Saratov weather in January

In January, Saratov sees average daytime highs of -6°C and overnight lows near -11°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 8.7 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -5°C in the first days to -7°C by the end. 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 7 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Saratov's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saratov's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-6°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-11°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
36 mm
8.7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:03 AM – 4:08 PM
Cloud cover
86%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Saratov is city in Saratov Oblast, Russia.

Density
2,144/km²
people per km²
Founded
1590

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 -5°C in the first days to -7°C by the end.

A typical January day in Saratov reaches about -6°C in the afternoon and slips back to -11°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -15°C and 1°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Saratov

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.

Saratov weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -11°368.79.38.10.0
Feb-6° / -12°3077.39.60.0
Mar / -6°337.35.911.50.0
Apr12° / 357.31.113.53.2
May20° / 10°387.5015.36.7
Jun25° / 15°478.6016.37.2
Jul27° / 17°417.5015.97.0
Aug26° / 15°295.6014.47.5
Sep19° / 10°466.7012.46.5
Oct11° / 367.80.710.42.9
Nov / -3°327.34.28.60.0
Dec-4° / -9°358.58.27.70.0

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 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
21090
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71288
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91288
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211486
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261585
271585
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291684
301684
311684

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Saratov gets around 36 mm of rain and snow over 8.7 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 28% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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313032

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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Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 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
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:09 AM to 7:47 AM, and sunset from 3:49 PM to 4:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.78:093:49
27.78:093:50
37.78:093:51
47.78:093:52
57.78:093:53
67.88:083:55
77.88:083:56
87.88:083:57
97.88:073:58
107.98:073:59
117.98:064:01
127.98:064:02
138.08:054:03
148.08:044:05
158.08:044:06
168.18:034:08
178.18:024:09
188.28:014:11
198.28:004:12
208.27:594:14
218.37:594:15
228.37:584:17
238.47:564:19
248.47:554:20
258.57:544:22
268.57:534:24
278.67:524:25
288.67:514:27
298.77:494:29
308.77:484:30
318.87:474:32

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.91 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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231.1Dim
241.1Dim
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261.1Dim
271.2Dim
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311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Saratov?

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 Saratov.

What to pack for Saratov in January

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

In January, Saratov sees daytime highs around -6°C and nights near -11°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Saratov 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 Saratov peaks around July 15 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Saratov 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 Saratov is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1916 µg/m³Jun 98 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb11Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul11Good
Aug9Good
Sep8Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Saratov?

Saratov sits at 51.5°N, 46.0°E, 80 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Engels, 10 km away.

Topography around Saratov

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saratov has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 297 m around an average of 125 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 303 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 340 m.

The land around Saratov is covered by artificial surfaces (57%) and trees (39%) within 3 km, trees (29%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (54%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
297 m
16 km
303 m
80 km
340 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Engels 10 km · Privolzhskiy 15 km · Marks 55 km · Krasnoarmeysk 61 km · Atkarsk 78 km · Petrovsk 95 km · Kalininsk 105 km · Zhirnovsk 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 Saratov (51.5405°, 45.9901°, elevation 80 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).