Yelizovo weather in January

In January, Yelizovo sees average daytime highs of -11°C and overnight lows near -17°C, with 92 mm of precipitation across 10.4 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 27% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Yelizovo's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yelizovo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-17°
1st coldest
Precipitation
92 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
9:41 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover
68%
4th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Yelizovo is city in Russia.

Density
581/km²
people per km²
Founded
1848

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 Yelizovo reaches about -11°C in the afternoon and slips back to -17°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -18°C and -3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Yelizovo

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.

Yelizovo 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-11° / -17°9210.412.37.90.0
Feb-8° / -16°718.710.59.40.0
Mar-4° / -12°9311.112.611.50.0
Apr / -6°7810.912.313.60.0
May / -1°569.87.415.60.9
Jun13° / 5610.60.616.63.4
Jul16° / 579.7016.25.0
Aug16° / 8611.8014.54.8
Sep12° / 8811.80.612.43.2
Oct / -1°12513.56.110.30.5
Nov-2° / -10°12511.7128.40.0
Dec-10° / -16°999.7117.40.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33763
43763
53565
63565
73367
83367
93367
103268
113268
123169
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203466
213565
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233664
243664
253664
263664
273763
283862
293763
303763
313862

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Yelizovo gets around 92 mm of rain and snow over 10.4 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 34% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 12 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13338
23338
33338
43339
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273539
283539
293539
303539
313540

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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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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58calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 24 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:49 AM to 9:23 AM, and sunset from 5:11 PM to 5:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.49:495:11
27.49:485:12
37.49:485:13
47.49:485:14
57.59:485:15
67.59:475:16
77.59:475:17
87.59:475:19
97.69:465:20
107.69:465:21
117.69:455:23
127.79:445:24
137.79:445:26
147.79:435:27
157.89:425:29
167.89:415:30
177.99:405:32
187.99:405:33
197.99:395:35
208.09:385:37
218.09:365:38
228.19:355:40
238.19:345:42
248.29:335:43
258.29:325:45
268.39:305:47
278.39:295:49
288.49:285:51
298.49:265:53
308.59:255:54
318.59:235:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.77 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 1.01 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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90.9Dim
100.9Dim
110.9Dim
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140.9Dim
150.9Dim
161.0Dim
171.0Dim
181.0Dim
191.0Dim
201.1Dim
211.1Dim
221.1Dim
231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.2Dim
261.2Dim
271.2Dim
281.3Dim
291.3Dim
301.3Dim
311.4Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Yelizovo?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yelizovo.

What to pack for Yelizovo in January

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

In January, Yelizovo sees daytime highs around -11°C and nights near -17°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Yelizovo 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 39 km away) is warmest in August at about 12°C and coldest in March near 0°C.

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

0°5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan1Bracing
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Jul11Bracing
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UV index in Yelizovo 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 Yelizovo peaks around May 22 at about 5 (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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowMay 22UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
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Jul5High
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Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Yelizovo?

Yelizovo sits at 53.2°N, 158.4°E, 20 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 21 km away.

MagadanOkhaPoronayskNikolayevsk-on-AmureYuzhno-SakhalinskKorsakov

Topography around Yelizovo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yelizovo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m around an average of 62 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,212 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,421 m.

The land around Yelizovo is covered by trees (61%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) within 80 km.

3 km
364 m
16 km
1,212 m
80 km
3,421 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 21 km · Vilyuchinsk 29 km · Magadan 847 km · Okha 1,022 km · Poronaysk 1,150 km · Nikolayevsk-on-Amure 1,174 km · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 1,310 km · Korsakov 1,329 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 Yelizovo (53.1894°, 158.3828°, elevation 20 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).