.29:344:45
117.29:334:46
127.39:324:48
137.39:324:49
147.39:314:51
157.49:304:52
167.49:294:54
177.59:284:56
187.59:274:58
197.69:264:59
207.69:245:01
217.79:235:03
227.79:225:05
237.89:215:07
247.89:195:09
257.99:185:11
267.99:165:13
278.09:155:15
288.19:135:17
298.19:125:19
308.29:105:21
318.29:085:23

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 5.71 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 Kusa

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Kusa?

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 Kusa.

What to pack for Kusa in January

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

In January, Kusa sees daytime highs around -10°C and nights near -17°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Kusa in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kusa peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kusa?

Kusa sits at 55.3°N, 59.4°E, 367 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Zlatoust, 24 km away.

Topography around Kusa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kusa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m around an average of 380 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 475 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,293 m.

The land around Kusa is covered by trees (74%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
243 m
16 km
475 m
80 km
1,293 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Zlatoust 24 km · Satka 42 km · Karabash 51 km · Miass 54 km · Bakal 60 km · Chebarkul’ 72 km · Kyshtym 81 km · Trëkhgornyy 86 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 Kusa (55.345°, 59.44°, elevation 367 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).