Salekhard weather in January

In January, Salekhard sees average daytime highs of -20°C and overnight lows near -26°C, with 14 mm of precipitation across 4.6 wet days and about 3.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 1 h 24 min at the start of January to 5 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Salekhard's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salekhard's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-20°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-26°
1st coldest
Precipitation
14 mm
4.6 wet days
Daylight
3 h 30 min
10:59 AM – 2:27 PM
Cloud cover
82%
10th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
0.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Salekhard is city in the north of Russia.

Density
2,590/km²
people per km²
Founded
1595

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 -20°C through the month.

A typical January day in Salekhard reaches about -20°C in the afternoon and slips back to -26°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -32°C and -7°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Salekhard

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.

Salekhard 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-20° / -26°144.67.63.50.0
Feb-18° / -25°144.56.27.40.0
Mar-11° / -18°236.68.211.10.0
Apr-4° / -12°317.47.314.90.0
May / -3°478.54.918.90.3
Jun14° / 6911.40.722.63.8
Jul19° / 11°7410.3020.75.9
Aug15° / 6411.1016.64.2
Sep / 4810112.81.5
Oct-1° / -6°4810.78.390.0
Nov-11° / -17°267.49.450.0
Dec-17° / -23°1768.81.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Salekhard gets around 14 mm of rain and snow over 4.6 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 15% and peaks near 17% 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 17 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 1 h 24 min at the start of January to 5 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 246 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 11:53 AM to 10:02 AM, and sunset from 1:20 PM to 3:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
11.411:531:20
21.611:501:24
31.711:461:29
41.811:431:33
52.011:391:38
62.111:351:42
72.311:321:47
82.411:281:51
92.511:241:56
102.711:212:00
112.811:172:05
122.911:132:09
133.111:102:14
143.211:062:18
153.311:022:23
163.510:592:27
173.610:552:32
183.710:512:36
193.910:472:40
204.010:442:45
214.210:402:49
224.310:362:53
234.410:322:58
244.610:293:02
254.710:253:06
264.810:213:11
275.010:173:15
285.110:143:19
295.210:103:23
305.410:063:27
315.510:023:32

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.01 kWh/m² to a high of 5.07 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 0.07 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Salekhard?

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
4th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Salekhard.

What to pack for Salekhard in January

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

In January, Salekhard sees daytime highs around -20°C and nights near -26°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Salekhard 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 Salekhard peaks around June 19 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 19UV 4Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr2Moderate
May3Moderate
Jun4Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Salekhard 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 Salekhard is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 11.5× the cleanest month (November, 2 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1816 µg/m³Nov 222 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan2Good
Feb2Good
Mar4Good
Apr6Good
May8Good
Jun6Good
Jul17Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep5Good
Oct3Good
Nov2Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Salekhard?

Salekhard sits at 66.5°N, 66.6°E, 10 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Labytnangi, 16 km away.

Novyy Urengoy

Topography around Salekhard

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salekhard has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,306 m.

The land around Salekhard is covered by wetland (30%), water (24%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, water (35%) and wetland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (30%), grassland (24%) and wetland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
110 m
80 km
1,306 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Labytnangi 16 km · Vorkuta 155 km · Vorgashor 169 km · Nadym 289 km · Inta 293 km · Beloyarskiy 314 km · Usinsk 410 km · Novyy Urengoy 450 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 Salekhard (66.5337°, 66.6095°, elevation 10 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).