Yeniseysk weather in January

In January, Yeniseysk sees average daytime highs of -16°C and overnight lows near -23°C, with 25 mm of precipitation across 8.8 wet days and about 6.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -16°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 6 h 06 min at the start of January to 7 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Yeniseysk's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yeniseysk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-16°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-23°
1st coldest
Precipitation
25 mm
8.8 wet days
Daylight
6 h 42 min
9:38 AM – 4:23 PM
Cloud cover
84%
10th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
0.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Yeniseysk is town in Yeniseysk Urban Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Density
1,328/km²
people per km²
Founded
1619

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 -16°C through the month.

A typical January day in Yeniseysk reaches about -16°C in the afternoon and slips back to -23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -30°C and -4°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 5°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-16-23
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3-16-23
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How January really feels in Yeniseysk

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.

Yeniseysk 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-16° / -23°258.812.36.80.0
Feb-12° / -20°207.29.88.90.0
Mar-3° / -13°2689.611.40.0
Apr / -4°409.66140.7
May14° / 5211.31.216.43.9
Jun21° / 10°5210.8017.86.3
Jul24° / 13°5710017.36.9
Aug20° / 11°6311015.16.1
Sep13° / 6412.30.412.53.2
Oct / -3°5713.78.59.90.2
Nov-8° / -14°4812.814.67.50.0
Dec-15° / -21°3511.715.36.20.0

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 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21288
31288
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61288
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312179

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Yeniseysk gets around 25 mm of rain and snow over 8.8 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 35% on the wettest days, and about 12 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13545
23545
33544
43444
53444
63344
73344
83244
93244
103244
113244
123144
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153043
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312230

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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Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 06 min at the start of January to 7 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:50 AM to 9:13 AM, and sunset from 3:59 PM to 4:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.19:503:59
26.29:504:00
36.29:504:01
46.29:494:02
56.39:494:04
66.39:484:05
76.39:474:07
86.49:474:08
96.49:464:10
106.49:454:12
116.59:444:13
126.59:434:15
136.69:424:17
146.69:414:19
156.79:404:21
166.79:384:23
176.89:374:25
186.99:364:27
196.99:344:29
207.09:334:31
217.09:314:33
227.19:304:35
237.29:284:38
247.29:264:40
257.39:254:42
267.49:234:44
277.49:214:47
287.59:194:49
297.69:174:51
307.69:154:54
317.79:134:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.29 kWh/m² to a high of 5.95 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.49 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Is January a good time to visit Yeniseysk?

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 Yeniseysk.

What to pack for Yeniseysk in January

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

In January, Yeniseysk sees daytime highs around -16°C and nights near -23°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 Yeniseysk 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 Yeniseysk peaks around June 22 at about 5 (high) — 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 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Yeniseysk 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 Yeniseysk is worst in July — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 12.3× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodJul 1720 µg/m³Dec 172 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan3Good
Feb5Good
Mar6Good
Apr11Good
May14Moderate
Jun10Good
Jul21Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep9Good
Oct5Good
Nov3Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Yeniseysk?

Yeniseysk sits at 58.5°N, 92.2°E, 90 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Lesosibirsk, 30 km away.

Topography around Yeniseysk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yeniseysk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 79 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 585 m.

The land around Yeniseysk is covered by trees (50%) and water (21%) within 3 km, trees (82%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
134 m
80 km
585 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Lesosibirsk 30 km · Zheleznogorsk 258 km · Achinsk 263 km · Sosnovoborsk 268 km · Krasnoyarsk 272 km · Berëzovka 274 km · Divnogorsk 278 km · Nazarovo 291 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 Yeniseysk (58.4507°, 92.1724°, elevation 90 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).