Chornomors’k weather in January

In January, Chornomors’k sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 7 wet days and about 8.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 3°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 30 min at the start of January to 9 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Chornomors’k's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chornomors’k's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
1st coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 48 min
7:43 AM – 4:30 PM
Cloud cover
78%
12th clearest
Wind
22 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Chornomors’k is city in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine.

Density
2,319/km²
people per km²
Founded
1952

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 3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Chornomors’k reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -2°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Chornomors’k

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
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Chornomors’k weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°3873.68.80.0
Feb / 315.62.7100.0
Mar / 336.91.511.60.5
Apr11° / 285.80.113.33.0
May18° / 14°325.9014.76.3
Jun23° / 19°355.4015.57.8
Jul25° / 22°243.6015.28.3
Aug25° / 22°313.90148.3
Sep20° / 17°385.3012.37.3
Oct15° / 12°426010.74.9
Nov / 396.90.79.22.0
Dec / 366.82.18.50.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Chornomors’k gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 7 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 22% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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312112

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 22 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 30 min at the start of January to 9 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:47 AM to 7:31 AM, and sunset from 4:15 PM to 4:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.57:474:15
28.57:474:15
38.57:474:16
48.57:474:17
58.57:464:18
68.57:464:19
78.67:464:20
88.67:464:21
98.67:464:22
108.67:464:23
118.77:454:24
128.77:454:26
138.77:444:27
148.77:444:28
158.87:444:29
168.87:434:30
178.87:424:32
188.97:424:33
198.97:414:34
208.97:414:35
218.97:404:37
229.07:394:38
239.07:384:39
249.17:374:41
259.17:374:42
269.17:364:44
279.27:354:45
289.27:344:46
299.37:334:48
309.37:324:49
319.37:314:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.97 kWh/m² to a high of 6.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.19 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.0Dim
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31.0Dim
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311.6Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Chornomors’k?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chornomors’k.

What to pack for Chornomors’k in January

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

In January, Chornomors’k sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Chornomors’k in January

The nearest coast averages about 5°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 14 to Sep 17 — about 3.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan5Bracing
Feb4Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May15Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul23Refreshing
Aug24Refreshing
Sep20Refreshing
Oct16Cool
Nov12Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Chornomors’k 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 Chornomors’k peaks around July 15 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 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Chornomors’k?

Chornomors’k sits at 46.3°N, 30.7°E, 29 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Cheremushky, 15 km away.

RozdilnaSloboziaTiraspolCăuşeni

Topography around Chornomors’k

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chornomors’k has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m.

The land around Chornomors’k is covered by water (42%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, water (48%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and water (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
50 m
16 km
69 m
80 km
181 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Cheremushky 15 km · Odessa 22 km · Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi 26 km · Pivdenne 50 km · Rozdilna 76 km · Slobozia 87 km · Tiraspol 99 km · Căuşeni 102 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 Chornomors’k (46.2991°, 30.6553°, elevation 29 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).