Mezhdurechensk weather in January

In January, Mezhdurechensk sees average daytime highs of -12°C and overnight lows near -19°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 7.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-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 21% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Mezhdurechensk's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mezhdurechensk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-12°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-19°
1st coldest
Precipitation
56 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
9:25 AM – 5:09 PM
Cloud cover
74%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
0.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Mezhdurechensk is city in Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.

Density
2,105/km²
people per km²
Founded
1946

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 Mezhdurechensk reaches about -12°C in the afternoon and slips back to -19°C overnight — a 7°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 4°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-12-19
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How January really feels in Mezhdurechensk

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.

Mezhdurechensk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-12° / -19°5612.314.17.80.0
Feb-8° / -17°429.911.49.40.0
Mar / -10°5411.71211.50.0
Apr / -3°7413.17.213.71.4
May16° / 94141.515.64.6
Jun22° / 11°10614.4016.75.9
Jul24° / 13°11114.8016.36.2
Aug22° / 11°11113.9014.66.0
Sep15° / 10013.80.612.54.2
Oct / -2°10715.68.210.30.9
Nov-4° / -11°10415.816.58.30.0
Dec-10° / -17°8514.917.17.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32278
42278
52278
62278
72377
82377
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102377
112476
122476
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142575
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273565
283664
293664
303664
313664

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Mezhdurechensk gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 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 40% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 14 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14652
24552
34551
44451
54350
64349
74249
84248
94248
104148
114147
124147
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154147
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214045
224045
233944
243843
253742
263641
273540
283540
293439
303439
313338

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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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

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
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
68calm
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88calm
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128calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:33 AM to 9:07 AM, and sunset from 4:49 PM to 5:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.39:334:49
27.39:334:50
37.39:324:51
47.39:324:52
57.49:324:53
67.49:324:55
77.49:314:56
87.49:314:57
97.59:304:58
107.59:305:00
117.59:295:01
127.69:285:03
137.69:285:04
147.69:275:06
157.79:265:07
167.79:255:09
177.89:245:10
187.89:235:12
197.99:225:14
207.99:215:15
218.09:205:17
228.09:195:19
238.09:185:21
248.19:175:22
258.19:155:24
268.29:145:26
278.39:135:28
288.39:115:30
298.49:105:32
308.49:085:34
318.59:075:35

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.85 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.2Dim
291.2Dim
301.2Dim
311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Mezhdurechensk?

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 Mezhdurechensk.

What to pack for Mezhdurechensk in January

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

In January, Mezhdurechensk sees daytime highs around -12°C and nights near -19°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Mezhdurechensk 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 Mezhdurechensk peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
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Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Mezhdurechensk?

Mezhdurechensk sits at 53.7°N, 88.1°E, 243 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Myski, 18 km away.

Topography around Mezhdurechensk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mezhdurechensk has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 294 m around an average of 289 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 536 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,056 m.

The land around Mezhdurechensk is covered by trees (67%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (87%) within 16 km, and trees (87%) within 80 km.

3 km
294 m
16 km
536 m
80 km
2,056 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Myski 18 km · Osinniki 49 km · Kaltan 55 km · Novokuznetsk 61 km · Prokop’yevsk 92 km · Kiselëvsk 98 km · Kisilevsk 99 km · Tashtagol 103 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 Mezhdurechensk (53.6899°, 88.0622°, elevation 243 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).