Vel’sk weather in January

In January, Vel’sk sees average daytime highs of -8°C and overnight lows near -14°C, with 32 mm of precipitation across 9.8 wet days and about 6.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-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 4% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 18 min at the start of January to 7 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Vel’sk's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vel’sk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-8°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-14°
1st coldest
Precipitation
32 mm
9.8 wet days
Daylight
6 hours
9:20 AM – 3:21 PM
Cloud cover
93%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
0.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Vel’sk is town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,542/km²
people per km²
Founded
1137

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 Vel’sk reaches about -8°C in the afternoon and slips back to -14°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -19°C and 1°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 Vel’sk

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.

Vel’sk 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-8° / -14°329.812.16.10.0
Feb-7° / -13°267.69.78.50.0
Mar-0° / -8°328.89.311.30.0
Apr / -2°388.94.314.21.1
May15° / 6211.70.9174.2
Jun20° / 7212.4018.75.6
Jul22° / 12°7613.20186.1
Aug19° / 10°7813015.55.5
Sep13° / 6011.80.212.63.3
Oct / 5812.14.19.70.5
Nov-2° / -6°45119.26.90.0
Dec-6° / -11°3610.511.75.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Vel’sk gets around 32 mm of rain and snow over 9.8 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 31% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 12 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 5 h 18 min at the start of January to 7 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:37 AM to 8:50 AM, and sunset from 2:53 PM to 4:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.39:372:53
25.39:362:54
35.39:362:56
45.49:352:57
55.49:342:59
65.59:333:01
75.59:323:03
85.69:313:04
95.69:303:06
105.79:293:08
115.79:283:10
125.89:263:12
135.89:253:15
145.99:233:17
156.09:223:19
166.09:203:21
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186.29:173:26
196.29:153:29
206.39:133:31
216.49:113:34
226.49:103:36
236.59:083:39
246.69:053:41
256.79:033:44
266.89:013:46
276.88:593:49
286.98:573:52
297.08:553:55
307.18:523:57
317.28:504:00

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.12 kWh/m² to a high of 5.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.25 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Vel’sk?

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
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Vel’sk.

What to pack for Vel’sk in January

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

In January, Vel’sk sees daytime highs around -8°C and nights near -14°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 Vel’sk in January

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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 Vel’sk peaks around July 10 at about 5 (high) — 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 4 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5High
Aug3Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Vel’sk?

Vel’sk sits at 61.1°N, 42.1°E, 90 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Nyandoma, 121 km away.

Topography around Vel’sk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vel’sk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 87 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 229 m.

The land around Vel’sk is covered by trees (48%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (74%) within 16 km, and trees (91%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
138 m
80 km
229 m
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January weather nearby: Nyandoma 121 km · Sokol 209 km · Mirnyy 210 km · Velikiy Ustyug 230 km · Vologda 239 km · Kotlas 245 km · Gryazovets 264 km · Koryazhma 272 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 Vel’sk (61.0692°, 42.0992°, elevation 90 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).