Orël weather in January

In January, Orël sees average daytime highs of -4°C and overnight lows near -9°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 9.6 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -4°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 Orël's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orël's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-4°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-9°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
9.6 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
8:49 AM – 4:40 PM
Cloud cover
90%
12th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Orël is town and administrative center of Oryol Oblast in central Russia.

Density
2,506/km²
people per km²
Founded
1566

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 -4°C through the month.

A typical January day in Orël reaches about -4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -9°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -12°C and 2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-3-8
2-3-8
3-3-8
4-3-8
5-3-8
6-3-8
7-3-8
8-3-8
9-3-8
10-3-8
11-3-8
12-3-8
13-3-8
14-3-8
15-4-8
16-4-8
17-4-9
18-4-9
19-4-9
20-4-9
21-4-9
22-4-9
23-4-9
24-4-10
25-4-10
26-5-10
27-5-10
28-5-10
29-5-10
30-5-10
31-5-10

How January really feels in Orël

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.

Orël 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-4° / -9°389.610.27.90.0
Feb-3° / -9°368.68.49.50.0
Mar / -4°368.66.611.50.1
Apr12° / 449.11.213.63.1
May19° / 5610.80.115.56.0
Jun22° / 12°6611.5016.66.4
Jul24° / 14°8212.6016.26.5
Aug23° / 13°609.5014.57.0
Sep17° / 5790.112.45.5
Oct10° / 569.81.310.32.2
Nov / -2°428.64.68.40.0
Dec-2° / -7°4110.19.37.40.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
2991
3892
4892
5892
6892
7892
8892
9793
10793
11793
12793
13793
14793
15793
16793
17793
18793
19892
20892
21892
22892
23892
24892
25892
26892
271090
281090
291090
301090
311189

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Orël gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 9.6 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 30% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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22931
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42931
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93031
103131
113130
123030
133030
143029
153029
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202931
213031
223032
233133
243133
253234
263234
273335
283335
293335
303335
313334

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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 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
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
1317light breeze
1417light breeze
1517light breeze
1617light breeze
1717light breeze
1817light breeze
1918light breeze
2018light breeze
2118light breeze
2218light breeze
2318light breeze
2418light breeze
2518light breeze
2618light breeze
2718light breeze
2818light breeze
2918light breeze
3018light breeze
3118light breeze

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 8:57 AM to 8:32 AM, and sunset from 4:21 PM to 5:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.48:574:21
27.48:564:22
37.48:564:23
47.58:564:24
57.58:564:25
67.58:554:27
77.58:554:28
87.68:554:29
97.68:544:30
107.68:544:32
117.78:534:33
127.78:524:35
137.78:524:36
147.88:514:37
157.88:504:39
167.98:494:40
177.98:494:42
187.98:484:44
198.08:474:45
208.08:464:47
218.18:454:49
228.18:444:50
238.28:424:52
248.28:414:54
258.38:404:55
268.38:394:57
278.48:374:59
288.48:365:01
298.58:355:03
308.58:335:04
318.68:325:06

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.71 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.72 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.5Dim
20.5Dim
30.5Dim
40.5Dim
50.6Dim
60.6Dim
70.6Dim
80.6Dim
90.6Dim
100.6Dim
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220.8Dim
230.9Dim
240.9Dim
250.9Dim
260.9Dim
271.0Dim
281.0Dim
291.0Dim
301.1Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Orël?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Orël.

What to pack for Orël in January

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

In January, Orël sees daytime highs around -4°C and nights near -9°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Orël 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 Orël peaks around July 11 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 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 11UV 6Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Orël?

Orël sits at 53.0°N, 36.1°E, 176 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Mtsensk, 48 km away.

Topography around Orël

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orël has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 179 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m.

The land around Orël is covered by artificial surfaces (57%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, cropland (45%), trees (24%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
118 m
80 km
168 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Mtsensk 48 km · Karachev 75 km · Zheleznogorsk 85 km · Belëv 94 km · Plavsk 115 km · Livny 119 km · Kozel’sk 120 km · Bryansk 122 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 Orël (52.9688°, 36.0791°, elevation 176 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).