Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi weather in January

In January, Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 34 mm of precipitation across 8.1 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-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 Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
34 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
7:53 AM – 4:16 PM
Cloud cover
84%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi is city of Ukraine.

Density
150/km²
people per km²
Founded
1032

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 Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi 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
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How January really feels in Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi

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
20 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -6°348.16.48.40.0
Feb / -5°3075.59.80.0
Mar / -1°3993.811.50.7
Apr14° / 439.40.613.44.3
May21° / 10°5910.7015.16.3
Jun24° / 14°71110166.7
Jul26° / 16°7210.5015.66.7
Aug26° / 15°487.5014.27.3
Sep20° / 10°558.4012.46.5
Oct13° / 417.20.310.53.7
Nov / 397.82.88.90.4
Dec / -4°388.25.480.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January.

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
51486
61486
71486
81387
91387
101387
111486
121486
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211684
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311783

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi gets around 34 mm of rain and snow over 8.1 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 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12921
22821
32820
42820
52720
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82619
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112618
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312623

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
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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.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
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3113light 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 7:58 AM to 7:38 AM, and sunset from 3:59 PM to 4:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.07:583:59
28.07:584:00
38.17:584:01
48.17:574:02
58.17:574:03
68.17:574:04
78.17:574:05
88.27:574:06
98.27:564:07
108.27:564:08
118.27:554:09
128.37:554:11
138.37:544:12
148.37:544:13
158.47:534:15
168.47:534:16
178.47:524:17
188.57:514:19
198.57:504:20
208.57:504:22
218.67:494:23
228.67:484:25
238.77:474:26
248.77:464:28
258.77:454:29
268.87:444:31
278.87:434:32
288.97:424:34
298.97:404:35
309.07:394:37
319.07:384:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.66 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.88 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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211.0Dim
221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.2Dim
301.2Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi?

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 Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi.

What to pack for Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi in January

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

In January, Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi 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 Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi 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 Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi peaks around July 14 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 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 14UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi?

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi sits at 49.4°N, 31.3°E, 105 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Bohuslav, 31 km away.

Topography around Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m around an average of 131 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m.

The land around Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi is covered by cropland (43%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and trees (41%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
137 m
16 km
186 m
80 km
255 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Bohuslav 31 km · Kaniv 40 km · Zvenyhorodka 43 km · Shpola 46 km · Bahacheve 48 km · Smila 50 km · Cherkasy 58 km · Zolotonosha 63 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 Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi (49.4182°, 31.2517°, elevation 105 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).