Sortavala climate

Sortavala Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Sortavala, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from -8°C on January 1 to -9°C on January 31, and lows from -14°C to -16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 53 mm over about 12 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Sortavala, in °C, with the record for each date.-50-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-8°C
Average low
-14°C
Precipitation
53 mm
Reanalysis high
4°CJan 15, 2020
Reanalysis low
-41°CJan 21, 2006
Daylight
5 h 28 min to 7 h 34 min
Cloud cover
77%
Humidity
98%
Dew point
-12°C
Wind
13.0 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 1-8°C-14°C2°C 2014-31°C 200344%
Jan 2-7°C-14°C1°C 2020-34°C 200244%
Jan 3-7°C-14°C2°C 2020-28°C 200343%
Jan 4-7°C-14°C2°C 2020-31°C 200344%
Jan 5-7°C-13°C1°C 2007-32°C 200844%
Jan 6-7°C-13°C0°C 1993-33°C 200344%
Jan 7-7°C-13°C2°C 2020-34°C 200344%
Jan 8-7°C-13°C3°C 2020-26°C 201644%
Jan 9-7°C-13°C3°C 2020-30°C 199744%
Jan 10-7°C-13°C4°C 2007-34°C 200344%
Jan 11-7°C-13°C1°C 1993-33°C 200345%
Jan 12-7°C-13°C2°C 2020-33°C 199744%
Jan 13-7°C-13°C1°C 2009-28°C 199144%
Jan 14-7°C-13°C1°C 2009-27°C 200345%
Jan 15-7°C-13°C4°C 2020-28°C 201643%
Jan 16-8°C-14°C3°C 2020-28°C 201642%
Jan 17-8°C-14°C2°C 2020-35°C 200642%
Jan 18-8°C-14°C2°C 2020-38°C 200642%
Jan 19-8°C-14°C3°C 2020-40°C 200642%
Jan 20-8°C-14°C1°C 1999-40°C 200643%
Jan 21-8°C-15°C3°C 2020-41°C 200642%
Jan 22-9°C-15°C1°C 1999-40°C 200642%
Jan 23-9°C-15°C1°C 1991-36°C 200643%
Jan 24-9°C-16°C0°C 2020-31°C 201043%
Jan 25-9°C-16°C1°C 1991-30°C 200043%
Jan 26-9°C-16°C1°C 2018-35°C 199943%
Jan 27-9°C-16°C0°C 2017-36°C 199943%
Jan 28-9°C-16°C1°C 2016-32°C 201243%
Jan 29-9°C-16°C0°C 2008-32°C 199144%
Jan 30-9°C-16°C1°C 2016-33°C 199945%
Jan 31-9°C-16°C1°C 2016-33°C 201246%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Sortavala, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

January 1
sunrise 10:17 AM, sunset 3:45 PM
January 31
sunrise 9:24 AM, sunset 4:58 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.