Oktyabr’sk weather in January

In January, Oktyabr’sk sees average daytime highs of -7°C and overnight lows near -12°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 9 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Oktyabr’sk's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oktyabr’sk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-7°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-12°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
37 mm
9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
9:00 AM – 4:49 PM
Cloud cover
87%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Oktyabr’sk is human settlement in Oktyabrsk Urban Okrug, Samara Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,207/km²
people per km²
Founded
1684

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 -7°C through the month.

A typical January day in Oktyabr’sk reaches about -7°C in the afternoon and slips back to -12°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -16°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 Oktyabr’sk

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.

Oktyabr’sk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-7° / -12°37910.47.90.0
Feb-6° / -13°287.78.29.50.0
Mar / -7°327.76.711.50.0
Apr12° / 387.71.713.63.2
May20° / 397.80.115.66.6
Jun24° / 14°539.1016.67.0
Jul26° / 16°458.2016.27.0
Aug25° / 14°458014.57.2
Sep18° / 477.3012.46.0
Oct10° / 438.4110.32.2
Nov / -4°377.95.18.40.0
Dec-5° / -10°369.29.77.40.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Oktyabr’sk gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 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 29% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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313033

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 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 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 9:07 AM to 8:42 AM, and sunset from 4:30 PM to 5:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.49:074:30
27.49:074:31
37.49:074:32
47.49:074:33
57.59:064:34
67.59:064:35
77.59:064:36
87.59:054:38
97.69:054:39
107.69:044:40
117.69:044:42
127.79:034:43
137.79:024:44
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157.89:014:47
167.89:004:49
177.98:594:51
187.98:584:52
197.98:574:54
208.08:564:55
218.08:554:57
228.18:544:59
238.18:535:01
248.28:525:02
258.28:505:04
268.38:495:06
278.38:485:08
288.48:465:10
298.48:455:11
308.58:445:13
318.68:425:15

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 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 6.03 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.78 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 Oktyabr’sk?

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
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Oktyabr’sk.

What to pack for Oktyabr’sk in January

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

In January, Oktyabr’sk sees daytime highs around -7°C and nights near -12°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Oktyabr’sk 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 Oktyabr’sk peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 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 6Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Oktyabr’sk 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 Oktyabr’sk is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 2215 µg/m³Dec 197 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb9Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May7Good
Jun8Good
Jul11Good
Aug9Good
Sep8Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Oktyabr’sk?

Oktyabr’sk sits at 53.2°N, 48.7°E, 66 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Syzran, 15 km away.

Topography around Oktyabr’sk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oktyabr’sk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 158 m around an average of 72 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 357 m.

The land around Oktyabr’sk is covered by water (43%) within 3 km, cropland (42%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%), trees (23%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
158 m
16 km
171 m
80 km
357 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Syzran 15 km · Bezenchuk 53 km · Tolyatti 59 km · Zhigulëvsk 60 km · Chapayevsk 71 km · Novokuybyshevsk 83 km · Samara 96 km · Novoul’yanovsk 111 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 Oktyabr’sk (53.1668°, 48.6972°, elevation 66 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).