Ob’ weather in January

In January, Ob’ sees average daytime highs of -13°C and overnight lows near -21°C, with 24 mm of precipitation across 7.4 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 11% 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 Ob’'s 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ob’'s year-round climate.

Daytime high
-13°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-21°
1st coldest
Precipitation
24 mm
7.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
8:54 AM – 4:23 PM
Cloud cover
83%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Ob’ is town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,104/km²
people per km²
Founded
1934

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 Ob’ reaches about -13°C in the afternoon and slips back to -21°C overnight — a 8°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 Ob’

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.

Ob’ 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° / -21°247.49.77.50.0
Feb-10° / -19°175.97.79.30.0
Mar-2° / -11°2377.111.40.0
Apr / -2°297.73.113.81.7
May17° / 398.80.515.85.5
Jun22° / 12°5410.50176.6
Jul24° / 14°6411.8016.56.7
Aug22° / 11°5210.4014.76.5
Sep15° / 469.80.212.54.4
Oct / -1°4410.34.410.21.0
Nov-4° / -10°4010.810.68.10.0
Dec-11° / -18°3610.612.570.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% 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 (%)
11387
21387
31387
41387
51387
61387
71387
81387
91387
101387
111486
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312377

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ob’ gets around 24 mm of rain and snow over 7.4 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 25% and peaks near 30% 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 (%)
13038
22938
32837
42837
52736
62736
72636
82635
92635
102635
112635
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212431
222430
232329
242228
252127
262026
272025
281924
291924
301923
311923

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 8:34 AM, and sunset from 4:02 PM to 4:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.09:024:02
27.09:024:03
37.09:024:05
47.19:024:06
57.19:014:07
67.19:014:08
77.29:004:09
87.29:004:11
97.28:594:12
107.28:594:14
117.38:584:15
127.38:574:17
137.48:564:18
147.48:564:20
157.48:554:21
167.58:544:23
177.58:534:25
187.68:524:27
197.68:514:28
207.78:494:30
217.78:484:32
227.88:474:34
237.88:464:36
247.98:444:38
257.98:434:39
268.08:414:41
278.18:404:43
288.18:394:45
298.28:374:47
308.28:354:49
318.38:344:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.78 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ob’?

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 Ob’.

What to pack for Ob’ in January

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

In January, Ob’ sees daytime highs around -13°C and nights near -21°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Ob’ 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 Ob’ peaks around June 23 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 23UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Ob’ 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 Ob’ is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1617 µg/m³Dec 175 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb10Good
Mar10Good
Apr18Moderate
May11Good
Jun10Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep8Good
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ob’?

Ob’ sits at 55.0°N, 82.7°E, 93 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Novosibirsk, 14 km away.

Topography around Ob’

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ob’ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 110 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 349 m.

The land around Ob’ is covered by artificial surfaces (37%), trees (24%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (36%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and trees (43%), cropland (26%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
108 m
80 km
349 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Novosibirsk 14 km · Krasnoobsk 19 km · Akademgorodok 29 km · Kochenëvo 32 km · Berdsk 36 km · Iskitim 54 km · Linëvo 73 km · Cherepanovo 95 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 Ob’ (54.9888°, 82.7134°, elevation 93 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).