Stroitel weather in January

In January, Stroitel sees average daytime highs of -3°C and overnight lows near -8°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 9.6 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -3°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 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Stroitel's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Stroitel's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-3°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-8°
1st coldest
Precipitation
40 mm
9.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:38 AM – 4:49 PM
Cloud cover
89%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Stroitel is town in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.

Density
565/km²
people per km²
Founded
1958

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 -3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Stroitel reaches about -3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -8°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -11°C and 3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-3-7
2-3-7
3-3-7
4-3-7
5-3-7
6-3-7
7-3-7
8-3-7
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17-3-8
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How January really feels in Stroitel

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.

Stroitel 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-3° / -8°409.69.58.20.0
Feb-2° / -8°368.47.89.70.0
Mar / -3°429.95.811.50.2
Apr13° / 4390.813.53.8
May20° / 10°5610.5015.26.3
Jun24° / 14°6110.5016.26.8
Jul26° / 16°6510.6015.86.7
Aug25° / 14°416.9014.37.4
Sep19° / 478.2012.46.2
Oct11° / 498.20.810.42.9
Nov / -2°387.43.48.70.1
Dec-2° / -6°439.287.80.0

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 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2892
3892
4892
5892
6892
7892
8991
9991
10991
11991
121090
131090
141090
151090
161090
171090
181090
19991
20991
21991
221090
231090
241090
25991
26991
271090
281090
291189
301189
311189

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Stroitel gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 9.6 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 34% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13130
23130
33130
43130
53030
63029
73029
83029
93029
103028
112928
122928
132928
142928
152928
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172928
182928
192929
202929
213030
223131
233131
243232
253333
263333
273334
283434
293434
303434
313434

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 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:43 AM to 8:22 AM, and sunset from 4:31 PM to 5:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:434:31
27.88:434:32
37.88:434:33
47.98:434:34
57.98:434:35
67.98:434:36
77.98:424:37
87.98:424:39
98.08:424:40
108.08:414:41
118.08:414:42
128.18:404:44
138.18:404:45
148.18:394:46
158.28:384:48
168.28:384:49
178.28:374:51
188.38:364:52
198.38:354:54
208.38:344:55
218.48:334:57
228.48:324:58
238.58:315:00
248.58:305:01
258.68:295:03
268.68:285:05
278.78:275:06
288.78:265:08
298.88:245:10
308.88:235:11
318.98:225:13

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.82 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
20.6Dim
30.7Dim
40.7Dim
50.7Dim
60.7Dim
70.7Dim
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90.7Dim
100.7Dim
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170.8Dim
180.8Dim
190.9Dim
200.9Dim
210.9Dim
220.9Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Stroitel?

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
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Stroitel.

What to pack for Stroitel in January

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

In January, Stroitel sees daytime highs around -3°C and nights near -8°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 Stroitel 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 Stroitel peaks around June 22 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Stroitel?

Stroitel sits at 50.8°N, 36.5°E, 244 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Belgorod, 22 km away.

Topography around Stroitel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Stroitel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 218 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 143 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m.

The land around Stroitel is covered by trees (31%), grassland (28%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, cropland (51%), trees (24%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) within 80 km.

3 km
84 m
16 km
143 m
80 km
193 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Belgorod 22 km · Razumnoye 32 km · Gorod Shebekino 52 km · Shebekino 52 km · Vovchansk 64 km · Derhachi 80 km · Pivnichna Saltivka 83 km · Oleksiyivka 85 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 Stroitel (50.7882°, 36.4775°, elevation 244 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).