Slantsy weather in January

In January, Slantsy sees average daytime highs of -3°C and overnight lows near -7°C, with 47 mm of precipitation across 11.5 wet days and about 6.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -3°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 5 h 54 min at the start of January to 7 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Slantsy's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Slantsy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-3°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-7°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
47 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
6 h 36 min
10:00 AM – 4:34 PM
Cloud cover
87%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Slantsy is town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,006/km²
people per km²
Founded
1934

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 -3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Slantsy reaches about -3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -7°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -10°C and 3°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 Slantsy

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.

Slantsy weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -7°4711.511.56.60.0
Feb-2° / -8°389.59.28.80.0
Mar / -4°389.76.511.30.0
Apr / 409.42.414.12.0
May16° / 549.90.116.64.9
Jun19° / 11°8712.70185.7
Jul22° / 14°7512.5017.46.2
Aug21° / 12°8013.2015.25.9
Sep15° / 5611.3012.64.4
Oct / 5912.21.69.81.4
Nov / -1°5311.85.67.40.0
Dec-1° / -5°5212.510.160.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21189
31189
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Slantsy gets around 47 mm of rain and snow over 11.5 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 38% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 12 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14035
24035
34036
44136
54137
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74138
84238
94239
104239
114139
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293437
303437
313537

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 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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 5 h 54 min at the start of January to 7 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 10:13 AM to 9:33 AM, and sunset from 4:09 PM to 5:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.910:134:09
26.010:124:10
36.010:124:11
46.010:114:13
56.110:114:14
66.110:104:16
76.110:094:17
86.210:094:19
96.210:084:21
106.310:074:23
116.310:064:24
126.410:054:26
136.410:044:28
146.510:024:30
156.510:014:32
166.610:004:34
176.69:584:36
186.79:574:38
196.89:554:41
206.89:544:43
216.99:524:45
226.99:514:47
237.09:494:49
247.19:474:52
257.19:454:54
267.29:434:56
277.39:424:59
287.49:405:01
297.49:385:04
307.59:365:06
317.69:335:08

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.2 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.33 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Slantsy?

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 Slantsy.

What to pack for Slantsy in January

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

In January, Slantsy sees daytime highs around -3°C and nights near -7°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Slantsy in January

The nearest coast averages about 1°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 58 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan1Bracing
Feb0Bracing
Mar0Bracing
Apr2Bracing
May7Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct11Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Slantsy 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 Slantsy peaks around June 23 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Slantsy?

Slantsy sits at 59.1°N, 28.1°E, 46 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Narva, 29 km away.

Topography around Slantsy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Slantsy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m.

The land around Slantsy is covered by trees (73%) within 3 km, trees (84%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
116 m
80 km
185 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Narva 29 km · Kingisepp 41 km · Kohtla-Järve 56 km · Rakvere 102 km · Sosnovyy Bor 104 km · Luga 109 km · Tartu 114 km · Gatchina 126 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 Slantsy (59.1179°, 28.0883°, elevation 46 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).