Sovetsk weather in January

In January, Sovetsk sees average daytime highs of -9°C and overnight lows near -14°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 10.7 wet days and about 7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -8°C in the first days to -10°C by the end. 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 24 min at the start of January to 7 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sovetsk's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sovetsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-9°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-14°
1st coldest
Precipitation
39 mm
10.7 wet days
Daylight
6 h 54 min
8:25 AM – 3:22 PM
Cloud cover
91%
11th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Sovetsk is human settlement in Sovetsky District, Kirov Oblast, Russia.

Density
662/km²
people per km²
Founded
1594

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 -8°C in the first days to -10°C by the end.

A typical January day in Sovetsk reaches about -9°C in the afternoon and slips back to -14°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -19°C and -0°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Sovetsk

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.

Sovetsk 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-9° / -14°3910.713.170.0
Feb-8° / -14°318.19.790.0
Mar-1° / -8°378.89.611.40.0
Apr / -0°419.13.113.91.7
May17° / 49100.316.35.4
Jun21° / 11°6611.1017.66.3
Jul24° / 13°7210.9017.16.8
Aug21° / 11°6110.60156.2
Sep15° / 5510.60.212.54.2
Oct / 6712.23.2100.9
Nov-2° / -6°4710.18.47.70.0
Dec-7° / -12°4411.312.76.40.0

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 3% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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311783

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Sovetsk gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 10.7 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 34% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 13 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 16 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 24 min at the start of January to 7 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:36 AM to 8:01 AM, and sunset from 2:59 PM to 3:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.48:362:59
26.48:363:00
36.48:353:01
46.58:353:02
56.58:353:04
66.58:343:05
76.68:333:07
86.68:333:08
96.68:323:10
106.78:313:11
116.78:303:13
126.88:293:15
136.88:283:16
146.88:273:18
156.98:263:20
166.98:253:22
177.08:243:24
187.18:233:26
197.18:213:28
207.28:203:30
217.28:183:32
227.38:173:34
237.38:153:36
247.48:143:38
257.58:123:40
267.58:103:42
277.68:093:45
287.78:073:47
297.78:053:49
307.88:033:51
317.98:013:54

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.31 kWh/m² to a high of 5.65 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.51 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Sovetsk?

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 Sovetsk.

What to pack for Sovetsk in January

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

In January, Sovetsk sees daytime highs around -9°C and nights near -14°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 Sovetsk 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 Sovetsk peaks around June 21 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 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sovetsk?

Sovetsk sits at 57.6°N, 49.0°E, 109 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Yaransk, 72 km away.

Topography around Sovetsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sovetsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 106 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m.

The land around Sovetsk is covered by grassland (31%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
179 m
80 km
236 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Yaransk 72 km · Kotel’nich 87 km · Kirov 120 km · Yoshkar-Ola 124 km · Kirovo-Chepetsk 124 km · Medvedevo 127 km · Shakhun’ya 140 km · Slobodskoy 146 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 Sovetsk (57.5894°, 48.9552°, elevation 109 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).