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The coolest places in the world in January: ranked by average high temperature

Yakutsk tops the list at -33 °C in January. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.

Top three in January: Yakutsk (-33 °C) , Komsomolsk-on-Amur (-18 °C) , Hulunbuir (-18 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 22 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Yakutsk Russia -33 °C -33 °C -39 °C 2 mm 1 103 h –
2 Komsomolsk-on-Amur Russia -18 °C -18 °C -26 °C 14 mm 3 203 h –
3 Hulunbuir China -18 °C -18 °C -30 °C 3 mm 1 228 h –
4 Bratsk Russia -17 °C -17 °C -22 °C 9 mm 3 122 h –
5 Surgut Russia -17 °C -17 °C -23 °C 21 mm 7 60 h –
6 Nizhnevartovsk Russia -17 °C -17 °C -23 °C 21 mm 7 57 h –
7 Daxing’anling China -17 °C -17 °C -28 °C 5 mm 1 209 h –
8 Chita Russia -17 °C -17 °C -29 °C 1 mm 0 217 h –
9 Khabarovsk Russia -17 °C -17 °C -26 °C 8 mm 2 221 h –
10 Ulan-Ude Russia -16 °C -16 °C -28 °C 3 mm 1 216 h –
11 Blagoveshchensk Russia -16 °C -16 °C -27 °C 4 mm 1 221 h –
12 Angarsk Russia -15 °C -15 °C -26 °C 5 mm 1 197 h –
13 Bei’an China -15 °C -15 °C -28 °C 4 mm 1 233 h –
14 Tomsk Russia -15 °C -15 °C -21 °C 27 mm 8 95 h –
15 Suihua China -15 °C -15 °C -26 °C 4 mm 1 239 h –
16 Yichun China -14 °C -14 °C -27 °C 5 mm 1 235 h –
17 Irkutsk Russia -14 °C -14 °C -24 °C 6 mm 2 199 h –
18 Novosibirsk Russia -14 °C -14 °C -20 °C 27 mm 8 108 h –
19 Krasnoyarsk Russia -14 °C -14 °C -21 °C 14 mm 4 127 h –
20 Hegang China -14 °C -14 °C -26 °C 5 mm 1 241 h –
21 Kemerovo Russia -14 °C -14 °C -20 °C 30 mm 9 110 h –
22 Shuangyashan China -13 °C -13 °C -23 °C 7 mm 2 241 h –
23 Abakan Russia -13 °C -13 °C -21 °C 7 mm 2 160 h –
24 Daqing China -13 °C -13 °C -24 °C 3 mm 1 243 h –
25 Omsk Russia -13 °C -13 °C -20 °C 15 mm 5 108 h –
26 Jiamusi China -13 °C -13 °C -25 °C 6 mm 2 244 h –
27 Barnaul Russia -13 °C -13 °C -20 °C 24 mm 7 132 h –
28 Qitaihe China -13 °C -13 °C -23 °C 7 mm 1 242 h –
29 Harbin China -13 °C -13 °C -24 °C 4 mm 1 242 h –
30 Zhaodong China -13 °C -13 °C -23 °C 3 mm 1 243 h –
31 Prokop’yevsk Russia -13 °C -13 °C -20 °C 28 mm 8 124 h –
32 Novokuznetsk Russia -13 °C -13 °C -20 °C 33 mm 9 125 h –
33 Tyumen Russia -13 °C -13 °C -19 °C 18 mm 5 103 h –
34 Hulan Ergi China -13 °C -13 °C -24 °C 2 mm 0 242 h –
35 Ulan Bator Mongolia -13 °C -13 °C -25 °C 2 mm 1 243 h –
36 Biysk Russia -12 °C -12 °C -20 °C 21 mm 6 146 h –
37 Pavlodar Kazakhstan -12 °C -12 °C -20 °C 11 mm 3 150 h –
38 Petropavl Kazakhstan -12 °C -12 °C -19 °C 16 mm 5 110 h –
39 Rubtsovsk Russia -12 °C -12 °C -19 °C 23 mm 6 153 h –
40 Kurgan Russia -12 °C -12 °C -18 °C 18 mm 5 114 h –
41 Berezniki Russia -12 °C -12 °C -17 °C 43 mm 12 49 h –
42 Temirtau Kazakhstan -11 °C -11 °C -18 °C 18 mm 5 147 h –
43 Winnipeg Canada -11 °C -11 °C -20 °C 17 mm 4 171 h –
44 Jixi China -11 °C -11 °C -22 °C 7 mm 1 246 h –
45 Nuuk Greenland -11 °C -11 °C -17 °C 60 mm 10 54 h 0 °C
46 Yekaterinburg Russia -11 °C -11 °C -17 °C 17 mm 5 101 h –
47 Xilinhot China -11 °C -11 °C -24 °C 2 mm 1 258 h –
48 Nizhny Tagil Russia -11 °C -11 °C -17 °C 20 mm 6 89 h –
49 Semey Kazakhstan -11 °C -11 °C -20 °C 17 mm 5 175 h –
50 Chelyabinsk Russia -11 °C -11 °C -17 °C 17 mm 5 125 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

December: top 5

  1. Winejok 36 °C
  2. Malakal 35 °C
  3. Bida 35 °C
  4. Makurdi 35 °C
  5. Al Qadarif 35 °C

Full ranking for December

February: top 5

  1. Yakutsk -27 °C
  2. Surgut -15 °C
  3. Nizhnevartovsk -15 °C
  4. Bratsk -13 °C
  5. Komsomolsk-on-Amur -13 °C

Full ranking for February

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, in January, lowest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in the world with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.