Zaraysk weather in January

In January, Zaraysk sees average daytime highs of -5°C and overnight lows near -10°C, with 35 mm of precipitation across 9.3 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 hours at the start of January to 8 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Zaraysk's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zaraysk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-5°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-10°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
35 mm
9.3 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
8:48 AM – 4:20 PM
Cloud cover
91%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Zaraysk is town in Moscow Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,202/km²
people per km²
Founded
1146

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 -5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Zaraysk reaches about -5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -10°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -13°C and 2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-4-9
2-4-9
3-4-9
4-4-9
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8-4-9
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How January really feels in Zaraysk

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.

Zaraysk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-5° / -10°359.310.27.60.0
Feb-4° / -10°348.48.79.30.0
Mar / -5°328.6711.50.0
Apr11° / 449.51.713.72.8
May19° / 509.6015.86.0
Jun22° / 12°6711.7016.96.3
Jul24° / 15°7612.7016.56.5
Aug23° / 13°6110014.76.8
Sep17° / 569.30.112.55.1
Oct / 5910.81.610.21.7
Nov / -3°418.75.88.20.0
Dec-3° / -8°399.59.57.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1496
2595
3595
4595
5595
6595
7595
8595
9694
10793
11793
12793
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14793
15793
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241090
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281090
291288
301288
311288

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Zaraysk gets around 35 mm of rain and snow over 9.3 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 30% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13033
23033
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53033
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93032
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232932
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253034
263134
273134
283235
293235
303235
313235

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
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4100
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Wind in January

Winds average 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 hours at the start of January to 8 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:56 AM to 8:28 AM, and sunset from 3:59 PM to 4:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.08:563:59
27.18:564:00
37.18:564:01
47.18:564:02
57.18:554:04
67.28:554:05
77.28:544:06
87.28:544:08
97.38:534:09
107.38:534:10
117.38:524:12
127.48:514:13
137.48:504:15
147.48:504:16
157.58:494:18
167.58:484:20
177.68:474:21
187.68:464:23
197.78:454:25
207.78:444:27
217.88:424:28
227.88:414:30
237.98:404:32
247.98:384:34
258.08:374:36
268.08:364:38
278.18:344:40
288.18:334:42
298.28:314:44
308.38:304:46
318.38:284:48

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.38 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.58 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 Zaraysk?

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 Zaraysk.

What to pack for Zaraysk in January

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

In January, Zaraysk sees daytime highs around -5°C and nights near -10°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 Zaraysk 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 Zaraysk peaks around July 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 10UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Zaraysk 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 Zaraysk is worst in April — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodApr 1218 µg/m³Dec 217 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May12Good
Jun14Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct9Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Zaraysk?

Zaraysk sits at 54.8°N, 38.9°E, 167 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Ozëry, 24 km away.

Topography around Zaraysk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zaraysk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 145 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m.

The land around Zaraysk is covered by cropland (33%), grassland (28%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and trees (36%), cropland (36%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
97 m
16 km
160 m
80 km
193 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Ozëry 24 km · Lukhovitsy 26 km · Kolomna 35 km · Rybnoye 41 km · Kashira 46 km · Stupino 54 km · Ryazan’ 55 km · Venëv 61 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 Zaraysk (54.7633°, 38.8808°, elevation 167 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).