Weather in Moscow in January 2025
- January is usually the coldest month of the year in Moscow;
Average weather
Average temperature in Moscow in January
The expected average maximum temperature in January is -4°C with a maximum of +5°C and a minimum of -26°C.
The average maximum temperature goes down 16% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +5°C to 0°C.
Is Moscow warm or cold in January?
Moscow is typically cold in January.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from -3°C to -5°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from -8°C to -10°C.
Wear your winter warms as it will be cold. To save space, layer, and don’t forget gloves and a scarf.
January is the coldest month in Moscow, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Moscow in January
| December | January | February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| -3°C | -5°C | -4°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -33°C | -36°C | -35°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +9°C | +7°C | +7°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 3 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 3 m/s | 3 m/s | 3 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 87% | 86% | 83% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1015 HPa | 1015 HPa | 1016 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | 13 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | 13 | ||||
January weather is still as ok as in December. It’s getting colder in January. From -3°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to -5°C. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 3 mm to 1 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 87% to 86%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 3 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 1 sunny days during the month.
February brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 4 m/s getting up to 6 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Moscow is gradually increasing during January, going from 5 m/s to 5 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
January is one of the snowiest months in Moscow.
Here’s how January is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last January in Moscow?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Moscow in January has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1987 (+6°C) and the highest in 2020 (+11°C). The driest year was 2014 with only 262 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1980 with 601 mm.
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Monthly weather in Moscow
Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Moscow, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.