Luchegorsk weather in January

In January, Luchegorsk sees average daytime highs of -13°C and overnight lows near -26°C, with 9 mm of precipitation across 2.4 wet days and about 8.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about -13°C in the first days to -12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 24 min at the start of January to 9 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Luchegorsk's 4th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Luchegorsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-13°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-26°
1st coldest
Precipitation
9 mm
2.4 wet days
Daylight
8 h 48 min
8:49 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover
54%
4th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
1.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Luchegorsk is human settlement in Pozharsky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia.

Founded
1966

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about -13°C in the first days to -12°C by the end.

A typical January day in Luchegorsk reaches about -13°C in the afternoon and slips back to -26°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -18°C and -7°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 5°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Luchegorsk

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.

Luchegorsk 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-13° / -26°92.43.58.80.0
Feb-8° / -22°92.23.1100.0
Mar / -12°285.85.511.60.0
Apr11° / -1°488.92.413.32.8
May19° / 8612.10.114.85.5
Jun23° / 13°8212.6015.56.2
Jul26° / 17°14113.8015.25.9
Aug25° / 16°14013.80146.1
Sep20° / 8110.2012.46.2
Oct11° / 588.81.110.73.0
Nov-1° / -11°265.64.49.20.0
Dec-11° / -23°163.64.58.50.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25446
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265347
275347
285446
295446
305545
315545

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Luchegorsk gets around 9 mm of rain and snow over 2.4 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 8% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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12711
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25811
26811
27811
28711
29710
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31710

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 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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58calm
68calm
78calm
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108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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158calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 24 min at the start of January to 9 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:53 AM to 8:37 AM, and sunset from 5:19 PM to 5:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.48:535:19
28.58:535:20
38.58:535:21
48.58:535:22
58.58:535:23
68.58:525:24
78.58:525:25
88.68:525:26
98.68:525:27
108.68:525:28
118.68:515:29
128.78:515:30
138.78:505:32
148.78:505:33
158.78:495:34
168.88:495:35
178.88:485:37
188.88:485:38
198.98:475:39
208.98:465:40
218.98:465:42
229.08:455:43
239.08:445:44
249.08:435:46
259.18:435:47
269.18:425:49
279.28:415:50
289.28:405:51
299.28:395:53
309.38:385:54
319.38:375:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 1.98 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.7Dim
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131.9Dim
141.9Dim
151.9Dim
162.0Dim
172.0Dim
182.0Moderate
192.0Moderate
202.1Moderate
212.1Moderate
222.1Moderate
232.2Moderate
242.2Moderate
252.2Moderate
262.3Moderate
272.3Moderate
282.3Moderate
292.4Moderate
302.4Moderate
312.5Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Luchegorsk

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
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Aug
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Oct
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Dec

Is January a good time to visit Luchegorsk?

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
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Luchegorsk.

What to pack for Luchegorsk in January

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

In January, Luchegorsk sees daytime highs around -13°C and nights near -26°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Luchegorsk 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 Luchegorsk peaks around August 11 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowAug 11UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Luchegorsk in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Luchegorsk is worst in April — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.3× the cleanest month (September, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateApr 1133 µg/m³Sep 118 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar31Moderate
Apr33Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug9Good
Sep8Good
Oct16Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Luchegorsk?

Luchegorsk sits at 46.4°N, 134.3°E, 83 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Bikin, 41 km away.

Topography around Luchegorsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Luchegorsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m around an average of 88 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 333 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,123 m.

The land around Luchegorsk is covered by trees (46%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
227 m
16 km
333 m
80 km
1,123 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Bikin 41 km · Dalnerechensk 71 km · Vyazemskiy 126 km · Lesozavodsk 128 km · Khabarovsk 232 km · Dalnegorsk 234 km · Spassk-Dal’niy 235 km · Kavalerovo 249 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 Luchegorsk (46.4446°, 134.2934°, elevation 83 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).