Verkhnyaya Salda weather in January

In January, Verkhnyaya Salda sees average daytime highs of -11°C and overnight lows near -18°C, with 18 mm of precipitation across 5.9 wet days and about 6.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 18 min at the start of January to 7 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Verkhnyaya Salda's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Verkhnyaya Salda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-18°
1st coldest
Precipitation
18 mm
5.9 wet days
Daylight
6 h 48 min
9:42 AM – 4:32 PM
Cloud cover
83%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
0.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Verkhnyaya Salda is town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
680/km²
people per km²
Founded
1778

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 -11°C through the month.

A typical January day in Verkhnyaya Salda reaches about -11°C in the afternoon and slips back to -18°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -21°C and -2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Verkhnyaya Salda

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.

Verkhnyaya Salda 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-11° / -18°185.97.36.90.0
Feb-8° / -16°164.86.28.90.0
Mar-0° / -9°246.57.111.40.0
Apr / -1°357.83.8141.5
May16° / 5610.30.916.34.9
Jun21° / 10°8312.70.117.75.9
Jul23° / 12°8612.6017.26.3
Aug20° / 10°8312.9015.15.6
Sep13° / 6211.40.312.53.5
Oct / -1°4210.14.59.90.6
Nov-4° / -9°297.97.97.60.0
Dec-9° / -15°206.38.26.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Verkhnyaya Salda gets around 18 mm of rain and snow over 5.9 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 20% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12127
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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 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 18 min at the start of January to 7 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:53 AM to 9:18 AM, and sunset from 4:08 PM to 5:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.39:534:08
26.39:534:10
36.39:534:11
46.39:524:12
56.49:524:14
66.49:514:15
76.49:514:17
86.59:504:18
96.59:494:20
106.69:484:21
116.69:474:23
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136.79:454:27
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166.89:424:32
176.99:414:34
187.09:394:36
197.09:384:38
207.19:364:40
217.19:354:42
227.29:334:45
237.29:324:47
247.39:304:49
257.49:294:51
267.49:274:53
277.59:254:56
287.69:234:58
297.69:215:00
307.79:195:02
317.89:185:05

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.53 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Verkhnyaya Salda?

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
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Verkhnyaya Salda.

What to pack for Verkhnyaya Salda in January

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

In January, Verkhnyaya Salda sees daytime highs around -11°C and nights near -18°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Verkhnyaya Salda 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 Verkhnyaya Salda peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Verkhnyaya Salda 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 Verkhnyaya Salda is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (January, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodApr 2015 µg/m³Jan 15 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb8Good
Mar11Good
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun11Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep9Good
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Verkhnyaya Salda?

Verkhnyaya Salda sits at 58.0°N, 60.6°E, 188 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Nizhnyaya Salda, 11 km away.

Topography around Verkhnyaya Salda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Verkhnyaya Salda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 206 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 691 m.

The land around Verkhnyaya Salda is covered by trees (41%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
139 m
80 km
691 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Nizhnyaya Salda 11 km · Nizhny Tagil 37 km · Krasnoural’sk 46 km · Kushva 54 km · Nev’yansk 65 km · Alapayevsk 71 km · Kirovgrad 74 km · Nizhnyaya Tura 76 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 Verkhnyaya Salda (58.045°, 60.551°, elevation 188 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).