Nevel’sk weather in January

In January, Nevel’sk sees average daytime highs of -5°C and overnight lows near -8°C, with 61 mm of precipitation across 14.5 wet days and about 8.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% 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 Nevel’sk's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nevel’sk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-5°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-8°
1st coldest
Precipitation
61 mm
14.5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 42 min
8:20 AM – 5:04 PM
Cloud cover
86%
12th clearest
Wind
24 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Nevel’sk is human settlement in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,889/km²
people per km²
Founded
1901

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 -5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Nevel’sk reaches about -5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -8°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -9°C and -1°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-4-7
2-4-7
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4-4-7
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How January really feels in Nevel’sk

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.

Nevel’sk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-5° / -8°6114.5208.80.0
Feb-5° / -8°4611.316.2100.0
Mar-1° / -4°5510.512.511.60.0
Apr / 549.55.313.30.1
May / 649.80.914.81.3
Jun12° / 618.9015.63.2
Jul17° / 14°909.3015.35.1
Aug19° / 17°10310.10145.9
Sep17° / 14°10111.3012.45.3
Oct11° / 9512.90.410.62.7
Nov / 9015.711.89.20.2
Dec-2° / -5°8417.921.48.40.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
2991
3892
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Nevel’sk gets around 61 mm of rain and snow over 14.5 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 47% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days, and about 20 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
15569
25569
35469
45469
55469
65469
75369
85268
95268
105167
115067
125067
134966
144866
154765
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314160

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 24 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 24 km/h on the calmest days to 25 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
125breezy
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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 8:23 AM to 8:07 AM, and sunset from 4:48 PM to 5:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.48:234:48
28.48:234:49
38.48:234:50
48.58:234:51
58.58:234:52
68.58:234:53
78.58:234:54
88.58:234:55
98.68:224:56
108.68:224:57
118.68:224:58
128.68:214:59
138.78:215:01
148.78:215:02
158.78:205:03
168.78:205:04
178.88:195:05
188.88:185:07
198.88:185:08
208.98:175:09
218.98:165:11
228.98:165:12
239.08:155:13
249.08:145:15
259.18:135:16
269.18:125:18
279.18:115:19
289.28:105:20
299.28:095:22
309.38:085:23
319.38:075:25

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.13 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 1.45 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.2Dim
21.2Dim
31.2Dim
41.3Dim
51.3Dim
61.3Dim
71.3Dim
81.3Dim
91.3Dim
101.3Dim
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311.8Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Nevel’sk?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nevel’sk.

What to pack for Nevel’sk in January

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

In January, Nevel’sk sees daytime highs around -5°C and nights near -8°C. Pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Nevel’sk in January

The nearest coast averages about 2°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in January near 2°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan2Bracing
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Mar3Bracing
Apr4Bracing
May7Bracing
Jun10Bracing
Jul15Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Nevel’sk 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 Nevel’sk peaks around August 13 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 13UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nevel’sk?

Nevel’sk sits at 46.7°N, 141.9°E, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kholmsk, 43 km away.

Topography around Nevel’sk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nevel’sk has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 368 m around an average of 72 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 556 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 766 m.

The land around Nevel’sk is covered by water (52%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, water (52%) and trees (45%) within 16 km, and water (55%) and trees (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
368 m
16 km
556 m
80 km
766 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Kholmsk 43 km · Korsakov 71 km · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 74 km · Wakkanai 142 km · Makubetsu 145 km · Nayoro 263 km · Sovetskaya Gavan’ 280 km · Minamishibetsuchō 284 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 Nevel’sk (46.6796°, 141.8559°), 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).