Ussuriysk weather in January

In January, Ussuriysk sees average daytime highs of -8°C and overnight lows near -20°C, with 10 mm of precipitation across 1.9 wet days and about 9.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 48 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ussuriysk's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ussuriysk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-8°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-20°
1st coldest
Precipitation
10 mm
1.9 wet days
Daylight
9 h 06 min
8:49 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover
39%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
2.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Ussuriysk is town in Primorsky Krai, Russia.

Density
908/km²
people per km²
Founded
1866

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 -8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ussuriysk reaches about -8°C in the afternoon and slips back to -20°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -15°C and -2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 5°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-8-19
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How January really feels in Ussuriysk

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.

Ussuriysk weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-8° / -20°101.92.29.10.0
Feb-3° / -16°122.62.710.20.0
Mar / -7°2653.811.60.5
Apr13° / 457.91.713.23.6
May18° / 7611.50.114.55.5
Jun21° / 13°679.5015.26.3
Jul25° / 17°11010.9014.96.4
Aug25° / 18°12811.7013.86.3
Sep21° / 11°868.4012.36.8
Oct14° / 617.30.810.84.5
Nov / -7°3152.99.50.4
Dec-6° / -16°163.13.48.80.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17030
27129
37228
47228
57228
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317030

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ussuriysk gets around 10 mm of rain and snow over 1.9 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 6% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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279
379
479
578
678
768
868
967
1067
1167
1267
1367
1467
1567
1667
1767
1867
1967
2067
2167
2267
2377
2477
2567
2667
2767
2867
2967
3066
3156

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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Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 48 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:52 AM to 8:39 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 6:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.88:525:39
28.88:525:40
38.88:525:40
48.88:525:41
58.88:525:42
68.98:525:43
78.98:525:44
88.98:525:45
98.98:525:46
108.98:515:47
118.98:515:48
129.08:515:49
139.08:505:50
149.08:505:51
159.08:505:52
169.18:495:54
179.18:495:55
189.18:485:56
199.28:485:57
209.28:475:58
219.28:476:00
229.28:466:01
239.38:456:02
249.38:456:03
259.38:446:05
269.48:436:06
279.48:426:07
289.58:416:08
299.58:406:10
309.58:406:11
319.68:396:12

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.48 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.33 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.0Moderate
22.0Moderate
32.1Moderate
42.1Moderate
52.1Moderate
62.1Moderate
72.1Moderate
82.1Moderate
92.2Moderate
102.2Moderate
112.2Moderate
122.2Moderate
132.2Moderate
142.3Moderate
152.3Moderate
162.3Moderate
172.3Moderate
182.4Moderate
192.4Moderate
202.4Moderate
212.4Moderate
222.5Moderate
232.5Moderate
242.5Moderate
252.6Moderate
262.6Moderate
272.6Moderate
282.7Moderate
292.7Moderate
302.7Moderate
312.8Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ussuriysk

In seasonPeak

None of Ussuriysk's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ussuriysk's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
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Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ussuriysk?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ussuriysk.

What to pack for Ussuriysk in January

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

In January, Ussuriysk sees daytime highs around -8°C and nights near -20°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Ussuriysk 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 Ussuriysk peaks around August 18 at about 8 (very 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 18UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun7High
Jul5Moderate
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Ussuriysk 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 Ussuriysk is worst in April — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.1× the cleanest month (September, 8 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateGoodModerateApr 1346 µg/m³Sep 108 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar35Poor
Apr49Poor
May20Moderate
Jun11Good
Jul11Good
Aug9Good
Sep8Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ussuriysk?

Ussuriysk sits at 43.8°N, 132.0°E, 33 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Artëm, 53 km away.

Topography around Ussuriysk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ussuriysk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,005 m.

The land around Ussuriysk is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) within 3 km, trees (34%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
85 m
16 km
255 m
80 km
1,005 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Artëm 53 km · Trudovoye 57 km · Vladivostok 78 km · Bol'šoj Kamen' 83 km · Fokino 100 km · Spassk-Dal’niy 112 km · Arsen’yev 112 km · Partizansk 121 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 Ussuriysk (43.8047°, 131.9573°, elevation 33 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).