Okha weather in January

In January, Okha sees average daytime highs of -14°C and overnight lows near -18°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 7.3 wet days and about 7.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -12°C in the first days to -14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Okha's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Okha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-14°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-18°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
7.3 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:45 AM – 4:30 PM
Cloud cover
87%
11th clearest
Wind
25 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Okha is human settlement in Okhinsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia.

Density
604/km²
people per km²
Founded
1880

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 -12°C in the first days to -14°C by the end.

A typical January day in Okha reaches about -14°C in the afternoon and slips back to -18°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -21°C and -4°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 4°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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

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.

Okha weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-14° / -18°387.39.37.80.0
Feb-14° / -19°224.66.49.40.0
Mar-8° / -14°366.57.911.50.0
Apr-1° / -6°407.88.213.70.0
May / 538.83.715.60.3
Jun10° / 518.2016.72.5
Jul15° / 11°627.6016.34.6
Aug16° / 12°8410.5014.65.0
Sep13° / 10°7610.8012.53.7
Oct / 8713.53.810.30.7
Nov-2° / -5°8316.216.98.30.0
Dec-10° / -14°5310.313.67.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3892
4892
5892
6892
7892
8892
9793
10793
11694
12694
13694
14694
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271288
281387
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311486

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Okha gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 7.3 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 24% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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52532
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92330
102330
112329
122329
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162329
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192329
202329
212329
222429
232430
242430
252430
262430
272430
282429
292329
302329
312228

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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28100
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Wind in January

Winds average 25 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 24 km/h on the calmest days to 27 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
127breezy
227breezy
327breezy
427breezy
526breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:53 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 4:10 PM to 4:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.38:534:10
27.38:534:11
37.38:524:12
47.48:524:13
57.48:524:14
67.48:524:16
77.48:514:17
87.58:514:18
97.58:504:19
107.58:504:21
117.68:494:22
127.68:484:24
137.68:484:25
147.78:474:27
157.78:464:28
167.78:454:30
177.88:444:31
187.88:434:33
197.98:424:35
207.98:414:36
218.08:404:38
228.08:394:40
238.18:384:42
248.18:374:43
258.28:354:45
268.28:344:47
278.38:334:49
288.38:314:51
298.48:304:53
308.48:284:54
318.58:274:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 1.01 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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161.0Dim
171.0Dim
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191.1Dim
201.1Dim
211.1Dim
221.1Dim
231.2Dim
241.2Dim
251.2Dim
261.3Dim
271.3Dim
281.3Dim
291.4Dim
301.4Dim
311.4Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Okha?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Okha.

What to pack for Okha in January

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

In January, Okha sees daytime highs around -14°C and nights near -18°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Okha in January

The nearest coast averages about -1°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 13°C and coldest in March near -1°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

-5°0°5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan-1Bracing
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May0Bracing
Jun5Bracing
Jul11Bracing
Aug13Bracing
Sep11Bracing
Oct7Bracing
Nov3Bracing
Dec0Bracing

UV index in Okha in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Okha peaks around August 10 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 5Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Okha 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 Okha is worst in September — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 7.9× the cleanest month (January, 3 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1519 µg/m³Jan 153 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan3Good
Feb4Good
Mar11Good
Apr12Good
May9Good
Jun7Good
Jul10Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov5Good
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Okha?

Okha sits at 53.6°N, 143.0°E, 25 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Nikolayevsk-on-Amure, 156 km away.

VaninoSovetskaya Gavan’KholmskYuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Topography around Okha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Okha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 585 m.

The land around Okha is covered by trees (48%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and water (37%) within 16 km, and water (53%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
103 m
80 km
585 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Nikolayevsk-on-Amure 156 km · Poronaysk 487 km · Komsomolsk-on-Amur 528 km · Vanino 534 km · Sovetskaya Gavan’ 546 km · Amursk 559 km · Kholmsk 731 km · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 739 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 Okha (53.5949°, 142.9528°, elevation 25 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).