Novhorod-Siverskyi weather in January

In January, Novhorod-Siverskyi sees average daytime highs of -3°C and overnight lows near -7°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 9.7 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-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 5% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Novhorod-Siverskyi's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Novhorod-Siverskyi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-3°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-7°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
9.7 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
7:56 AM – 3:56 PM
Cloud cover
88%
11th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Novhorod-Siverskyi is city of Ukraine.

Density
1,285/km²
people per km²
Founded
~989 CE

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 Novhorod-Siverskyi reaches about -3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -7°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -10°C and 3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-2-6
2-2-6
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17-3-7
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How January really feels in Novhorod-Siverskyi

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.

Novhorod-Siverskyi 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-3° / -7°389.78.78.10.0
Feb-2° / -7°348.57.89.60.0
Mar / -3°398.95.311.50.3
Apr13° / 429.10.913.63.6
May20° / 6110.9015.46.1
Jun23° / 13°6411.2016.46.6
Jul25° / 15°8512.70166.5
Aug24° / 13°528.4014.47.1
Sep18° / 528.6012.45.8
Oct11° / 489.20.810.42.6
Nov / -1°438.73.48.60.1
Dec-2° / -6°408.97.47.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
2991
3991
4892
5892
6892
7892
8892
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
16991
17991
18991
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201090
211090
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291288
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311288

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Novhorod-Siverskyi gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 9.7 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 31% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13026
23026
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43026
53026
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73027
83027
93027
103027
113027
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132926
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182927
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202927
213028
223128
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313431

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
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17100
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19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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2016light breeze
2116light breeze
2216light breeze
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2816light breeze
2916light breeze
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3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:02 AM to 7:39 AM, and sunset from 3:38 PM to 4:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:023:38
27.68:023:39
37.68:023:40
47.68:023:41
57.78:023:42
67.78:023:43
77.78:013:44
87.78:013:45
97.88:003:47
107.88:003:48
117.87:593:49
127.97:593:51
137.97:583:52
147.97:583:54
158.07:573:55
168.07:563:56
178.07:553:58
188.17:543:59
198.17:534:01
208.27:524:03
218.27:514:04
228.37:504:06
238.37:494:08
248.37:484:09
258.47:474:11
268.47:464:13
278.57:454:14
288.57:434:16
298.67:424:18
308.67:414:20
318.77:394:21

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.75 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
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40.6Dim
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60.6Dim
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90.6Dim
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240.9Dim
250.9Dim
261.0Dim
271.0Dim
281.0Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Novhorod-Siverskyi?

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 Novhorod-Siverskyi.

What to pack for Novhorod-Siverskyi in January

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

In January, Novhorod-Siverskyi sees daytime highs around -3°C and nights near -7°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

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UV index in Novhorod-Siverskyi 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 Novhorod-Siverskyi peaks around July 12 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 12UV 6Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Novhorod-Siverskyi?

Novhorod-Siverskyi sits at 52.0°N, 33.3°E, 140 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Shostka, 21 km away.

StarodubKonotopBakhmachUnecha

Topography around Novhorod-Siverskyi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Novhorod-Siverskyi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 160 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m.

The land around Novhorod-Siverskyi is covered by trees (45%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (43%), cropland (32%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
85 m
16 km
103 m
80 km
136 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Shostka 21 km · Krolevets 51 km · Hlukhiv 58 km · Trubchevsk 72 km · Starodub 73 km · Konotop 86 km · Bakhmach 96 km · Unecha 101 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 Novhorod-Siverskyi (52.0068°, 33.2634°, elevation 140 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).