Sarov weather in January

In January, Sarov sees average daytime highs of -6°C and overnight lows near -11°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 hours at the start of January to 8 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sarov's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sarov's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-6°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-11°
1st coldest
Precipitation
39 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
8:31 AM – 4:01 PM
Cloud cover
91%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Sarov is town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

Density
379/km²
people per km²
Founded
1691

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 -6°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sarov 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 -14°C and 1°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Sarov

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.

Sarov 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-6° / -11°3911.312.67.60.0
Feb-5° / -11°358.6109.30.0
Mar / -6°348.87.911.40.0
Apr11° / 429.32.213.82.7
May19° / 459.50.215.86.0
Jun22° / 12°6611.70176.4
Jul24° / 14°7311.4016.56.7
Aug23° / 13°6511014.76.6
Sep16° / 589.7012.54.9
Oct / 5910.72.210.21.5
Nov / -4°459.66.88.10.0
Dec-4° / -9°4510.911.770.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2793
3793
4793
5694
6793
7793
8793
9793
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311387

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Sarov gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 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 13 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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23639
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313541

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 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
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913light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 hours at the start of January to 8 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:40 AM to 8:11 AM, and sunset from 3:40 PM to 4:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.08:403:40
27.08:393:41
37.18:393:42
47.18:393:44
57.18:393:45
67.18:383:46
77.28:383:47
87.28:373:49
97.28:373:50
107.38:363:52
117.38:353:53
127.38:353:55
137.48:343:56
147.48:333:58
157.58:323:59
167.58:314:01
177.58:304:03
187.68:294:04
197.68:284:06
207.78:274:08
217.78:264:10
227.88:244:12
237.88:234:13
247.98:224:15
257.98:204:17
268.08:194:19
278.18:174:21
288.18:164:23
298.28:144:25
308.28:134:27
318.38:114:29

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.37 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.55 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Sarov?

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 Sarov.

What to pack for Sarov in January

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

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

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Sarov 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 Sarov peaks around June 22 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 7Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sarov?

Sarov sits at 54.9°N, 43.3°E, 161 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Arzamas, 60 km away.

Topography around Sarov

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sarov has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m around an average of 147 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m.

The land around Sarov is covered by trees (54%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, trees (69%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
74 m
16 km
110 m
80 km
170 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Arzamas 60 km · Kulebaki 72 km · Vyksa 84 km · Murom 107 km · Kovylkino 109 km · Sasovo 111 km · Pavlovo 114 km · Melenki 116 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 Sarov (54.948°, 43.3152°, elevation 161 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).