Vyborg weather in January

In January, Vyborg sees average daytime highs of -4°C and overnight lows near -8°C, with 47 mm of precipitation across 11.5 wet days and about 6.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -3°C in the first days to -5°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 24 min at the start of January to 7 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Vyborg's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vyborg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-4°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-8°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
47 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
6 h 06 min
10:10 AM – 4:18 PM
Cloud cover
87%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Vyborg is city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

Density
489/km²
people per km²
Founded
1293

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about -3°C in the first days to -5°C by the end.

A typical January day in Vyborg reaches about -4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -8°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -12°C and 2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-3-7
2-3-7
3-3-7
4-3-7
5-3-7
6-3-7
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8-3-7
9-3-7
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14-3-8
15-3-8
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17-3-8
18-4-8
19-4-8
20-4-8
21-4-8
22-4-9
23-4-9
24-4-9
25-4-9
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27-4-9
28-4-9
29-5-9
30-5-9
31-5-10

How January really feels in Vyborg

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.

Vyborg weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-4° / -8°4711.5126.20.0
Feb-4° / -9°419.69.68.50.0
Mar / -6°389.48.111.30.0
Apr / -1°358.43.114.21.0
May14° / 458.90.216.94.0
Jun18° / 10°6310.7018.65.6
Jul21° / 14°6410.5017.96.4
Aug20° / 13°7111.2015.56.0
Sep15° / 5910.5012.64.1
Oct / 6612.11.49.71.1
Nov / -1°6112.35.770.0
Dec-1° / -5°5912.7105.40.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21288
31387
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51387
61387
71288
81288
91288
101288
111288
121387
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301486
311486

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Vyborg gets around 47 mm of rain and snow over 11.5 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 38% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 12 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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23937
33938
43938
53938
63938
73938
83938
93938
103938
113938
123938
133837
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203537
213538
223538
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263740
273741
283841
293842
303942
313942

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
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8100
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22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 5 h 24 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 108 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 10:26 AM to 9:41 AM, and sunset from 3:50 PM to 4:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.410:263:50
25.410:263:52
35.510:253:53
45.510:243:55
55.510:243:56
65.610:233:58
75.610:224:00
85.710:214:02
95.710:204:03
105.810:194:05
115.810:174:07
125.910:164:09
135.910:154:12
146.010:134:14
156.110:124:16
166.110:104:18
176.210:094:20
186.310:074:23
196.310:054:25
206.410:044:28
216.510:024:30
226.510:004:32
236.69:584:35
246.79:564:37
256.89:544:40
266.89:524:43
276.99:504:45
287.09:484:48
297.19:454:50
307.29:434:53
317.29:414:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.13 kWh/m² to a high of 5.49 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.26 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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310.5Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Vyborg?

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 Vyborg.

What to pack for Vyborg in January

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

In January, Vyborg sees daytime highs around -4°C and nights near -8°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Vyborg in January

The nearest coast averages about 1°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 23 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near -0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan1Bracing
Feb0Bracing
Mar0Bracing
Apr1Bracing
May7Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct10Bracing
Nov6Bracing
Dec3Bracing

UV index in Vyborg 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 Vyborg 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 10UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr2Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vyborg?

Vyborg sits at 60.7°N, 28.8°E, 28 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Svetogorsk, 45 km away.

Topography around Vyborg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vyborg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 252 m.

The land around Vyborg is covered by trees (41%), water (28%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (72%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
124 m
80 km
252 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Svetogorsk 45 km · Lappeenranta 50 km · Imatra 52 km · Priozërsk 84 km · Hamina 86 km · Kurortnyy 87 km · Sosnovyy Bor 92 km · Sestroretsk 95 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 Vyborg (60.7076°, 28.7528°, elevation 28 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).