Slobodskoy weather in January

In January, Slobodskoy sees average daytime highs of -9°C and overnight lows near -15°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 11.2 wet days and about 6.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -9°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 6 h 06 min at the start of January to 7 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Slobodskoy's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Slobodskoy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-9°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-15°
1st coldest
Precipitation
40 mm
11.2 wet days
Daylight
6 h 42 min
8:28 AM – 3:09 PM
Cloud cover
92%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
0.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Slobodskoy is human settlement in Municipal Formation of the City of Slobodskoy, Kirov Oblast, Russia.

Density
735/km²
people per km²
Founded
1489

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 -9°C through the month.

A typical January day in Slobodskoy reaches about -9°C in the afternoon and slips back to -15°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -20°C and -1°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 Slobodskoy

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.

Slobodskoy 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-9° / -15°4011.214.16.70.0
Feb-7° / -14°308.410.68.80.0
Mar-1° / -8°409.610.511.40.0
Apr / -1°419.23.6141.5
May16° / 5510.80.616.54.9
Jun21° / 10°7212.6017.95.9
Jul23° / 13°7111.6017.36.6
Aug20° / 11°6911.9015.25.8
Sep14° / 5711.50.312.63.6
Oct / 6812.74.39.90.6
Nov-3° / -7°4910.710.37.40.0
Dec-7° / -13°4512.113.76.10.0

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 2% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1397
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4298
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Slobodskoy gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 11.2 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 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 14 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 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 06 min at the start of January to 7 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:41 AM to 8:03 AM, and sunset from 2:44 PM to 3:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.18:412:44
26.18:412:45
36.18:402:47
46.18:402:48
56.28:392:49
66.28:382:51
76.28:382:52
86.38:372:54
96.38:362:56
106.48:352:57
116.48:342:59
126.58:333:01
136.58:323:03
146.68:313:05
156.68:303:07
166.78:283:09
176.78:273:11
186.88:263:13
196.88:243:15
206.98:233:17
217.08:213:19
227.08:203:22
237.18:183:24
247.28:163:26
257.28:143:28
267.38:133:31
277.48:113:33
287.48:093:35
297.58:073:38
307.68:053:40
317.78:033:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.22 kWh/m² to a high of 5.49 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.38 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Slobodskoy?

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
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Slobodskoy.

What to pack for Slobodskoy in January

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

In January, Slobodskoy sees daytime highs around -9°C and nights near -15°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 Slobodskoy 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 Slobodskoy peaks around June 20 at about 6 (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 20UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Slobodskoy in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Slobodskoy is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.3× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1614 µg/m³Dec 195 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb6Good
Mar10Good
Apr15Moderate
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul12Good
Aug10Good
Sep8Good
Oct6Good
Nov5Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Slobodskoy?

Slobodskoy sits at 58.7°N, 50.2°E, 163 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kirovo-Chepetsk, 22 km away.

Topography around Slobodskoy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Slobodskoy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 141 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m.

The land around Slobodskoy is covered by trees (60%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (71%) within 16 km, and trees (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
114 m
80 km
170 m
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January weather nearby: Kirovo-Chepetsk 22 km · Kirov 33 km · Kotel’nich 117 km · Omutninsk 117 km · Sovetsk 146 km · Glazov 159 km · Balezino 186 km · Yaransk 208 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 Slobodskoy (58.7313°, 50.1712°, elevation 163 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).