Avdiyivka weather in January

In January, Avdiyivka sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -7°C, with 41 mm of precipitation across 9.4 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-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 8% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 12 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Avdiyivka's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Avdiyivka's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-7°
1st coldest
Precipitation
41 mm
9.4 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
7:21 AM – 3:55 PM
Cloud cover
85%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
0.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Avdiyivka is city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

Density
1,235/km²
people per km²
Founded
1778

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 Avdiyivka reaches about -1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -7°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -8°C and 4°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2-1-6
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29-2-8
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How January really feels in Avdiyivka

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.

Avdiyivka weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -7°419.47.78.60.0
Feb / -6°357.569.90.0
Mar / -2°429.54.911.60.6
Apr15° / 46100.413.44.3
May21° / 10°5610.5014.96.5
Jun25° / 15°6210.3015.86.7
Jul28° / 17°508.7015.46.6
Aug27° / 15°356.3014.17.1
Sep21° / 10°437.2012.47.0
Oct13° / 407.10.610.64.0
Nov / -1°377.32.490.4
Dec-0° / -5°428.75.48.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21288
31288
41288
51288
61288
71387
81486
91486
101387
111387
121387
131387
141387
151288
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201387
211387
221387
231387
241387
251486
261486
271486
281486
291486
301486
311585

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Avdiyivka gets around 41 mm of rain and snow over 9.4 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 30% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12921
22921
32922
42922
52922
62923
72923
82923
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112924
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213125
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233126
243226
253226
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273227
283226
293226
303126
313125

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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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
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24100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 12 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:26 AM to 7:08 AM, and sunset from 3:38 PM to 4:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.27:263:38
28.27:263:39
38.27:263:40
48.37:263:41
58.37:263:42
68.37:253:43
78.37:253:44
88.37:253:45
98.47:253:47
108.47:243:48
118.47:243:49
128.47:243:50
138.57:233:51
148.57:233:53
158.57:223:54
168.67:213:55
178.67:213:56
188.67:203:58
198.77:193:59
208.77:194:01
218.77:184:02
228.87:174:03
238.87:164:05
248.87:154:06
258.97:144:08
268.97:134:09
279.07:124:11
289.07:114:12
299.17:104:14
309.17:094:15
319.17:084:17

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.99 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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161.0Dim
171.0Dim
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191.0Dim
201.1Dim
211.1Dim
221.1Dim
231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.2Dim
261.2Dim
271.2Dim
281.3Dim
291.3Dim
301.3Dim
311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Avdiyivka?

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
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Avdiyivka.

What to pack for Avdiyivka in January

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

In January, Avdiyivka sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -7°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 Avdiyivka 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 Avdiyivka peaks around June 23 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Avdiyivka 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 Avdiyivka is worst in March — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1718 µg/m³Dec 179 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb12Good
Mar18Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May11Good
Jun13Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Avdiyivka?

Avdiyivka sits at 48.1°N, 37.8°E, 209 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Yasynuvata, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Avdiyivka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Avdiyivka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 207 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 201 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 400 m.

The land around Avdiyivka is covered by trees (40%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (45%), trees (25%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) within 80 km.

3 km
101 m
16 km
201 m
80 km
400 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Yasynuvata 8.0 km · Kyivskyi 11 km · Hladkivka 12 km · Donetsk 14 km · Smolyanskyi 14 km · Berestovskyi 14 km · Yuzivskyi 16 km · Hruzkyi 16 km

Ukraine travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 31% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,866
2025
Happiness
4.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
88%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
10.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 526

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 Avdiyivka (48.1402°, 37.7501°, elevation 209 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).