Tara weather in January

In January, Tara sees average daytime highs of -14°C and overnight lows near -21°C, with 20 mm of precipitation across 6.5 wet days and about 7.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tara's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-14°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-21°
1st coldest
Precipitation
20 mm
6.5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 06 min
9:39 AM – 4:45 PM
Cloud cover
86%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
0.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Tara is town in Omsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
227/km²
people per km²
Founded
1594

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 -14°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tara reaches about -14°C in the afternoon and slips back to -21°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -25°C and -4°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-14-21
2-14-21
3-14-21
4-14-21
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8-14-21
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29-14-21
30-13-21
31-13-21

How January really feels in Tara

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.

Tara 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-14° / -21°206.597.20.0
Feb-11° / -20°175.7790.0
Mar-2° / -12°266.67.611.40.0
Apr / -2°317.63.613.91.4
May16° / 479.80.816.15.0
Jun21° / 11°6611.9017.46.1
Jul23° / 13°6911.7016.96.5
Aug20° / 10°7212.3014.95.8
Sep14° / 479.80.312.53.8
Oct / -1°409.44.3100.7
Nov-5° / -11°379.69.57.80.0
Dec-12° / -19°298.610.76.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
7991
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
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311783

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Tara gets around 20 mm of rain and snow over 6.5 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 22% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12736
22735
32635
42635
52634
62534
72533
82533
92533
102533
112532
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212028
221927
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271724
281724
291724
301723
311824

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 (%)
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28100
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:49 AM to 9:16 AM, and sunset from 4:22 PM to 5:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.69:494:22
26.69:494:23
36.69:494:25
46.69:484:26
56.79:484:27
66.79:474:29
76.79:474:30
86.89:464:31
96.89:454:33
106.89:454:35
116.99:444:36
126.99:434:38
137.09:424:40
147.09:414:41
157.19:404:43
167.19:394:45
177.29:384:47
187.29:364:49
197.39:354:51
207.39:344:52
217.49:324:54
227.49:314:56
237.59:304:59
247.59:285:01
257.69:265:03
267.79:255:05
277.79:235:07
287.89:225:09
297.99:205:11
307.99:185:13
318.09:165:16

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.83 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.57 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Tara?

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
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tara.

What to pack for Tara in January

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

In January, Tara sees daytime highs around -14°C and nights near -21°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Tara 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 Tara peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — 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 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Tara 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 Tara is worst in April — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 6.8× the cleanest month (December, 3 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodGoodApr 2020 µg/m³Dec 213 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan4Good
Feb6Good
Mar8Good
Apr20Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun9Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug9Good
Sep6Good
Oct6Good
Nov5Good
Dec3Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tara?

Tara sits at 56.9°N, 74.4°E, 71 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kalachinsk, 205 km away.

Topography around Tara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 69 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m.

The land around Tara is covered by trees (37%) within 3 km, trees (56%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
40 m
16 km
99 m
80 km
117 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Kalachinsk 205 km · Tatarsk 211 km · Omsk 221 km · Kuybyshev 293 km · Isil’kul’ 293 km · Barabinsk 301 km · Ishim 312 km · Kupino 336 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 Tara (56.896°, 74.3694°, elevation 71 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).