Pikalëvo weather in January

In January, Pikalëvo sees average daytime highs of -6°C and overnight lows near -11°C, with 48 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 6.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -6°C through the month. 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 5 h 48 min at the start of January to 7 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pikalëvo's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pikalëvo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-6°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-11°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
48 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
6 h 30 min
9:39 AM – 4:07 PM
Cloud cover
91%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Pikalëvo is town in Leningrad Oblast in Boksitogorsky District , Russia.

Density
581/km²
people per km²
Founded
1927

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 -6°C through the month.

A typical January day in Pikalëvo reaches about -6°C in the afternoon and slips back to -11°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -15°C and 1°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 Pikalëvo

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.

Pikalëvo 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-6° / -11°4812.314.36.50.0
Feb-5° / -11°349.610.88.70.0
Mar / -7°409.79.511.30.0
Apr / -1°4410.54.214.11.5
May16° / 6811.60.516.64.6
Jun20° / 8713.7018.25.5
Jul22° / 12°9314.4017.55.9
Aug20° / 10°8713.5015.35.6
Sep14° / 6412.4012.63.7
Oct / 6513.82.99.80.8
Nov / -4°6212.58.87.30.0
Dec-4° / -8°5513.614.35.80.0

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 3% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Pikalëvo gets around 48 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 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 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 14 days bring snow.

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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 13 km/h in January.

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

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 5 h 48 min at the start of January to 7 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:52 AM to 9:12 AM, and sunset from 3:41 PM to 4:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.89:523:41
25.89:523:42
35.99:513:43
45.99:513:45
55.99:503:46
66.09:493:48
76.09:493:50
86.19:483:51
96.19:473:53
106.19:463:55
116.29:453:57
126.29:443:59
136.39:434:01
146.49:414:03
156.49:404:05
166.59:394:07
176.59:374:09
186.69:364:11
196.79:344:13
206.79:324:15
216.89:314:18
226.89:294:20
236.99:274:22
247.09:264:25
257.19:244:27
267.19:224:29
277.29:204:32
287.39:184:34
297.49:164:37
307.49:144:39
317.59:124:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.28 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.3 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Pikalëvo?

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 Pikalëvo.

What to pack for Pikalëvo in January

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

In January, Pikalëvo sees daytime highs around -6°C and nights near -11°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Pikalëvo 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 Pikalëvo peaks around June 23 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Pikalëvo?

Pikalëvo sits at 59.5°N, 34.2°E, 184 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Boksitogorsk, 18 km away.

Topography around Pikalëvo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pikalëvo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m around an average of 175 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 274 m.

The land around Pikalëvo is covered by trees (73%) within 3 km, trees (86%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
99 m
16 km
160 m
80 km
274 m
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January weather nearby: Boksitogorsk 18 km · Tikhvin 39 km · Volkhov 112 km · Kirishi 120 km · Borovichi 126 km · Lodeynoye Pole 138 km · Pestovo 139 km · Chudovo 148 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 Pikalëvo (59.5183°, 34.1664°, elevation 184 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).