Segezha weather in January

In January, Segezha sees average daytime highs of -7°C and overnight lows near -12°C, with 31 mm of precipitation across 8.9 wet days and about 5.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -7°C in the first days to -9°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 4 hours at the start of January to 6 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Segezha's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Segezha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-7°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-12°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
31 mm
8.9 wet days
Daylight
5 hours
10:21 AM – 3:23 PM
Cloud cover
89%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
0.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Segezha is town in the Republic of Karelia of the Russian Federation..

Density
1,755/km²
people per km²
Founded
1914

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 -7°C in the first days to -9°C by the end.

A typical January day in Segezha reaches about -7°C in the afternoon and slips back to -12°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -17°C and 1°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°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 Segezha

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.

Segezha 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-7° / -12°318.910.75.10.0
Feb-7° / -12°267.49.280.0
Mar-1° / -8°2989.111.20.0
Apr / -3°337.9514.50.3
May12° / 52111.917.82.8
Jun17° / 6911.9019.95.1
Jul20° / 13°79130195.7
Aug18° / 11°7412.20165.2
Sep12° / 6311.90.112.73.0
Oct / 6012.53.79.40.4
Nov-1° / -4°4410.58.56.10.0
Dec-5° / -9°3910.811.640.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 91%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Segezha gets around 31 mm of rain and snow over 8.9 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 29% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 11 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 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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 4 hours at the start of January to 6 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 150 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 10:45 AM to 9:42 AM, and sunset from 2:47 PM to 4:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
14.010:452:47
24.110:442:48
34.110:432:50
44.210:422:52
54.210:412:55
64.310:392:57
74.410:382:59
84.410:363:01
94.510:353:04
104.610:333:06
114.610:313:09
124.710:293:12
134.810:273:15
144.910:253:17
155.010:233:20
165.010:213:23
175.110:193:26
185.210:163:29
195.310:143:32
205.410:123:35
215.510:093:38
225.610:073:41
235.710:043:44
245.810:013:48
255.99:593:51
266.09:563:54
276.19:533:57
286.29:514:00
296.39:484:04
306.49:454:07
316.59:424:10

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.05 kWh/m² to a high of 5.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.14 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Segezha?

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 Segezha.

What to pack for Segezha in January

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

In January, Segezha sees daytime highs around -7°C and nights near -12°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 Segezha 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 Segezha peaks around July 13 at about 5 (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 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 13UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar1Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Segezha?

Segezha sits at 63.7°N, 34.3°E, 89 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Medvezh’yegorsk, 93 km away.

Topography around Segezha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Segezha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 97 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 311 m.

The land around Segezha is covered by trees (45%) and water (28%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and water (38%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
83 m
80 km
311 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Medvezh’yegorsk 93 km · Kondopoga 171 km · Onega 186 km · Kostomuksha 203 km · Petrozavodsk 218 km · Kontiolahti 249 km · Joensuu 261 km · Severodvinsk 282 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 Segezha (63.7455°, 34.3161°, elevation 89 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).