Khmelnytskyi weather in January

In January, Khmelnytskyi sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 32 mm of precipitation across 8.3 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-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 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Khmelnytskyi's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khmelnytskyi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
32 mm
8.3 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:10 AM – 4:33 PM
Cloud cover
84%
12th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Khmelnytskyi is capital city of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine.

Density
2,950/km²
people per km²
Founded
1431

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 Khmelnytskyi reaches about -1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°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 5°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)
1-1-5
2-1-5
3-1-5
4-1-5
5-1-5
6-1-5
7-1-5
8-1-5
9-1-5
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18-1-6
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27-1-6
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30-1-6
31-1-6

How January really feels in Khmelnytskyi

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.

Khmelnytskyi 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-1° / -6°328.37.18.40.0
Feb / -5°348.979.80.0
Mar / -1°4110.14.711.50.6
Apr13° / 5010.91.113.43.7
May19° / 6511.8015.15.9
Jun23° / 13°8613.20166.2
Jul25° / 14°9813.7015.66.4
Aug24° / 14°639.4014.27.0
Sep19° / 659.8012.45.9
Oct12° / 458.40.510.53.3
Nov / 408.63.28.90.5
Dec / -4°359.26.480.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
31486
41486
51387
61387
71387
81387
91387
101486
111486
121486
131486
141585
151585
161684
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191684
201684
211684
221684
231684
241783
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271684
281684
291684
301684
311783

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Khmelnytskyi gets around 32 mm of rain and snow over 8.3 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 27% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13022
23021
32921
42921
52821
62821
72821
82721
92721
102721
112621
122621
132521
142521
152521
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172521
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202522
212522
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232623
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252724
262825
272926
282926
293026
303027
313127

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
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 14 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 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
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
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2114light breeze
2214light breeze
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2614light breeze
2714light breeze
2814light breeze
2914light breeze
3014light breeze
3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:15 AM to 7:55 AM, and sunset from 4:16 PM to 4:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:154:16
28.08:154:17
38.18:154:18
48.18:144:19
58.18:144:20
68.18:144:21
78.18:144:22
88.28:144:23
98.28:134:24
108.28:134:25
118.28:124:27
128.38:124:28
138.38:114:29
148.38:114:30
158.48:104:32
168.48:104:33
178.48:094:34
188.58:084:36
198.58:074:37
208.58:074:39
218.68:064:40
228.68:054:42
238.78:044:43
248.78:034:45
258.78:024:46
268.88:014:48
278.88:004:49
288.97:594:51
298.97:584:52
309.07:564:54
319.07:554:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.93 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.8Dim
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100.8Dim
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140.9Dim
150.9Dim
160.9Dim
170.9Dim
181.0Dim
191.0Dim
201.0Dim
211.0Dim
221.0Dim
231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.2Dim
281.2Dim
291.2Dim
301.2Dim
311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Khmelnytskyi?

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 Khmelnytskyi.

What to pack for Khmelnytskyi in January

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

In January, Khmelnytskyi sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Khmelnytskyi 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 Khmelnytskyi 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 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 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Khmelnytskyi?

Khmelnytskyi sits at 49.4°N, 27.0°E, 295 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Rakove, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Khmelnytskyi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khmelnytskyi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 300 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 315 m.

The land around Khmelnytskyi is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and trees (36%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (71%) within 80 km.

3 km
84 m
16 km
126 m
80 km
315 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Rakove 6.0 km · Krasyliv 26 km · Horodok 41 km · Starokostyantyniv 41 km · Volochysk 57 km · Dunayivtsi 60 km · Bar 63 km · Khmilnyk 72 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 Khmelnytskyi (49.4183°, 26.9794°, elevation 295 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).