Chernivtsi weather in January

In January, Chernivtsi sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 27 mm of precipitation across 7.6 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 0°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 Chernivtsi's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chernivtsi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
27 mm
7.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
8:09 AM – 4:42 PM
Cloud cover
74%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Chernivtsi is capital city of Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine and historical center of the Bukovina.

Density
1,727/km²
people per km²
Founded
1408

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 0°C through the month.

A typical January day in Chernivtsi reaches about 0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -7°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Chernivtsi

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.

Chernivtsi weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -6°277.66.18.60.0
Feb / -4°317.95.99.90.0
Mar / -1°4510.44.111.61.2
Apr15° / 5510.1113.44.5
May21° / 10°7012.2014.96.1
Jun24° / 14°9512.9015.86.4
Jul26° / 15°9912.4015.56.4
Aug26° / 15°669.5014.17.0
Sep20° / 10°619.3012.46.4
Oct14° / 457.40.410.64.3
Nov / 356.9391.0
Dec / -4°348.25.58.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Chernivtsi gets around 27 mm of rain and snow over 7.6 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 25% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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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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Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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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 8:14 AM to 7:56 AM, and sunset from 4:25 PM to 5:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.28:144:25
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58.38:144:29
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.15 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Chernivtsi?

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 Chernivtsi.

What to pack for Chernivtsi in January

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

In January, Chernivtsi sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Chernivtsi in January

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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 Chernivtsi peaks around July 17 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
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Location & terrain

Where is Chernivtsi?

Chernivtsi sits at 48.3°N, 25.9°E, 260 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Rădăuți, 49 km away.

SuceavaBotoşaniChortkivGura Humorului

Topography around Chernivtsi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chernivtsi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 201 m around an average of 224 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 414 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,400 m.

The land around Chernivtsi is covered by trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (42%) within 3 km, trees (40%) and cropland (37%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%) and trees (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
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January weather nearby: Rădăuți 49 km · Dorohoi 51 km · Kamianets-Podilskyi 65 km · Kolomyia 71 km · Suceava 77 km · Botoşani 81 km · Chortkiv 81 km · Gura Humorului 82 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 Chernivtsi (48.2904°, 25.9324°, elevation 260 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).