Talnakh weather in January

In January, Talnakh sees average daytime highs of -24°C and overnight lows near -30°C, with 44 mm of precipitation across 10.1 wet days and about 0.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 0 hours at the start of January to 3 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Talnakh's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Talnakh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-24°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-30°
1st coldest
Precipitation
44 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
0 hours
— – —
Cloud cover
83%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Talnakh is human settlement in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Density
14,763/km²
people per km²
Founded
1960

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 -24°C through the month.

A typical January day in Talnakh reaches about -24°C in the afternoon and slips back to -30°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -36°C and -14°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 Talnakh

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.

Talnakh 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-24° / -30°4410.113.30.90.0
Feb-23° / -29°40911.36.40.0
Mar-17° / -23°5311.213.510.90.0
Apr-9° / -17°5610.411.815.40.0
May-1° / -7°6010.910.4210.0
Jun10° / 7312.13.1242.0
Jul16° / 8511.30.123.34.9
Aug13° / 10013.80.317.63.4
Sep / 9013.35.712.90.6
Oct-7° / -12°10015.316.38.40.0
Nov-18° / -24°6110.613.12.80.0
Dec-23° / -28°5611.513.900.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Talnakh gets around 44 mm of rain and snow over 10.1 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 33% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 13 days bring snow. The odds climb 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 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 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
115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 0 hours at the start of January to 3 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

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252.512:052:32
262.711:572:41
273.011:492:49
283.211:422:56
293.511:363:03
303.711:293:10
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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 0.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 0.01 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Talnakh?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Talnakh.

What to pack for Talnakh in January

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

In January, Talnakh sees daytime highs around -24°C and nights near -30°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 Talnakh 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 Talnakh peaks around July 16 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 16UV 4Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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May3Moderate
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Jul4Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Talnakh?

Talnakh sits at 69.5°N, 88.4°E, 56 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Norilsk, 17 km away.

Novyy UrengoyTarko-SaleGubkinskiyNadymMuravlenko

Topography around Talnakh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Talnakh has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m around an average of 71 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 739 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,136 m.

The land around Talnakh is covered by trees (53%) within 3 km, trees (31%) and moss and lichen (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%) and moss and lichen (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
376 m
16 km
739 m
80 km
1,136 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Norilsk 17 km · Kayyerkan 28 km · Dudinka 87 km · Novyy Urengoy 621 km · Tarko-Sale 682 km · Gubkinskiy 761 km · Nadym 802 km · Muravlenko 877 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 Talnakh (69.4865°, 88.3972°, elevation 56 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).