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Moscow in January: every year compared

In January, Moscow averages highs of -4.7 °C and lows of -9.7 °C, with 36 mm of precipitation. The warmest January was 2020 (-0.2 °C), the coldest 1942 (-22.6 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high -4.7 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low -9.7 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 36 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 10

Day by day through January

Normal high and low for each day of January in Moscow.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every January in Moscow, ranked

86 months of January since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 2 of 86 (+6.7 °C vs normal).

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2025 · -0.4 °C · +6.7 °C vs normal · rank 2 of 86

Warmest years

12020-0.2 °C
22025-0.4 °C
32007-2.4 °C
41989-2.7 °C
52005-3.6 °C

Coldest years

11942-22.6 °C
21940-20.4 °C
31987-18.9 °C
41950-18.5 °C
51969-17.5 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	-0.4 °C	1.2 °C	-2.1 °C	36 mm	20 days	14 cm	13 days
2024	-11.1 °C	-7.8 °C	-14.5 °C	38 mm	31 days	27 cm	10 days
2023	-5.5 °C	-3.4 °C	-7.5 °C	33 mm	28 days	14 cm	9 days
2022	-6.0 °C	-4.0 °C	-8.1 °C	61 mm	31 days	42 cm	17 days
2021	-6.5 °C	-5.0 °C	-8.4 °C	47 mm	29 days	36 cm	14 days
2020	-0.2 °C	1.2 °C	-1.9 °C	32 mm	26 days	20 cm	11 days
2019	-7.7 °C	-5.7 °C	-9.9 °C	49 mm	31 days	37 cm	13 days
2018	-5.1 °C	-3.3 °C	-7.0 °C	39 mm	29 days	31 cm	12 days
2017	-8.6 °C	-5.7 °C	-11.8 °C	31 mm	30 days	24 cm	10 days
2016	-11.1 °C	-8.5 °C	-14.2 °C	53 mm	28 days	35 cm	14 days
2015	-5.3 °C	-2.9 °C	-8.3 °C	45 mm	27 days	34 cm	11 days
2014	-10.0 °C	-7.4 °C	-12.3 °C	32 mm	27 days	19 cm	9 days
2013	-9.5 °C	-7.5 °C	-11.6 °C	29 mm	31 days	26 cm	5 days
2012	-7.8 °C	-5.5 °C	-9.9 °C	48 mm	28 days	31 cm	13 days
2011	-8.5 °C	-6.3 °C	-11.1 °C	21 mm	31 days	19 cm	6 days
2010	-15.9 °C	-12.8 °C	-19.5 °C	12 mm	31 days	10 cm	3 days
2009	-6.3 °C	-4.1 °C	-9.1 °C	22 mm	31 days	18 cm	10 days
2008	-6.6 °C	-4.5 °C	-8.9 °C	27 mm	31 days	20 cm	6 days
2007	-2.4 °C	-0.4 °C	-4.8 °C	47 mm	23 days	19 cm	13 days
2006	-11.5 °C	-9.1 °C	-14.6 °C	13 mm	31 days	12 cm	4 days
2005	-3.6 °C	-1.8 °C	-5.7 °C	64 mm	27 days	43 cm	15 days
2004	-7.1 °C	-5.0 °C	-9.4 °C	60 mm	30 days	44 cm	13 days
2003	-8.1 °C	-4.8 °C	-11.9 °C	27 mm	31 days	24 cm	9 days
2002	-5.6 °C	-3.0 °C	-8.9 °C	33 mm	26 days	20 cm	10 days
2001	-4.9 °C	-2.9 °C	-7.4 °C	23 mm	30 days	20 cm	9 days
2000	-7.1 °C	-5.1 °C	-9.4 °C	18 mm	31 days	19 cm	7 days
1999	-5.1 °C	-2.8 °C	-7.6 °C	47 mm	31 days	32 cm	14 days
1998	-5.6 °C	-3.3 °C	-7.8 °C	34 mm	30 days	28 cm	10 days
1997	-8.7 °C	-5.4 °C	-12.4 °C	32 mm	31 days	27 cm	11 days
1996	-11.4 °C	-8.6 °C	-14.3 °C	16 mm	31 days	12 cm	5 days
1995	-6.8 °C	-4.6 °C	-9.1 °C	52 mm	30 days	34 cm	10 days
1994	-4.1 °C	-2.1 °C	-6.5 °C	57 mm	31 days	42 cm	13 days
1993	-5.2 °C	-3.0 °C	-7.7 °C	50 mm	28 days	35 cm	12 days
1992	-5.9 °C	-3.1 °C	-9.0 °C	39 mm	29 days	26 cm	12 days
1991	-6.8 °C	-4.1 °C	-10.0 °C	36 mm	29 days	26 cm	10 days
1990	-6.3 °C	-3.6 °C	-9.3 °C	41 mm	30 days	31 cm	15 days
1989	-2.7 °C	-0.6 °C	-5.1 °C	30 mm	29 days	24 cm	10 days
1988	-8.6 °C	-6.6 °C	-11.0 °C	18 mm	29 days	12 cm	7 days
1987	-18.9 °C	-15.9 °C	-22.5 °C	23 mm	31 days	19 cm	5 days
1986	-7.3 °C	-4.8 °C	-10.0 °C	59 mm	29 days	44 cm	14 days
