Pyt-Yakh weather in January

In January, Pyt-Yakh sees average daytime highs of -16°C and overnight lows near -23°C, with 17 mm of precipitation across 5.7 wet days and about 6.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 24 min at the start of January to 7 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pyt-Yakh's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pyt-Yakh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-16°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-23°
1st coldest
Precipitation
17 mm
5.7 wet days
Daylight
6 h 06 min
9:14 AM – 3:21 PM
Cloud cover
88%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Pyt-Yakh is human settlement in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast, Russia.

Density
516/km²
people per km²
Founded
1968

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 -16°C through the month.

A typical January day in Pyt-Yakh reaches about -16°C in the afternoon and slips back to -23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -29°C and -5°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 Pyt-Yakh

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.

Pyt-Yakh 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-16° / -23°175.78.26.20.0
Feb-13° / -21°165.67.48.50.0
Mar-4° / -13°267.59.111.30.0
Apr / -5°3695.714.20.2
May12° / 5311.32.216.92.9
Jun19° / 10°7713.30.118.65.4
Jul22° / 13°6911.4017.96.3
Aug18° / 10°9814.5015.55.0
Sep11° / 6411.8112.62.6
Oct / -3°4511.87.69.70.2
Nov-8° / -14°339.310.770.0
Dec-14° / -21°258.110.75.40.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 89%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Pyt-Yakh gets around 17 mm of rain and snow over 5.7 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 20% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days, and about 8 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 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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414light breeze
514light breeze
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914light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 5 h 24 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 108 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:30 AM to 8:45 AM, and sunset from 2:53 PM to 3:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.49:302:53
25.49:302:55
35.59:292:56
45.59:282:58
55.59:282:59
65.69:273:01
75.69:263:03
85.79:253:05
95.79:243:07
105.89:233:09
115.89:213:11
125.99:203:13
135.99:193:15
146.09:173:17
156.19:163:19
166.19:143:21
176.29:133:24
186.29:113:26
196.39:093:28
206.49:083:31
216.59:063:33
226.59:043:36
236.69:023:38
246.79:003:41
256.88:583:43
266.88:563:46
276.98:543:48
287.08:513:51
297.18:493:54
307.28:473:56
317.28:453:59

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.37 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Pyt-Yakh

In seasonPeak

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

Pyt-Yakh'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 Pyt-Yakh?

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
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pyt-Yakh.

What to pack for Pyt-Yakh in January

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

In January, Pyt-Yakh sees daytime highs around -16°C and nights near -23°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Pyt-Yakh 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 Pyt-Yakh peaks around June 18 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 18UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Pyt-Yakh in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Pyt-Yakh is worst in June — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 9.9× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1419 µg/m³Dec 232 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan2Good
Feb5Good
Mar6Good
Apr15Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep8Good
Oct6Good
Nov4Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Pyt-Yakh?

Pyt-Yakh sits at 60.7°N, 72.9°E, 67 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Nefteyugansk, 41 km away.

Topography around Pyt-Yakh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pyt-Yakh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 57 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m.

The land around Pyt-Yakh is covered by trees (76%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
56 m
80 km
89 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Nefteyugansk 41 km · Poykovskiy 59 km · Belyy Yar 61 km · Surgut 64 km · Lyantor 104 km · Fedorovskiy 106 km · Langepas 139 km · Pokachi 172 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 Pyt-Yakh (60.7499°, 72.8582°, elevation 67 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).