Yuzhnyy weather in January

In January, Yuzhnyy sees average daytime highs of -12°C and overnight lows near -20°C, with 24 mm of precipitation across 7.1 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 Yuzhnyy's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yuzhnyy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-12°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-20°
1st coldest
Precipitation
24 mm
7.1 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:40 AM – 4:29 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Yuzhnyy is human settlement in Barnaul Urban District, Altai Krai, Russia.

Density
8,064/km²
people per km²
Founded
1959

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 -12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Yuzhnyy reaches about -12°C in the afternoon and slips back to -20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -23°C and -2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Yuzhnyy

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.

Yuzhnyy 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-12° / -20°247.19.17.90.0
Feb-9° / -18°205.97.19.40.0
Mar-1° / -11°246.76.811.50.0
Apr10° / -1°368.12.213.62.5
May19° / 509.90.415.65.9
Jun24° / 12°6310.5016.66.8
Jul26° / 15°8012016.26.5
Aug23° / 12°549.8014.66.9
Sep17° / 449.60.112.45.3
Oct / -0°449.83.210.31.7
Nov-2° / -10°4910.99.78.40.0
Dec-9° / -17°3810.312.27.40.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
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61882
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222773
232872
243070
253070
263070
273070
283169
293169
303169
313169

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Yuzhnyy gets around 24 mm of rain and snow over 7.1 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 24% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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212430
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232329
242228
252227
262127
272126
282026
292026
302026
312026

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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Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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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 8:48 AM to 8:22 AM, and sunset from 4:09 PM to 4:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.48:484:09
27.48:484:10
37.48:474:11
47.48:474:12
57.48:474:13
67.58:474:15
77.58:464:16
87.58:464:17
97.68:454:18
107.68:454:20
117.68:444:21
127.78:444:23
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147.78:424:25
157.88:414:27
167.88:404:29
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187.98:394:32
197.98:384:33
208.08:374:35
218.08:364:37
228.18:344:38
238.18:334:40
248.28:324:42
258.28:314:44
268.38:294:46
278.38:284:47
288.48:274:49
298.48:254:51
308.58:244:53
318.58:224:55

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 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.01 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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241.2Dim
251.2Dim
261.3Dim
271.3Dim
281.3Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Yuzhnyy?

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
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yuzhnyy.

What to pack for Yuzhnyy in January

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

In January, Yuzhnyy sees daytime highs around -12°C and nights near -20°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Yuzhnyy 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 Yuzhnyy peaks around May 21 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 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 21UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Yuzhnyy 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 Yuzhnyy is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1517 µg/m³Dec 166 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb12Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May11Good
Jun9Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep8Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Yuzhnyy?

Yuzhnyy sits at 53.3°N, 83.7°E, 213 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Novosilikatnyy, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Yuzhnyy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yuzhnyy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m around an average of 213 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m.

The land around Yuzhnyy is covered by trees (73%) within 3 km, trees (38%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
99 m
16 km
140 m
80 km
213 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Novosilikatnyy 8.0 km · Barnaul 12 km · Novoaltaysk 24 km · Tal’menka 64 km · Zarinsk 97 km · Aleysk 104 km · Suzun 109 km · Cherepanovo 110 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 Yuzhnyy (53.2542°, 83.6936°, elevation 213 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).