Orenburg weather in January

In January, Orenburg sees average daytime highs of -8°C and overnight lows near -15°C, with 33 mm of precipitation across 8.7 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Orenburg's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orenburg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-8°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-15°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
33 mm
8.7 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
9:28 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover
82%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Orenburg is city in the south of Russia.

Density
2,181/km²
people per km²
Founded
1743

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 -8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Orenburg reaches about -8°C in the afternoon and slips back to -15°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -17°C and -0°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Orenburg

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.

Orenburg weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-8° / -15°338.710.38.10.0
Feb-7° / -15°286.67.49.60.0
Mar-0° / -9°337.96.511.50.0
Apr13° / 337.11.213.63.7
May22° / 357.5015.47.1
Jun27° / 14°357016.47.1
Jul28° / 16°326.70166.4
Aug27° / 14°275.7014.47.2
Sep20° / 296.2012.46.8
Oct11° / 377.60.910.42.9
Nov / -6°327.658.60.0
Dec-6° / -13°348.297.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 83%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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21783
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Orenburg gets around 33 mm of rain and snow over 8.7 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 29% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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22833
32833
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82934
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103035
113035
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143136
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312833

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 14 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
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:34 AM to 9:11 AM, and sunset from 5:12 PM to 5:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.69:345:12
27.69:345:13
37.79:345:14
47.79:335:15
57.79:335:16
67.79:335:17
77.89:335:18
87.89:325:19
97.89:325:21
107.89:315:22
117.99:315:23
127.99:305:25
137.99:305:26
148.09:295:27
158.09:285:29
168.09:285:30
178.19:275:32
188.19:265:33
198.29:255:35
208.29:245:36
218.29:235:38
228.39:225:40
238.39:215:41
248.49:205:43
258.49:195:45
268.59:185:46
278.59:165:48
288.69:155:50
298.69:145:51
308.79:125:53
318.79:115:55

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.96 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 Orenburg?

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 Orenburg.

What to pack for Orenburg in January

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

In January, Orenburg sees daytime highs around -8°C and nights near -15°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 Orenburg 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 Orenburg peaks around June 19 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 19UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun7Very high
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Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
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Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Orenburg?

Orenburg sits at 51.8°N, 55.1°E, 124 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Sol’-Iletsk, 68 km away.

Topography around Orenburg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orenburg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 102 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 329 m.

The land around Orenburg is covered by artificial surfaces (59%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, cropland (34%), trees (28%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
127 m
80 km
329 m
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January weather nearby: Sol’-Iletsk 68 km · Saraktash 87 km · Kumertau 120 km · Meleuz 145 km · Sorochinsk 152 km · Kuvandyk 159 km · Aqsay 160 km · Mednogorsk 177 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 Orenburg (51.7671°, 55.0988°, elevation 124 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).