Stavropol weather in January

In January, Stavropol sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 41 mm of precipitation across 9.8 wet days and about 9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 1°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 8 h 36 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Stavropol's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Stavropol's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
41 mm
9.8 wet days
Daylight
8 h 54 min
7:53 AM – 4:50 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Stavropol is capital city of Stavropol Krai in North Caucaus, Russia.

Density
1,567/km²
people per km²
Founded
1777

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 1°C through the month.

A typical January day in Stavropol reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -6°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12-4
22-4
31-4
41-4
51-5
61-5
71-5
81-5
91-5
101-5
111-5
121-5
131-5
141-5
151-5
161-5
171-5
181-5
190-6
200-6
210-6
220-6
230-6
240-6
250-6
260-6
270-6
280-6
290-6
300-6
311-6

How January really feels in Stavropol

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
23 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Stavropol 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 / -5°419.86.990.0
Feb / -5°368.6610.10.0
Mar / -1°5511.55.311.61.2
Apr15° / 6210.90.513.24.2
May20° / 10°9713.90.114.65.8
Jun25° / 15°8512.1015.46.5
Jul28° / 17°669.4015.16.5
Aug28° / 16°598.2013.96.7
Sep22° / 12°598.5012.37.2
Oct15° / 5990.410.74.9
Nov / 4992.69.31.1
Dec / -4°459.35.98.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32377
42377
52278
62278
72278
82278
92278
102278
112278
122278
132278
142278
152278
162278
172179
182278
192278
202179
212080
222080
232179
242179
252080
262080
272080
282080
292179
302179
312278

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Stavropol gets around 41 mm of rain and snow over 9.8 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 31% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13118
23018
33017
43017
53017
63018
73018
83018
93019
103019
112919
122920
133020
143021
153021
163022
173023
183123
193124
203124
213225
223225
233326
243326
253426
263427
273427
283527
293527
303526
313526

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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
1313light breeze
1413light breeze
1514light breeze
1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2114light breeze
2214light breeze
2314light breeze
2414light breeze
2514light breeze
2614light breeze
2714light breeze
2814light breeze
2914light breeze
3014light breeze
3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 36 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:56 AM to 7:42 AM, and sunset from 4:34 PM to 5:09 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.67:564:34
28.67:564:35
38.77:564:36
48.77:564:37
58.77:564:38
68.77:564:39
78.77:564:40
88.77:564:41
98.87:564:42
108.87:564:43
118.87:554:44
128.87:554:45
138.97:554:46
148.97:544:47
158.97:544:48
168.97:534:50
179.07:534:51
189.07:524:52
199.07:524:53
209.17:514:54
219.17:504:56
229.17:504:57
239.27:494:58
249.27:485:00
259.27:475:01
269.37:475:02
279.37:465:04
289.37:455:05
299.47:445:06
309.47:435:08
319.57:425:09

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.18 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.49 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.2Dim
21.3Dim
31.3Dim
41.3Dim
51.3Dim
61.3Dim
71.3Dim
81.3Dim
91.4Dim
101.4Dim
111.4Dim
121.4Dim
131.4Dim
141.4Dim
151.5Dim
161.5Dim
171.5Dim
181.5Dim
191.6Dim
201.6Dim
211.6Dim
221.6Dim
231.7Dim
241.7Dim
251.7Dim
261.8Dim
271.8Dim
281.8Dim
291.8Dim
301.9Dim
311.9Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Stavropol?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Stavropol.

What to pack for Stavropol in January

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

In January, Stavropol sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Stavropol 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 Stavropol peaks around July 10 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 10UV 9Jan 11UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Stavropol 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 Stavropol is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodMar 1715 µg/m³Dec 188 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr12Good
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct11Good
Nov11Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Stavropol?

Stavropol sits at 45.0°N, 42.0°E, 453 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Mikhaylovsk, 12 km away.

Topography around Stavropol

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Stavropol has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m around an average of 559 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 452 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 761 m.

The land around Stavropol is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and trees (48%) within 3 km, grassland (37%), trees (29%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
230 m
16 km
452 m
80 km
761 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Mikhaylovsk 12 km · Izobil’nyy 42 km · Kochubeyevskoye 44 km · Nevinnomyssk 45 km · Donskoye 47 km · Armavir 67 km · Novokubansk 73 km · Svetlograd 77 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 Stavropol (45.0344°, 41.9642°, elevation 453 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).