Zimovniki weather in January

In January, Zimovniki sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 8.7 wet days and about 8.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -1°C through the month. 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 8 h 24 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Zimovniki's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zimovniki's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
8.7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 42 min
7:59 AM – 4:40 PM
Cloud cover
85%
11th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Zimovniki is human settlement in Zimovnikovsky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia.

Founded
1898

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 -1°C through the month.

A typical January day in Zimovniki reaches about -1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -9°C and 5°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Zimovniki

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.

Zimovniki 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-1° / -6°388.75.68.70.0
Feb / -6°317.84.9100.0
Mar / -1°419.13.111.61.0
Apr16° / 347.40.113.35.0
May22° / 12°508.8014.86.9
Jun28° / 17°387.8015.66.5
Jul31° / 19°356.4015.35.3
Aug30° / 18°264.30146.1
Sep23° / 12°335.5012.47.6
Oct15° / 407.40.210.64.8
Nov / 357.42.39.10.7
Dec / -4°408.84.78.40.0

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 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21189
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101387
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311486

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Zimovniki gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 8.7 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 31% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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33117
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112918
122917
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313021

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 16 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
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
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715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 24 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:03 AM to 7:46 AM, and sunset from 4:24 PM to 5:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.48:034:24
28.48:034:25
38.48:034:26
48.48:034:27
58.48:034:27
68.48:024:28
78.58:024:30
88.58:024:31
98.58:024:32
108.58:024:33
118.58:014:34
128.68:014:35
138.68:004:36
148.68:004:37
158.77:594:39
168.77:594:40
178.77:584:41
188.77:584:43
198.87:574:44
208.87:564:45
218.97:554:47
228.97:554:48
238.97:544:49
249.07:534:51
259.07:524:52
269.07:514:54
279.17:504:55
289.17:494:57
299.27:484:58
309.27:474:59
319.27:465:01

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.33 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.09 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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91.0Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Zimovniki?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zimovniki.

What to pack for Zimovniki in January

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

In January, Zimovniki sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -6°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 Zimovniki 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 Zimovniki peaks around July 11 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 11UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Zimovniki 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 Zimovniki is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1716 µg/m³Dec 228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr10Good
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul10Good
Aug8Good
Sep9Good
Oct8Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Zimovniki?

Zimovniki sits at 47.1°N, 42.5°E, 65 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Orlovskiy, 44 km away.

Topography around Zimovniki

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zimovniki has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 66 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m.

The land around Zimovniki is covered by grassland (32%), cropland (30%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, cropland (78%) within 16 km, and cropland (65%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
86 m
80 km
170 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Orlovskiy 44 km · Volgodonsk 47 km · Tsimlyansk 63 km · Kotel’nikovo 74 km · Proletarsk 75 km · Sal’sk 103 km · Konstantinovsk 114 km · Semikarakorsk 132 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 Zimovniki (47.1462°, 42.4704°, elevation 65 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).