Tula weather in January

In January, Tula sees average daytime highs of -5°C and overnight lows near -10°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tula's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tula's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-5°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-10°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
40 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
8:50 AM – 4:28 PM
Cloud cover
91%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Tula is city in the center of European Russia.

Density
3,307/km²
people per km²
Founded
1146

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 -5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tula reaches about -5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -10°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -13°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)
1-4-9
2-4-9
3-4-9
4-4-9
5-4-9
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8-4-9
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31-5-11

How January really feels in Tula

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.

Tula 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-5° / -10°409.911.17.70.0
Feb-4° / -10°378.89.79.30.0
Mar / -5°368.97.511.50.0
Apr11° / 459.6213.72.6
May18° / 5311.10.115.75.7
Jun22° / 12°6612.1016.86.2
Jul24° / 14°7912.9016.46.5
Aug22° / 12°6610.1014.66.7
Sep16° / 579.80.212.55.0
Oct / 5910.71.610.21.7
Nov / -3°428.95.68.20.0
Dec-3° / -8°4310.310.37.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2694
3694
4694
5793
6694
7694
8694
9694
10694
11694
12694
13694
14694
15595
16595
17595
18694
19793
20793
21793
22793
23892
24991
25991
26991
27991
28991
291189
301288
311288

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Tula gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 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 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13335
23335
33235
43235
53235
63235
73235
83235
93235
103235
113234
123134
133134
143134
153133
163033
173033
183034
193034
203034
213135
223135
233136
243237
253237
263338
273339
283339
293339
303440
313440

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 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
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3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 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 8:58 AM to 8:31 AM, and sunset from 4:08 PM to 4:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:584:08
27.28:574:09
37.28:574:10
47.28:574:11
57.38:574:12
67.38:564:13
77.38:564:15
87.38:554:16
97.48:554:17
107.48:544:19
117.48:544:20
127.58:534:22
137.58:524:23
147.68:514:25
157.68:514:26
167.68:504:28
177.78:494:30
187.78:484:31
197.88:474:33
207.88:464:35
217.98:444:36
227.98:434:38
238.08:424:40
248.08:414:42
258.18:394:44
268.18:384:46
278.28:374:47
288.28:354:49
298.38:344:51
308.38:324:53
318.48:314:55

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.42 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.64 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 Tula?

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 Tula.

What to pack for Tula in January

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

In January, Tula sees daytime highs around -5°C and nights near -10°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 Tula 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 Tula peaks around July 12 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 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 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Tula 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 Tula is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (January, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 2215 µg/m³Jan 16 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb8Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May10Good
Jun12Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep9Good
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tula?

Tula sits at 54.2°N, 37.6°E, 161 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kosaya Gora, 10 km away.

Topography around Tula

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tula has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 173 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 212 m.

The land around Tula is covered by artificial surfaces (58%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%), trees (33%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
139 m
80 km
212 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Kosaya Gora 10 km · Shchëkino 22 km · Yasnogorsk 32 km · Kireyevsk 36 km · Uzlovaya 42 km · Venëv 45 km · Novomoskovsk 48 km · Aleksin 50 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 Tula (54.1961°, 37.6182°, elevation 161 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).