Nizhnesortymskiy weather in January

In January, Nizhnesortymskiy sees average daytime highs of -18°C and overnight lows near -24°C, with 17 mm of precipitation across 6.1 wet days and about 5.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 4 h 42 min at the start of January to 6 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Nizhnesortymskiy's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nizhnesortymskiy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-18°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-24°
1st coldest
Precipitation
17 mm
6.1 wet days
Daylight
5 h 36 min
9:36 AM – 3:09 PM
Cloud cover
89%
10th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Nizhnesortymskiy is human settlement in Surgutsky District, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

Founded
1988

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 -18°C through the month.

A typical January day in Nizhnesortymskiy reaches about -18°C in the afternoon and slips back to -24°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -30°C and -6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Nizhnesortymskiy

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.

Nizhnesortymskiy 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-18° / -24°176.17.85.60.0
Feb-15° / -22°165.36.78.20.0
Mar-7° / -14°257.58.911.30.0
Apr / -7°388.97.314.40.0
May / 5010.53.117.41.5
Jun18° / 10°7612.60.319.35.0
Jul21° / 13°7611.3018.56.1
Aug17° / 10°9714.2015.74.7
Sep10° / 59111.212.62.1
Oct / -4°4711.98.49.50.0
Nov-9° / -15°308.310.56.50.0
Dec-15° / -22°227.59.84.70.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 89%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Nizhnesortymskiy gets around 17 mm of rain and snow over 6.1 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 20% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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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 18 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 4 h 42 min at the start of January to 6 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 126 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:55 AM to 9:01 AM, and sunset from 2:37 PM to 3:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
14.79:552:37
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34.89:542:40
44.89:532:42
54.99:522:44
64.99:512:46
75.09:502:48
85.09:482:50
95.19:472:52
105.19:462:54
115.29:442:57
125.39:432:59
135.39:413:01
145.49:393:04
155.59:373:06
165.69:363:09
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185.79:323:14
195.89:303:17
205.99:283:20
215.99:253:22
226.09:233:25
236.19:213:28
246.29:193:31
256.39:163:34
266.49:143:37
276.59:123:39
286.69:093:42
296.69:073:45
306.79:043:48
316.89:013:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.11 kWh/m² to a high of 5.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.25 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Nizhnesortymskiy

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season
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Is January a good time to visit Nizhnesortymskiy?

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

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

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nizhnesortymskiy.

What to pack for Nizhnesortymskiy in January

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

In January, Nizhnesortymskiy sees daytime highs around -18°C and nights near -24°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Nizhnesortymskiy 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 Nizhnesortymskiy peaks around June 20 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Nizhnesortymskiy?

Nizhnesortymskiy sits at 62.4°N, 71.8°E, 73 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Lyantor, 94 km away.

Topography around Nizhnesortymskiy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nizhnesortymskiy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 81 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m.

The land around Nizhnesortymskiy is covered by trees (72%) within 3 km, wetland (39%), water (26%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and wetland (48%), water (24%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

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January weather nearby: Lyantor 94 km · Fedorovskiy 138 km · Kogalym 142 km · Belyy Yar 152 km · Nefteyugansk 155 km · Surgut 158 km · Poykovskiy 160 km · Pyt-Yakh 197 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 Nizhnesortymskiy (62.4397°, 71.7603°, elevation 73 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).