Shumikha weather in January

In January, Shumikha sees average daytime highs of -11°C and overnight lows near -18°C, with 17 mm of precipitation across 5.2 wet days and about 7.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Shumikha's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shumikha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-18°
1st coldest
Precipitation
17 mm
5.2 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
9:13 AM – 4:39 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Shumikha is human settlement in Shumikhinsky District, Kurgan Oblast, Russia.

Density
661/km²
people per km²
Founded
1892

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 -11°C through the month.

A typical January day in Shumikha reaches about -11°C in the afternoon and slips back to -18°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -20°C and -3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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

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.

Shumikha 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-11° / -18°175.26.77.50.0
Feb-9° / -17°154.55.79.20.0
Mar-2° / -10°235.85.511.40.0
Apr10° / 276.2213.82.4
May19° / 498.30.315.96.2
Jun23° / 12°509.40176.8
Jul24° / 14°7011.4016.66.8
Aug22° / 12°5910.4014.86.5
Sep16° / 418.60.112.55.0
Oct / 368.63.110.11.4
Nov-3° / -9°277.26.38.10.0
Dec-9° / -16°216.37.170.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22377
32377
42377
52377
62278
72278
82278
92278
102278
112179
122179
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302872
312773

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Shumikha gets around 17 mm of rain and snow over 5.2 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 18% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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22125
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42124
52024
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211621
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281620
291620
301620
311621

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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4100
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24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 54 min 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 84 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:22 AM to 8:53 AM, and sunset from 4:18 PM to 5:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.99:224:18
27.09:214:20
37.09:214:21
47.09:214:22
57.09:214:23
67.19:204:24
77.19:204:26
87.19:194:27
97.29:194:28
107.29:184:30
117.29:174:31
127.39:164:33
137.39:164:35
147.49:154:36
157.49:144:38
167.49:134:39
177.59:124:41
187.59:114:43
197.69:104:45
207.69:084:47
217.79:074:48
227.79:064:50
237.89:054:52
247.89:034:54
257.99:024:56
268.09:004:58
278.08:595:00
288.18:575:02
298.18:565:04
308.28:545:06
318.38:535:08

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.79 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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240.9Dim
251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.0Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Shumikha?

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 Shumikha.

What to pack for Shumikha in January

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

In January, Shumikha sees daytime highs around -11°C and nights near -18°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Shumikha 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 Shumikha peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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 19UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Shumikha?

Shumikha sits at 55.2°N, 63.3°E, 184 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kurtamysh, 81 km away.

Topography around Shumikha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shumikha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 172 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m.

The land around Shumikha is covered by grassland (48%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, grassland (43%), trees (28%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%), cropland (24%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
89 m
80 km
144 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Kurtamysh 81 km · Shadrinsk 98 km · Kopeysk 107 km · Chelyabinsk 118 km · Kataysk 126 km · Korkino 126 km · Kurgan 132 km · Yemanzhelinsk 136 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 Shumikha (55.2287°, 63.2855°, elevation 184 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).