Megion weather in January

In January, Megion sees average daytime highs of -17°C and overnight lows near -24°C, with 20 mm of precipitation across 7.1 wet days and about 6.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 18 min at the start of January to 7 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Megion's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Megion's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-17°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-24°
1st coldest
Precipitation
20 mm
7.1 wet days
Daylight
6 hours
9:04 AM – 3:06 PM
Cloud cover
89%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
0.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Megion is city in Russia in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra.

Founded
1910

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 -17°C through the month.

A typical January day in Megion reaches about -17°C in the afternoon and slips back to -24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -30°C and -5°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Megion

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.

Megion 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-17° / -24°207.19.56.10.0
Feb-14° / -21°176.17.68.50.0
Mar-5° / -13°278.29.711.30.0
Apr / -6°369.26.114.20.0
May11° / 5310.72.9172.6
Jun19° / 10°71120.218.75.6
Jul22° / 13°6310.30186.5
Aug18° / 10°9113.6015.55.2
Sep11° / 6311.80.912.62.5
Oct / -3°5012.68.59.70.1
Nov-9° / -15°3710.211.76.90.0
Dec-15° / -21°27911.65.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11090
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Megion gets around 20 mm of rain and snow over 7.1 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 24% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12937
22936
32936
42836
52836
62836
72735
82735
92635
102635
112534
122534
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142433
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302127
312127

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 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
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513light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 5 h 18 min at the start of January to 7 h 12 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 9:20 AM to 8:34 AM, and sunset from 2:37 PM to 3:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.39:202:37
25.39:202:39
35.39:192:40
45.49:182:42
55.49:182:43
65.59:172:45
75.59:162:47
85.69:152:49
95.69:142:51
105.79:132:53
115.79:112:55
125.89:102:57
135.89:092:59
145.99:073:01
156.09:063:03
166.09:043:06
176.19:023:08
186.29:013:10
196.28:593:13
206.38:573:15
216.48:553:18
226.58:533:20
236.58:513:23
246.68:493:25
256.78:473:28
266.88:453:31
276.88:433:33
286.98:413:36
297.08:383:39
307.18:363:41
317.28:343:44

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.18 kWh/m² to a high of 5.39 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.35 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Megion

In seasonPeak

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

Megion'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 Megion?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Megion.

What to pack for Megion in January

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

In January, Megion sees daytime highs around -17°C and nights near -24°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Megion 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 Megion peaks around June 21 at about 5 (moderate) — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 21UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Megion?

Megion sits at 61.0°N, 76.1°E, 45 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Nizhnevartovsk, 27 km away.

Topography around Megion

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Megion has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 41 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m.

The land around Megion is covered by trees (34%), grassland (23%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, grassland (39%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
44 m
80 km
108 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Nizhnevartovsk 27 km · Izluchinsk 44 km · Langepas 54 km · Pokachi 86 km · Strezhevoy 87 km · Raduzhny 139 km · Fedorovskiy 143 km · Surgut 146 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 Megion (61.0343°, 76.1068°, elevation 45 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).