1985	-10.9 °C	-7.3 °C	-14.9 °C	62 mm	31 days	48 cm	14 days
1984	-5.4 °C	-3.0 °C	-7.9 °C	26 mm	31 days	21 cm	9 days
1983	-4.9 °C	-2.7 °C	-7.4 °C	46 mm	29 days	35 cm	12 days
1982	-10.7 °C	-8.0 °C	-13.6 °C	53 mm	30 days	43 cm	10 days
1981	-6.2 °C	-4.2 °C	-8.1 °C	51 mm	29 days	38 cm	11 days
1980	-12.9 °C	-9.6 °C	-16.0 °C	24 mm	31 days	20 cm	9 days
1979	-11.1 °C	-8.4 °C	-14.2 °C	63 mm	31 days	44 cm	12 days
1978	-8.7 °C	-6.1 °C	-11.7 °C	21 mm	31 days	14 cm	8 days
1977	-12.4 °C	-10.0 °C	-15.2 °C	27 mm	31 days	19 cm	7 days
1976	-13.5 °C	-10.6 °C	-16.6 °C	36 mm	31 days	23 cm	14 days
1975	-4.5 °C	-2.1 °C	-7.0 °C	34 mm	30 days	23 cm	10 days
1974	-11.6 °C	-8.5 °C	-14.7 °C	16 mm	31 days	11 cm	5 days
1973	-11.7 °C	-7.6 °C	-15.5 °C	28 mm	30 days	17 cm	6 days
1972	-15.9 °C	-12.8 °C	-19.1 °C	8 mm	31 days	5 cm	3 days
1971	-4.3 °C	-2.4 °C	-6.7 °C	49 mm	25 days	25 cm	17 days
1970	-11.3 °C	-8.0 °C	-14.9 °C	90 mm	31 days	60 cm	14 days
1969	-17.5 °C	-14.2 °C	-20.8 °C	19 mm	31 days	14 cm	6 days
1968	-16.4 °C	-13.5 °C	-19.7 °C	55 mm	31 days	37 cm	13 days
1967	-15.1 °C	-12.0 °C	-18.3 °C	34 mm	31 days	24 cm	12 days
1966	-10.3 °C	-7.6 °C	-13.5 °C	48 mm	31 days	33 cm	14 days
1965	-10.4 °C	-7.7 °C	-13.2 °C	53 mm	30 days	37 cm	8 days
1964	-8.8 °C	-5.1 °C	-13.3 °C	13 mm	31 days	9 cm	5 days
1963	-17.2 °C	-14.6 °C	-20.3 °C	23 mm	31 days	16 cm	8 days
1962	-5.2 °C	-2.8 °C	-8.3 °C	36 mm	31 days	23 cm	9 days
1961	-6.6 °C	-4.8 °C	-8.8 °C	36 mm	30 days	25 cm	11 days
1960	-10.1 °C	-7.9 °C	-12.7 °C	57 mm	31 days	40 cm	13 days
1959	-4.8 °C	-2.5 °C	-7.4 °C	71 mm	30 days	49 cm	16 days
1958	-7.6 °C	-4.8 °C	-10.5 °C	61 mm	31 days	40 cm	18 days
1957	-7.0 °C	-4.6 °C	-9.8 °C	37 mm	29 days	25 cm	11 days
1956	-11.8 °C	-8.8 °C	-14.5 °C	49 mm	31 days	34 cm	11 days
1955	-6.9 °C	-4.4 °C	-9.5 °C	62 mm	30 days	39 cm	14 days
1954	-14.8 °C	-11.9 °C	-18.1 °C	20 mm	31 days	14 cm	7 days
1953	-10.4 °C	-7.9 °C	-13.4 °C	28 mm	31 days	19 cm	8 days
1952	-4.4 °C	-2.5 °C	-6.8 °C	56 mm	31 days	37 cm	14 days
1951	-12.3 °C	-9.8 °C	-15.0 °C	24 mm	31 days	17 cm	8 days
1950	-18.5 °C	-15.7 °C	-21.9 °C	9 mm	31 days	6 cm	3 days
1949	-4.5 °C	-2.3 °C	-7.3 °C	40 mm	30 days	27 cm	15 days
1948	-9.2 °C	-5.7 °C	-12.1 °C	31 mm	30 days	20 cm	8 days
1947	-11.7 °C	-9.6 °C	-14.5 °C	15 mm	31 days	10 cm	6 days
1946	-8.5 °C	-6.0 °C	-11.2 °C	14 mm	31 days	10 cm	5 days
1945	-11.4 °C	-9.2 °C	-13.9 °C	26 mm	31 days	18 cm	9 days
1944	-4.5 °C	-2.5 °C	-7.1 °C	32 mm	30 days	21 cm	10 days
1943	-17.5 °C	-14.6 °C	-20.3 °C	22 mm	31 days	16 cm	6 days
1942	-22.6 °C	-19.3 °C	-25.8 °C	11 mm	31 days	8 cm	3 days
1941	-15.7 °C	-12.4 °C	-19.5 °C	32 mm	31 days	22 cm	9 days
1940	-20.4 °C	-16.7 °C	-24.1 °C	27 mm	30 days	19 cm	8 days

January records

Hottest day

7.2 °C

January 11, 2007 estimate

Coldest night

-42.8 °C

January 17, 1940 estimate

Wettest day

23 mm

January 8, 1970 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Moscow in January?

Highs average -4.7 °C and lows -9.7 °C. A typical January brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 29 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Moscow in January?

About 36 mm falls in January, over some 10 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest January was 1970 (90 mm), the driest 1972 (8 mm).

What was the warmest January in Moscow?

2020, with a mean temperature of -0.2 °C. The coldest was 1942 (-22.6 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 2 of 86.