Vorgashor weather in January

In January, Vorgashor sees average daytime highs of -18°C and overnight lows near -25°C, with 29 mm of precipitation across 8.9 wet days and about 2.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 0 hours at the start of January to 5 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Vorgashor's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vorgashor's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-18°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-25°
1st coldest
Precipitation
29 mm
8.9 wet days
Daylight
2 h 30 min
9:38 AM – 12:10 PM
Cloud cover
84%
9th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
0.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Vorgashor is urban-type settlement in Komi Republic, Russia.

Founded
1964

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 -18°C through the month.

A typical January day in Vorgashor reaches about -18°C in the afternoon and slips back to -25°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -31°C and -6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-17-24
2-17-24
3-18-24
4-18-24
5-18-25
6-18-25
7-18-25
8-18-25
9-18-25
10-18-25
11-18-24
12-18-24
13-18-24
14-17-24
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20-17-24
21-17-24
22-17-24
23-17-24
24-17-24
25-18-24
26-18-25
27-18-25
28-18-25
29-18-25
30-18-25
31-18-25

How January really feels in Vorgashor

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.

Vorgashor 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-18° / -25°298.912.52.30.0
Feb-17° / -24°25810.87.10.0
Mar-11° / -18°339.61211.10.0
Apr-5° / -13°379.710.415.10.0
May / -5°5010.57.519.40.0
Jun12° / 61122.423.82.8
Jul17° / 6811.10.121.95.2
Aug13° / 7412.90.116.93.3
Sep / 6012.61.912.81.0
Oct-1° / -6°6414.6128.80.0
Nov-10° / -16°4911.713.74.40.0
Dec-14° / -21°4111.114.20.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21783
31783
41783
51783
61783
71783
81684
91684
101783
111783
121684
131684
141684
151585
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201585
211684
221684
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301981
311981

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Vorgashor gets around 29 mm of rain and snow over 8.9 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 29% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 13 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13141
23140
33040
43040
53040
63040
73040
82940
92940
102941
112941
122841
132841
142841
152841
162841
172841
182841
192841
202841
212840
222840
232839
242839
252838
262838
272837
282837
292737
302737
312736

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 19 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
219light breeze
319light breeze
419light breeze
519light breeze
619light breeze
719light breeze
819light breeze
919light breeze
1019light breeze
1119light breeze
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2619light breeze
2719light breeze
2819light breeze
2919light breeze
3019light breeze
3119light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 0 hours at the start of January to 5 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.710:2911:13
101.110:1811:26
111.410:0911:35
121.710:0211:43
131.99:5511:51
142.19:4911:58
152.39:4312:04
162.59:3812:10
172.79:3312:16
182.99:2712:22
193.19:2212:28
203.39:1812:33
213.49:1312:39
223.69:0812:44
233.89:0312:49
243.98:5912:54
254.18:5412:59
264.28:501:04
274.48:451:09
284.68:411:14
294.78:361:19
304.98:321:24
315.08:281:29

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 4.94 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 0.04 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.0Dim
20.0Dim
30.0Dim
40.0Dim
50.0Dim
60.0Dim
70.0Dim
80.0Dim
90.0Dim
100.0Dim
110.0Dim
120.0Dim
130.0Dim
140.0Dim
150.0Dim
160.0Dim
170.0Dim
180.1Dim
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290.2Dim
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310.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Vorgashor?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Vorgashor.

What to pack for Vorgashor in January

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

In January, Vorgashor sees daytime highs around -18°C and nights near -25°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 Vorgashor 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 Vorgashor peaks around June 19 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 19UV 4Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr2Moderate
May3Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vorgashor?

Vorgashor sits at 67.6°N, 63.8°E, 199 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Vorkuta, 14 km away.

Nadym

Topography around Vorgashor

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vorgashor has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 195 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,184 m.

The land around Vorgashor is covered by trees (49%) and grassland (39%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (62%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
57 m
16 km
147 m
80 km
1,184 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Vorkuta 14 km · Labytnangi 153 km · Salekhard 169 km · Inta 234 km · Usinsk 325 km · Pechora 399 km · Nadym 448 km · Beloyarskiy 450 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 Vorgashor (67.5836°, 63.794°, elevation 199 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).