Pokachi weather in January

In January, Pokachi sees average daytime highs of -17°C and overnight lows near -24°C, with 22 mm of precipitation across 7.1 wet days and about 5.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -17°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 5 hours at the start of January to 7 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pokachi's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pokachi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-17°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-24°
1st coldest
Precipitation
22 mm
7.1 wet days
Daylight
5 h 48 min
9:14 AM – 3:02 PM
Cloud cover
90%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Pokachi is city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

Density
782/km²
people per km²
Founded
1984

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 -17°C through the month.

A typical January day in Pokachi reaches about -17°C in the afternoon and slips back to -24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -31°C and -6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Pokachi

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.

Pokachi weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-17° / -24°227.19.95.90.0
Feb-15° / -22°196.38.28.40.0
Mar-6° / -14°298.510.411.30.0
Apr / -7°409.9714.30.0
May / 5411.6317.21.9
Jun18° / 10°7612.60.2195.3
Jul21° / 13°6710.8018.26.3
Aug18° / 10°9514.3015.64.9
Sep11° / 6311.81.312.62.2
Oct / -4°5312.68.99.60.0
Nov-9° / -16°381012.26.70.0
Dec-15° / -22°278.711.550.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 90%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Pokachi gets around 22 mm of rain and snow over 7.1 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 23% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 120 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:31 AM to 8:41 AM, and sunset from 2:32 PM to 3:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.09:312:32
25.09:312:33
35.19:302:35
45.19:292:37
55.29:282:38
65.29:282:40
75.39:262:42
85.39:252:44
95.49:242:46
105.49:232:48
115.59:212:50
125.59:202:53
135.69:192:55
145.79:172:57
155.79:153:00
165.89:143:02
175.99:123:04
185.99:103:07
196.09:083:10
206.19:063:12
216.29:043:15
226.39:023:17
236.39:003:20
246.48:583:23
256.58:563:25
266.68:533:28
276.78:513:31
286.88:493:34
296.88:463:37
306.98:443:39
317.08:413:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.14 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.29 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Pokachi

In seasonPeak

None of Pokachi's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Pokachi's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Pokachi?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pokachi.

What to pack for Pokachi in January

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

In January, Pokachi sees daytime highs around -17°C and nights near -24°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Pokachi 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 Pokachi peaks around June 19 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 19UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Pokachi?

Pokachi sits at 61.7°N, 75.4°E, 54 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Langepas, 52 km away.

Topography around Pokachi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pokachi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 54 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m.

The land around Pokachi is covered by trees (66%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and wetland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (38%) and wetland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
64 m
80 km
111 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Langepas 52 km · Kogalym 76 km · Megion 86 km · Fedorovskiy 88 km · Nizhnevartovsk 108 km · Surgut 116 km · Izluchinsk 117 km · Raduzhny 118 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 Pokachi (61.7198°, 75.3683°, elevation 54 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).