Tolyatti weather in January

In January, Tolyatti sees average daytime highs of -7°C and overnight lows near -12°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 8.9 wet days and about 7.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tolyatti's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tolyatti's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-7°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-12°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
36 mm
8.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:59 AM – 4:45 PM
Cloud cover
87%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Tolyatti is city in Samara Oblast, Russia.

Density
2,233/km²
people per km²
Founded
1737

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 -7°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tolyatti reaches about -7°C in the afternoon and slips back to -12°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -16°C and 1°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Tolyatti

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.

Tolyatti weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-7° / -12°368.910.57.80.0
Feb-7° / -13°287.78.49.40.0
Mar-0° / -7°327.6711.50.0
Apr10° / 357.71.913.72.5
May19° / 10°377.90.115.66.4
Jun23° / 15°549.3016.77.0
Jul26° / 17°488.9016.37.1
Aug24° / 15°468.4014.67.2
Sep18° / 10°518.6012.55.6
Oct / 448.81.210.32.0
Nov / -4°378.35.68.30.0
Dec-6° / -10°369.1107.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
2991
3991
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5892
6892
7793
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311684

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Tolyatti gets around 36 mm of rain and snow over 8.9 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 29% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13034
22934
32933
42933
52933
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83033
93034
103134
113134
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143034
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302835
312935

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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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
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:07 AM to 8:41 AM, and sunset from 4:25 PM to 5:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.39:074:25
27.39:074:26
37.39:064:27
47.49:064:28
57.49:064:29
67.49:064:30
77.49:054:32
87.59:054:33
97.59:044:34
107.59:044:36
117.69:034:37
127.69:024:38
137.69:024:40
147.79:014:41
157.79:004:43
167.88:594:45
177.88:584:46
187.88:574:48
197.98:564:49
207.98:554:51
218.08:544:53
228.08:534:55
238.18:524:56
248.18:514:58
258.28:495:00
268.28:485:02
278.38:475:04
288.38:455:05
298.48:445:07
308.48:425:09
318.58:415:11

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.77 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.0Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
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311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Tolyatti?

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
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tolyatti.

What to pack for Tolyatti in January

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

In January, Tolyatti sees daytime highs around -7°C and nights near -12°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Tolyatti 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 Tolyatti peaks around July 12 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 12UV 6Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Tolyatti 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 Tolyatti is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (May, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 2116 µg/m³May 238 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul12Good
Aug10Good
Sep9Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tolyatti?

Tolyatti sits at 53.5°N, 49.3°E, 42 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Zhigulëvsk, 18 km away.

Topography around Tolyatti

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tolyatti has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 101 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 361 m.

The land around Tolyatti is covered by trees (39%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, cropland (27%) and water (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%), trees (27%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
330 m
80 km
361 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Zhigulëvsk 18 km · Oktyabr’sk 59 km · Bezenchuk 61 km · Novokuybyshevsk 62 km · Samara 63 km · Chapayevsk 66 km · Syzran 71 km · Dimitrovgrad 78 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 Tolyatti (53.5303°, 49.3461°, elevation 42 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).