Volgodonsk weather in January

In January, Volgodonsk sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 9.1 wet days and about 8.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -1°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Volgodonsk's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Volgodonsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
40 mm
9.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
8:01 AM – 4:40 PM
Cloud cover
86%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Volgodonsk is human settlement in Russia.

Density
920/km²
people per km²
Founded
1950

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 -1°C through the month.

A typical January day in Volgodonsk reaches about -1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -9°C and 5°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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9-1-5
10-1-5
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16-1-6
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28-1-7
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30-1-7
31-1-7

How January really feels in Volgodonsk

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.

Volgodonsk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -6°409.16.28.70.0
Feb / -6°3385.29.90.0
Mar / -1°419.13.611.60.7
Apr15° / 337.20.113.34.7
May22° / 13°488.6014.97.0
Jun27° / 18°367.3015.76.8
Jul30° / 20°346.3015.45.7
Aug29° / 19°254.1014.16.5
Sep23° / 13°335.4012.47.6
Oct15° / 417.40.210.64.6
Nov / 377.41.99.10.6
Dec / -4°438.85.28.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21288
31288
41288
51288
61189
71189
81189
91189
101189
111288
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301387
311387

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Volgodonsk gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 9.1 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 30% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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43119
53119
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103019
113019
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283123
293123
303223
313223

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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24100
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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
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2717light breeze
2817light breeze
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3017light breeze
3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:06 AM to 7:48 AM, and sunset from 4:24 PM to 5:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:064:24
28.38:064:24
38.38:064:25
48.38:054:26
58.48:054:27
68.48:054:28
78.48:054:29
88.48:054:30
98.48:054:31
108.58:044:33
118.58:044:34
128.58:034:35
138.68:034:36
148.68:034:37
158.68:024:39
168.68:014:40
178.78:014:41
188.78:004:43
198.78:004:44
208.87:594:45
218.87:584:47
228.87:574:48
238.97:564:49
248.97:564:51
259.07:554:52
269.07:544:54
279.07:534:55
289.17:524:57
299.17:514:58
309.27:495:00
319.27:485:01

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.08 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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101.0Dim
111.0Dim
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131.0Dim
141.0Dim
151.1Dim
161.1Dim
171.1Dim
181.1Dim
191.1Dim
201.2Dim
211.2Dim
221.2Dim
231.2Dim
241.3Dim
251.3Dim
261.3Dim
271.3Dim
281.4Dim
291.4Dim
301.4Dim
311.4Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Volgodonsk?

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 Volgodonsk.

What to pack for Volgodonsk in January

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

In January, Volgodonsk sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -6°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 Volgodonsk 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 Volgodonsk peaks around June 23 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Low
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Volgodonsk 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 Volgodonsk is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1716 µg/m³Dec 208 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr10Good
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul11Good
Aug9Good
Sep9Good
Oct8Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Volgodonsk?

Volgodonsk sits at 47.5°N, 42.2°E, 61 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Tsimlyansk, 16 km away.

Topography around Volgodonsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Volgodonsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m.

The land around Volgodonsk is covered by artificial surfaces (34%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (41%), grassland (21%) and water (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (64%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
111 m
80 km
183 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Tsimlyansk 16 km · Zimovniki 47 km · Orlovskiy 71 km · Kotel’nikovo 75 km · Konstantinovsk 80 km · Proletarsk 96 km · Morozovsk 96 km · Semikarakorsk 101 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 Volgodonsk (47.5114°, 42.1527°, elevation 61 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).