Novosibirsk weather in January

In January, Novosibirsk sees average daytime highs of -13°C and overnight lows near -20°C, with 26 mm of precipitation across 7.9 wet days and about 7.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 hours at the start of January to 8 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Novosibirsk's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Novosibirsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-13°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-20°
1st coldest
Precipitation
26 mm
7.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
8:53 AM – 4:22 PM
Cloud cover
82%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Novosibirsk is Russian city; administrative center of Siberian Federal District.

Density
3,190/km²
people per km²
Founded
1893

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 -13°C through the month.

A typical January day in Novosibirsk reaches about -13°C in the afternoon and slips back to -20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -25°C and -3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Novosibirsk

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.

Novosibirsk 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-13° / -20°267.910.47.50.0
Feb-10° / -18°196.38.39.30.0
Mar-2° / -11°257.57.611.40.0
Apr / -2°307.73.213.81.6
May17° / 409.10.715.85.4
Jun22° / 12°5310.50176.6
Jul24° / 14°6712.3016.56.6
Aug21° / 11°5410.8014.76.4
Sep15° / 4910.20.212.54.3
Oct / -1°47114.710.21.0
Nov-4° / -10°4411.4118.10.0
Dec-11° / -18°3911.113.170.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 83%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
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312377

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Novosibirsk gets around 26 mm of rain and snow over 7.9 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 26% and peaks near 32% 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 (%)
13240
23140
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52938
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212634
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232431
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262228
272127
282026
292026
302025
312025

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 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:02 AM to 8:33 AM, and sunset from 4:01 PM to 4:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.09:024:01
27.09:014:02
37.09:014:03
47.19:014:05
57.19:014:06
67.19:004:07
77.19:004:08
87.28:594:10
97.28:594:11
107.28:584:13
117.38:574:14
127.38:574:16
137.48:564:17
147.48:554:19
157.48:544:20
167.58:534:22
177.58:524:24
187.68:514:26
197.68:504:27
207.78:494:29
217.78:484:31
227.88:464:33
237.88:454:35
247.98:444:36
257.98:424:38
268.08:414:40
278.08:394:42
288.18:384:44
298.28:364:46
308.28:354:48
318.38:334:50

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.79 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Novosibirsk?

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
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Novosibirsk.

What to pack for Novosibirsk in January

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

In January, Novosibirsk sees daytime highs around -13°C and nights near -20°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Novosibirsk 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 Novosibirsk peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Novosibirsk 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 Novosibirsk is worst in April — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1618 µg/m³Dec 166 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb11Good
Mar12Good
Apr19Moderate
May12Good
Jun11Good
Jul16Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep9Good
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Novosibirsk?

Novosibirsk sits at 55.0°N, 82.9°E, 113 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Krasnoobsk, 12 km away.

Topography around Novosibirsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Novosibirsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m around an average of 138 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 207 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 407 m.

The land around Novosibirsk is covered by artificial surfaces (67%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 16 km, and trees (44%), cropland (26%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
113 m
16 km
207 m
80 km
407 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Krasnoobsk 12 km · Ob’ 14 km · Akademgorodok 22 km · Berdsk 32 km · Kochenëvo 46 km · Iskitim 49 km · Linëvo 69 km · Cherepanovo 93 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 Novosibirsk (55.0226°, 82.9317°, elevation 113 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).