Nyagan weather in January

In January, Nyagan sees average daytime highs of -16°C and overnight lows near -22°C, with 16 mm of precipitation across 5.7 wet days and about 5.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 4 h 48 min at the start of January to 6 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Nyagan's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nyagan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-16°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-22°
1st coldest
Precipitation
16 mm
5.7 wet days
Daylight
5 h 42 min
9:58 AM – 3:38 PM
Cloud cover
83%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
0.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Nyagan is city in central Russia.

Density
64/km²
people per km²
Founded
1965

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 -16°C through the month.

A typical January day in Nyagan reaches about -16°C in the afternoon and slips back to -22°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -28°C and -5°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)
1-16-22
2-16-23
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How January really feels in Nyagan

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.

Nyagan 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-16° / -22°165.77.45.70.0
Feb-13° / -20°154.66.18.30.0
Mar-3° / -12°236.97.811.30.0
Apr / -5°4195.914.40.2
May12° / 5610.12.517.32.9
Jun19° / 10°8012.90.319.15.4
Jul22° / 13°7611.6018.46.2
Aug18° / 10°8012.7015.75.1
Sep11° / 5310.50.912.62.5
Oct / -3°4310.86.79.50.1
Nov-8° / -14°267.48.56.60.0
Dec-13° / -20°196.88.64.90.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21585
31486
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51486
61486
71387
81387
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101387
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312476

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Nyagan gets around 16 mm of rain and snow over 5.7 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 19% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12228
22127
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311723

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 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
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911calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 4 h 48 min at the start of January to 6 h 54 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 10:17 AM to 9:25 AM, and sunset from 3:06 PM to 4:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
14.810:173:06
24.910:163:08
34.910:153:10
44.910:143:11
55.010:143:13
65.010:133:15
75.110:113:17
85.110:103:19
95.210:093:21
105.310:083:23
115.310:063:26
125.410:053:28
135.510:033:30
145.510:013:33
155.610:003:35
165.79:583:38
175.79:563:40
185.89:543:43
195.99:523:45
206.09:503:48
216.09:483:51
226.19:463:53
236.29:443:56
246.39:413:59
256.49:394:02
266.59:374:05
276.59:344:07
286.69:324:10
296.79:304:13
306.89:274:16
316.99:254:19

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 0.12 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 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

Is January a good time to visit Nyagan?

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
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nyagan.

What to pack for Nyagan in January

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

In January, Nyagan sees daytime highs around -16°C and nights near -22°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Nyagan 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 Nyagan peaks around June 23 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 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 23UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar1Low
Apr3Moderate
May3Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Nyagan 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 Nyagan is worst in August — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 13.5× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 1422 µg/m³Dec 172 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan2Good
Feb3Good
Mar5Good
Apr11Good
May10Good
Jun8Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep5Good
Oct3Good
Nov2Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Nyagan?

Nyagan sits at 62.1°N, 65.4°E, 41 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Sovetskiy, 129 km away.

Topography around Nyagan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nyagan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m around an average of 63 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 226 m.

The land around Nyagan is covered by trees (64%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, trees (91%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
102 m
16 km
146 m
80 km
226 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Sovetskiy 129 km · Yugorsk 142 km · Beloyarskiy 186 km · Uray 226 km · Khanty-Mansiysk 230 km · Ivdel’ 310 km · Nizhnesortymskiy 331 km · Lyantor 359 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 Nyagan (62.1406°, 65.3936°, elevation 41 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).