Chortkiv weather in January

In January, Chortkiv sees average daytime highs of -0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 30 mm of precipitation across 7.9 wet days and about 8.5 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 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Chortkiv's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chortkiv's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-0°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
30 mm
7.9 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:13 AM – 4:39 PM
Cloud cover
81%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Chortkiv is city of Ukraine.

Density
946/km²
people per km²
Founded
1427

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 Chortkiv reaches about -0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°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 6°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 Chortkiv

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.

Chortkiv 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-0° / -5°307.96.48.50.0
Feb / -5°338.16.49.80.0
Mar / -1°4210.14.511.60.9
Apr14° / 5110.70.913.44.1
May20° / 10°6913.10155.8
Jun23° / 13°9113.6015.96.2
Jul25° / 15°9813.6015.66.3
Aug25° / 14°6810.9014.26.8
Sep20° / 10°648.9012.46.3
Oct13° / 447.70.410.53.8
Nov / 377.838.90.7
Dec / -4°358.55.98.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Chortkiv gets around 30 mm of rain and snow over 7.9 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 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 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 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:18 AM to 7:59 AM, and sunset from 4:22 PM to 5:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.18:184:22
28.18:184:23
38.18:174:24
48.18:174:25
58.18:174:26
68.28:174:27
78.28:174:28
88.28:174:29
98.28:164:31
108.38:164:32
118.38:154:33
128.38:154:34
138.38:154:35
148.48:144:37
158.48:134:38
168.48:134:39
178.58:124:41
188.58:114:42
198.58:114:44
208.68:104:45
218.68:094:46
228.78:084:48
238.78:074:49
248.78:064:51
258.88:054:52
268.88:044:54
278.98:034:55
288.98:024:57
299.08:014:59
309.08:005:00
319.17:595:02

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.78 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.02 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 Chortkiv?

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 Chortkiv.

What to pack for Chortkiv in January

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

In January, Chortkiv sees daytime highs around -0°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 8 days see rain.

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UV index in Chortkiv 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 Chortkiv 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 January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 17UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Chortkiv?

Chortkiv sits at 49.0°N, 25.8°E, 218 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Horodok, 58 km away.

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Topography around Chortkiv

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chortkiv has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m around an average of 284 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 218 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 429 m.

The land around Chortkiv is covered by cropland (42%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (68%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
146 m
16 km
218 m
80 km
429 m
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January weather nearby: Horodok 58 km · Ternopil 62 km · Volochysk 65 km · Kamianets-Podilskyi 69 km · Dunayivtsi 78 km · Kolomyia 78 km · Berezhany 79 km · Knyahynyn 80 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 Chortkiv (49.017°, 25.7981°, elevation 218 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).