Sovetskiy weather in January

In January, Sovetskiy sees average daytime highs of -15°C and overnight lows near -22°C, with 17 mm of precipitation across 5.8 wet days and about 6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 12 min at the start of January to 7 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sovetskiy's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sovetskiy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-15°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-22°
1st coldest
Precipitation
17 mm
5.8 wet days
Daylight
5 h 54 min
9:57 AM – 3:53 PM
Cloud cover
79%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
0.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Sovetskiy is human settlement in Sovetsky District, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

Density
62/km²
people per km²
Founded
1963

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 -15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sovetskiy reaches about -15°C in the afternoon and slips back to -22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -27°C and -5°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 4°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-15-22
2-15-22
3-15-22
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5-16-23
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How January really feels in Sovetskiy

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.

Sovetskiy 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-15° / -22°175.87.460.0
Feb-11° / -19°154.86.38.40.0
Mar-2° / -11°246.77.411.30.0
Apr / -4°378.44.714.30.6
May14° / 6111.11.817.13.7
Jun20° / 10°7411.80.318.85.7
Jul23° / 12°6911.3018.16.5
Aug19° / 10°7211.6015.65.4
Sep12° / 5410.80.912.62.9
Oct / -2°4210.15.49.60.2
Nov-7° / -13°277.47.86.80.0
Dec-13° / -20°196.58.45.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Sovetskiy gets around 17 mm of rain and snow over 5.8 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 19% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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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 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 5 h 12 min at the start of January to 7 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 10:14 AM to 9:26 AM, and sunset from 3:23 PM to 4:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.210:143:23
25.210:143:25
35.210:133:26
45.310:123:28
55.310:113:30
65.410:113:32
75.410:103:33
85.410:083:35
95.510:073:37
105.610:063:39
115.610:053:41
125.710:033:44
135.710:023:46
145.810:003:48
155.99:593:50
165.99:573:53
176.09:563:55
186.19:543:58
196.19:524:00
206.29:504:03
216.39:484:05
226.49:464:08
236.49:444:10
246.59:424:13
256.69:404:16
266.79:384:18
276.89:354:21
286.89:334:24
296.99:314:26
307.09:284:29
317.19:264:32

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.31 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Sovetskiy?

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
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sovetskiy.

What to pack for Sovetskiy in January

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

In January, Sovetskiy sees daytime highs around -15°C and nights near -22°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Sovetskiy 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 Sovetskiy peaks around June 21 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 21UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar1Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Sovetskiy 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 Sovetskiy is worst in August — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 12.5× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 1021 µg/m³Dec 202 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan2Good
Feb3Good
Mar5Good
Apr11Good
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul20Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep5Good
Oct3Good
Nov2Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Sovetskiy?

Sovetskiy sits at 61.4°N, 63.6°E, 111 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Yugorsk, 15 km away.

Topography around Sovetskiy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sovetskiy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 113 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 215 m.

The land around Sovetskiy is covered by trees (66%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (88%) within 16 km, and trees (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
80 m
80 km
215 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswetland
January weather nearby: Yugorsk 15 km · Nyagan 129 km · Uray 152 km · Ivdel’ 186 km · Severoural’sk 239 km · Serov 256 km · Krasnoturinsk 256 km · Karpinsk 264 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 Sovetskiy (61.3614°, 63.5842°, elevation 111 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).