Sovetskaya Gavan’ weather in January

In January, Sovetskaya Gavan’ sees average daytime highs of -11°C and overnight lows near -17°C, with 29 mm of precipitation across 4.7 wet days and about 8.5 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 39% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sovetskaya Gavan’'s 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sovetskaya Gavan’'s year-round climate.

Daytime high
-11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-17°
1st coldest
Precipitation
29 mm
4.7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
8:35 AM – 5:02 PM
Cloud cover
55%
5th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Sovetskaya Gavan’ is city in Sovetsko-Gavansky District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.

Density
431/km²
people per km²
Founded
1853

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 Sovetskaya Gavan’ reaches about -11°C in the afternoon and slips back to -17°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -17°C and -6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Sovetskaya Gavan’

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.

Sovetskaya Gavan’ 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° / -17°294.768.50.0
Feb-9° / -15°233.84.79.80.0
Mar-3° / -9°457.17.711.60.0
Apr / -2°5897.913.40.0
May / 6810.22.2151.4
Jun12° / 679.9015.93.2
Jul16° / 13°8910.3015.64.9
Aug18° / 15°10612.1014.25.5
Sep16° / 11°9010012.45.0
Oct / 889.3210.52.0
Nov-1° / -6°516.55.88.90.0
Dec-9° / -14°425.76.38.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Sovetskaya Gavan’ gets around 29 mm of rain and snow over 4.7 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 15% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 21 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:39 AM to 8:20 AM, and sunset from 4:45 PM to 5:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.18:394:45
28.18:394:46
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58.28:394:48
68.28:394:50
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88.28:384:52
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158.48:355:00
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198.68:325:06
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218.68:315:09
228.78:305:10
238.78:295:12
248.78:285:13
258.88:275:15
268.88:265:16
278.98:255:18
288.98:245:19
299.08:235:21
309.08:225:22
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.22 kWh/m² to a high of 5.23 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 1.6 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Sovetskaya Gavan’?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sovetskaya Gavan’.

What to pack for Sovetskaya Gavan’ in January

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

In January, Sovetskaya Gavan’ sees daytime highs around -11°C and nights near -17°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Sovetskaya Gavan’ in January

The nearest coast averages about 0°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in March near -0°C.

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

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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Aug16Cool
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UV index in Sovetskaya Gavan’ 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 Sovetskaya Gavan’ peaks around August 15 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 15UV 7Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul5Moderate
Aug7Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Sovetskaya Gavan’ 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 Sovetskaya Gavan’ is worst in May — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.5× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMay 1418 µg/m³Dec 224 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb7Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun8Good
Jul10Good
Aug7Good
Sep5Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Sovetskaya Gavan’?

Sovetskaya Gavan’ sits at 49.0°N, 140.3°E, 53 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Vanino, 14 km away.

Topography around Sovetskaya Gavan’

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sovetskaya Gavan’ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 33 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 555 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,225 m.

The land around Sovetskaya Gavan’ is covered by trees (56%) and water (28%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and water (44%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
94 m
16 km
555 m
80 km
1,225 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Vanino 14 km · Poronaysk 206 km · Kholmsk 251 km · Nevel’sk 280 km · Amursk 282 km · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 289 km · Komsomolsk-on-Amur 294 km · Korsakov 320 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 Sovetskaya Gavan’ (48.9721°, 140.2888°, elevation 53 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. 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).