Sibay weather in January

In January, Sibay sees average daytime highs of -10°C and overnight lows near -17°C, with 19 mm of precipitation across 5.5 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 30 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sibay's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sibay's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-10°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-17°
1st coldest
Precipitation
19 mm
5.5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
9:18 AM – 5:11 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
0.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Sibay is city in Russia.

Density
400/km²
people per km²
Founded
1849

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 -10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sibay reaches about -10°C in the afternoon and slips back to -17°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -18°C and -2°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)
1-10-17
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How January really feels in Sibay

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.

Sibay weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-10° / -17°195.56.77.90.0
Feb-8° / -17°205.26.49.50.0
Mar-1° / -10°286.56.511.50.0
Apr10° / -1°3872.713.62.5
May19° / 428.70.315.56.2
Jun24° / 12°409.1016.57.0
Jul25° / 14°539.1016.17.0
Aug23° / 12°438.4014.57.1
Sep17° / 326.70.112.45.6
Oct / -0°357.52.710.31.7
Nov-2° / -8°235.85.58.50.0
Dec-8° / -15°215.76.97.50.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
32476
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312674

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Sibay gets around 19 mm of rain and snow over 5.5 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 19% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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21923
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51922
61922
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312125

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 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 30 min at the start of January to 8 h 36 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 9:25 AM to 9:00 AM, and sunset from 4:52 PM to 5:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.59:254:52
27.59:254:53
37.59:254:54
47.59:244:55
57.59:244:56
67.69:244:58
77.69:234:59
87.69:235:00
97.69:235:01
107.79:225:03
117.79:215:04
127.79:215:05
137.89:205:07
147.89:195:08
157.99:195:10
167.99:185:11
177.99:175:13
188.09:165:15
198.09:155:16
208.19:145:18
218.19:135:19
228.29:125:21
238.29:115:23
248.29:105:24
258.39:085:26
268.39:075:28
278.49:065:30
288.49:055:32
298.59:035:33
308.69:025:35
318.69:005:37

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.7 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.95 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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261.2Dim
271.2Dim
281.2Dim
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311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Sibay?

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 Sibay.

What to pack for Sibay in January

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

In January, Sibay sees daytime highs around -10°C and nights near -17°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Sibay 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 Sibay peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 19UV 6Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sibay?

Sibay sits at 52.7°N, 58.7°E, 376 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Baymak, 28 km away.

Topography around Sibay

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sibay has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 558 m around an average of 366 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 866 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,075 m.

The land around Sibay is covered by artificial surfaces (46%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
558 m
16 km
866 m
80 km
1,075 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Baymak 28 km · Magnitogorsk 79 km · Kartaly 138 km · Gay 139 km · Beloretsk 139 km · Mezgor'e 158 km · Mednogorsk 163 km · Kuvandyk 164 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 Sibay (52.7179°, 58.6667°, elevation 376 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).