Tarko-Sale weather in January

In January, Tarko-Sale sees average daytime highs of -20°C and overnight lows near -27°C, with 19 mm of precipitation across 6.8 wet days and about 4.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about -21°C in the first days to -19°C by the end. 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 3 h 12 min at the start of January to 6 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tarko-Sale's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tarko-Sale's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-20°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-27°
1st coldest
Precipitation
19 mm
6.8 wet days
Daylight
4 h 30 min
9:44 AM – 2:13 PM
Cloud cover
87%
8th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Tarko-Sale is town in Russia.

Founded
1932

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about -21°C in the first days to -19°C by the end.

A typical January day in Tarko-Sale reaches about -20°C in the afternoon and slips back to -27°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -34°C and -8°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Tarko-Sale

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.

Tarko-Sale 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-20° / -27°196.89.14.50.0
Feb-18° / -25°165.26.67.80.0
Mar-10° / -18°257.69.411.20.0
Apr-3° / -11°358.9814.70.0
May / -3°4510.75.418.20.5
Jun16° / 6812.10.920.74.5
Jul20° / 11°6210019.66.1
Aug16° / 7913016.24.5
Sep / 5210.91.712.71.6
Oct-1° / -6°5312.711.29.20.0
Nov-13° / -19°339.411.15.70.0
Dec-18° / -25°248.410.83.30.0

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 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11387
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Tarko-Sale gets around 19 mm of rain and snow over 6.8 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 22% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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22329
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52128
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82027
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122128
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302330
312329

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 20 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 3 h 12 min at the start of January to 6 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 174 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 10:15 AM to 8:59 AM, and sunset from 1:30 PM to 3:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
13.210:151:30
23.310:131:32
33.410:121:34
43.410:101:37
53.510:091:39
63.610:071:42
73.710:051:45
83.710:031:47
93.810:011:50
103.99:591:53
114.09:561:56
124.19:541:59
134.29:522:03
144.39:492:06
154.49:462:09
164.59:442:13
174.69:412:16
184.79:382:19
194.89:362:23
204.99:332:26
215.09:302:30
225.19:272:33
235.29:242:37
245.39:212:40
255.49:182:44
265.59:152:47
275.69:122:51
285.89:092:54
295.99:062:58
306.09:033:02
316.18:593:05

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.03 kWh/m² to a high of 5.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.13 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Tarko-Sale?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tarko-Sale.

What to pack for Tarko-Sale in January

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

In January, Tarko-Sale sees daytime highs around -20°C and nights near -27°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Tarko-Sale 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 Tarko-Sale peaks around July 13 at about 4 (moderate) — 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 3 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 13UV 4Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun4Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Tarko-Sale 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 Tarko-Sale is worst in July — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 22.0× the cleanest month (January, 1 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 2023 µg/m³Jan 151 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan1Good
Feb2Good
Mar4Good
Apr8Good
May12Good
Jun13Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct6Good
Nov1Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tarko-Sale?

Tarko-Sale sits at 64.9°N, 77.8°E, 21 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Gubkinskiy, 81 km away.

Topography around Tarko-Sale

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tarko-Sale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m.

The land around Tarko-Sale is covered by trees (46%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and wetland (32%) within 16 km, and wetland (48%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
12 m
16 km
37 m
80 km
83 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Gubkinskiy 81 km · Novyy Urengoy 140 km · Muravlenko 200 km · Noyabrsk 223 km · Nadym 254 km · Raduzhny 314 km · Kogalym 337 km · Pokachi 375 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 Tarko-Sale (64.9161°, 77.7746°, elevation 21 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).