Priozërsk weather in January

In January, Priozërsk sees average daytime highs of -3°C and overnight lows near -7°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 11.1 wet days and about 6.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -2°C in the first days to -5°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 18 min at the start of January to 7 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Priozërsk's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Priozërsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-3°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-7°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
39 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
6 hours
10:08 AM – 4:10 PM
Cloud cover
88%
10th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
0.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Priozërsk is town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,109/km²
people per km²
Founded
1295

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about -2°C in the first days to -5°C by the end.

A typical January day in Priozërsk reaches about -3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -7°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -11°C and 2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-2-6
2-2-6
3-2-6
4-2-6
5-3-6
6-3-6
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8-3-6
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20-4-7
21-4-8
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How January really feels in Priozërsk

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.

Priozërsk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -7°3911.111.96.10.0
Feb-4° / -8°318.18.78.50.0
Mar-1° / -5°338.57.211.30.0
Apr / -1°348.43.214.20.2
May10° / 458.10.4172.2
Jun15° / 10°6010.3018.74.3
Jul19° / 14°6010.10186.0
Aug19° / 14°7511.8015.55.8
Sep14° / 11°6812.4012.63.8
Oct / 7614.21.89.71.1
Nov / 6613.46.96.90.0
Dec-1° / -4°5412.810.95.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 90%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Priozërsk gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 11.1 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 36% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 12 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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23737
33737
43637
53637
63637
73638
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103738
113738
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203639
213639
223639
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283639
293639
303539
313538

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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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 20 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
121breezy
221breezy
321breezy
421breezy
521breezy
621breezy
721breezy
820breezy
920breezy
1020breezy
1120breezy
1220breezy
1320breezy
1420light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 5 h 18 min at the start of January to 7 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 10:24 AM to 9:38 AM, and sunset from 3:41 PM to 4:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.310:243:41
25.310:243:42
35.310:233:44
45.410:223:45
55.410:223:47
65.510:213:49
75.510:203:51
85.610:193:53
95.610:183:54
105.710:163:56
115.710:153:58
125.810:144:01
135.810:134:03
145.910:114:05
156.010:104:07
166.010:084:10
176.110:064:12
186.210:054:14
196.210:034:17
206.310:014:19
216.49:594:22
226.59:574:24
236.59:554:27
246.69:534:29
256.79:514:32
266.89:494:35
276.89:474:37
286.99:444:40
297.09:424:43
307.19:404:45
317.29:384:48

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.12 kWh/m² to a high of 5.78 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.25 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 Priozërsk?

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
5th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Priozërsk.

What to pack for Priozërsk in January

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

In January, Priozërsk sees daytime highs around -3°C and nights near -7°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Priozërsk in January

The nearest coast averages about 2°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in March near 1°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan2Bracing
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Apr1Bracing
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Jun8Bracing
Jul14Bracing
Aug16Cool
Sep13Bracing
Oct9Bracing
Nov6Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Priozërsk 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 Priozërsk peaks around July 12 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateModerateLowJul 12UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Priozërsk?

Priozërsk sits at 61.0°N, 30.1°E, 4 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Svetogorsk, 69 km away.

Topography around Priozërsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Priozërsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 277 m.

The land around Priozërsk is covered by trees (66%) within 3 km, water (53%) and trees (41%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and water (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
54 m
16 km
162 m
80 km
277 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Svetogorsk 69 km · Imatra 76 km · Sortavala 81 km · Vyborg 84 km · Kurortnyy 98 km · Sertolovo 100 km · Lappeenranta 105 km · Sestroretsk 105 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 Priozërsk (61.0403°, 30.1392°, elevation 4 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).