Kalush weather in January

In January, Kalush sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 9.5 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 16% 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 Kalush's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalush's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:19 AM – 4:45 PM
Cloud cover
72%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kalush is city in Ukraine.

Density
1,009/km²
people per km²
Founded
1437

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 Kalush reaches about 0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
11-5
21-5
31-5
41-5
51-5
61-5
71-5
81-5
91-5
101-5
111-5
121-5
131-5
141-5
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How January really feels in Kalush

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
17 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Kalush 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 / -5°389.57.78.50.0
Feb / -5°4510.37.89.80.0
Mar / -1°5712.4611.60.9
Apr14° / 6311.51.613.43.8
May19° / 9914.30155.4
Jun22° / 12°10914.6015.95.9
Jul24° / 14°11414.8015.66.2
Aug24° / 13°8111.5014.26.8
Sep19° / 7610.7012.45.9
Oct13° / 619.40.710.53.9
Nov / 499.43.68.91.0
Dec / -4°49117.58.10.0

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 (%)
12773
22674
32674
42674
52773
62773
72773
82773
92872
102872
112971
122971
133070
143070
153169
163169
173268
183169
193169
203169
213169
223070
233070
243070
253070
262971
272971
282872
292773
302773
312773

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kalush gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 9.5 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 31% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13626
23526
33525
43425
53324
63324
73223
83223
93123
103123
113122
123022
133022
143022
153022
163023
173023
183023
193024
203024
213025
223025
233026
243026
253127
263127
273128
283228
293228
303228
313329

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
7100
8100
9100
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11100
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13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

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
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
1313light breeze
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2013light breeze
2113light breeze
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2613light breeze
2714light breeze
2814light breeze
2914light breeze
3014light breeze
3114light breeze

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 8:23 AM to 8:04 AM, and sunset from 4:28 PM to 5:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.18:234:28
28.18:234:29
38.18:234:30
48.18:234:31
58.18:234:32
68.28:234:33
78.28:234:34
88.28:224:35
98.28:224:36
108.38:224:37
118.38:214:39
128.38:214:40
138.38:204:41
148.48:204:42
158.48:194:44
168.48:194:45
178.58:184:46
188.58:174:48
198.58:164:49
208.68:164:51
218.68:154:52
228.78:144:54
238.78:134:55
248.78:124:57
258.88:114:58
268.88:105:00
278.98:095:01
288.98:085:03
299.08:075:04
309.08:055:06
319.18:045:07

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.87 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.13 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
20.9Dim
30.9Dim
40.9Dim
50.9Dim
61.0Dim
71.0Dim
81.0Dim
91.0Dim
101.0Dim
111.0Dim
121.1Dim
131.1Dim
141.1Dim
151.1Dim
161.1Dim
171.1Dim
181.2Dim
191.2Dim
201.2Dim
211.2Dim
221.3Dim
231.3Dim
241.3Dim
251.3Dim
261.3Dim
271.4Dim
281.4Dim
291.4Dim
301.4Dim
311.5Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Kalush?

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 Kalush.

What to pack for Kalush in January

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

In January, Kalush sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Kalush 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 Kalush peaks around July 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kalush?

Kalush sits at 49.0°N, 24.4°E, 290 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Knyahynyn, 27 km away.

Topography around Kalush

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalush has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 295 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 288 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,637 m.

The land around Kalush is covered by grassland (36%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, trees (45%), cropland (29%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
101 m
16 km
288 m
80 km
1,637 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Knyahynyn 27 km · Ivano-Frankivsk 27 km · Dolyna 30 km · Nadvirna 45 km · Stryi 46 km · Novyi Rozdil 53 km · Berezhany 62 km · Stebnyk 67 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 Kalush (49.024°, 24.3721°, elevation 290 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).