Novouzensk weather in January

In January, Novouzensk sees average daytime highs of -6°C and overnight lows near -12°C, with 31 mm of precipitation across 8.3 wet days and about 8.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -5°C in the first days to -7°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Novouzensk's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Novouzensk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-6°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-12°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
31 mm
8.3 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
7:49 AM – 4:04 PM
Cloud cover
84%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Novouzensk is human settlement in Novouzensky District, Saratov Oblast, Russia.

Density
394/km²
people per km²
Founded
1760

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about -5°C in the first days to -7°C by the end.

A typical January day in Novouzensk reaches about -6°C in the afternoon and slips back to -12°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -14°C and 1°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Novouzensk

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.

Novouzensk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -12°318.38.48.30.0
Feb-5° / -12°246.25.99.70.0
Mar / -6°286.84.411.50.2
Apr14° / 3270.713.54.4
May22° / 10°296.6015.27.3
Jun27° / 15°336.4016.16.9
Jul30° / 18°265.5015.85.7
Aug29° / 16°214.5014.36.6
Sep21° / 10°315.7012.47.2
Oct12° / 336.70.610.43.6
Nov / -4°255.938.80.1
Dec-4° / -10°316.97.17.90.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Novouzensk gets around 31 mm of rain and snow over 8.3 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 27% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:55 AM to 7:34 AM, and sunset from 3:46 PM to 4:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.97:553:46
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37.97:553:48
47.97:553:49
57.97:553:50
67.97:543:51
78.07:543:52
88.07:543:54
98.07:533:55
108.07:533:56
118.17:523:57
128.17:523:59
138.17:514:00
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158.27:504:03
168.27:494:04
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188.37:484:07
198.47:474:08
208.47:464:10
218.47:454:11
228.57:444:13
238.57:434:14
248.67:424:16
258.67:414:18
268.77:404:19
278.77:394:21
288.77:384:22
298.87:374:24
308.87:354:26
318.97:344:27

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.72 kWh/m² to a high of 6.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.99 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Novouzensk?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Novouzensk.

What to pack for Novouzensk in January

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

In January, Novouzensk sees daytime highs around -6°C and nights near -12°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Novouzensk in January

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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 Novouzensk peaks around July 14 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
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Jun6High
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Sep4Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Novouzensk?

Novouzensk sits at 50.5°N, 48.1°E, 36 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Yershov, 100 km away.

Topography around Novouzensk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Novouzensk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m.

The land around Novouzensk is covered by grassland (68%) within 3 km, grassland (79%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

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treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Yershov 100 km · Pallasovka 100 km · Marks 170 km · Balakovo 175 km · Pugachëv 179 km · Privolzhskiy 181 km · Engels 182 km · Krasnoarmeysk 183 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 Novouzensk (50.4632°, 48.1416°, elevation 36 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).