Roshal’ weather in January

In January, Roshal’ sees average daytime highs of -5°C and overnight lows near -10°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 10.4 wet days and about 7.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -5°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 6 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Roshal’'s 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Roshal’'s year-round climate.

Daytime high
-5°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-10°
1st coldest
Precipitation
37 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
8:49 AM – 4:11 PM
Cloud cover
91%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Roshal’ is human settlement in City district of Shatura, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

Density
627/km²
people per km²
Founded
1916

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 -5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Roshal’ reaches about -5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -10°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -13°C and 2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2-4-9
3-4-9
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How January really feels in Roshal’

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.

Roshal’ weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-5° / -10°3710.411.67.40.0
Feb-4° / -10°338.79.69.20.0
Mar / -5°338.46.911.40.0
Apr11° / 429.61.913.82.8
May19° / 5210.6015.95.9
Jun22° / 12°7511.5017.16.3
Jul24° / 15°7512.3016.76.6
Aug22° / 13°6511.2014.86.5
Sep16° / 579.30.112.55.0
Oct / 5911.2210.11.5
Nov / -3°449.16.280.0
Dec-3° / -8°4310.510.76.90.0

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 (%)
1496
2496
3496
4496
5595
6694
7694
8793
9793
10793
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301090
311189

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Roshal’ gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 10.4 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 33% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 12 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13538
23538
33537
43437
53437
63437
73436
83436
93436
103335
113335
123235
133234
143234
153134
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223236
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303540
313540

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 (%)
1100
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3100
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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
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:58 AM to 8:28 AM, and sunset from 3:49 PM to 4:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.88:583:49
26.98:583:50
36.98:583:51
46.98:573:53
56.98:573:54
67.08:573:55
77.08:563:56
87.08:563:58
97.18:553:59
107.18:544:01
117.18:544:02
127.28:534:04
137.28:524:05
147.38:514:07
157.38:504:09
167.48:494:11
177.48:484:12
187.58:474:14
197.58:464:16
207.68:454:18
217.68:434:20
227.78:424:21
237.78:414:23
247.88:394:25
257.88:384:27
267.98:364:29
277.98:354:31
288.08:334:33
298.18:324:35
308.18:304:37
318.28:284:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.32 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.49 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 Roshal’?

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 Roshal’.

What to pack for Roshal’ in January

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

In January, Roshal’ sees daytime highs around -5°C and nights near -10°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Roshal’ 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 Roshal’ peaks around July 13 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Roshal’ 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 Roshal’ is worst in August — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.9× the cleanest month (January, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 1626 µg/m³Jan 177 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Roshal’?

Roshal’ sits at 55.7°N, 39.9°E, 117 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Shatura, 24 km away.

Topography around Roshal’

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Roshal’ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 123 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m.

The land around Roshal’ is covered by trees (81%) within 3 km, trees (88%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
57 m
80 km
176 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Shatura 24 km · Sobinka 37 km · Petushki 39 km · Lakinsk 39 km · Raduzhnyy 47 km · Gus’-Khrustal’nyy 49 km · Pokrov 52 km · Orekhovo-Zuyevo 58 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 Roshal’ (55.6685°, 39.8749°, elevation 117 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).