Pivdennoukrainsk weather in January

In January, Pivdennoukrainsk sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 34 mm of precipitation across 7.1 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-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 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pivdennoukrainsk's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pivdennoukrainsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
34 mm
7.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
7:47 AM – 4:23 PM
Cloud cover
81%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Pivdennoukrainsk is city in Mykolaiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine.

Density
1,582/km²
people per km²
Founded
1976

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 Pivdennoukrainsk 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 -7°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Pivdennoukrainsk

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
13 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Pivdennoukrainsk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°347.158.60.0
Feb / -4°286.23.79.90.0
Mar / -0°358.32.411.61.3
Apr16° / 368.10.313.44.9
May22° / 11°5010.3014.96.7
Jun26° / 15°6110.2015.76.7
Jul28° / 17°458.2015.46.3
Aug28° / 16°406.6014.16.6
Sep22° / 11°456.7012.47.2
Oct15° / 386.10.110.64.8
Nov / 356.61.79.11.0
Dec / -3°336.63.38.30.0

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 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Pivdennoukrainsk gets around 34 mm of rain and snow over 7.1 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 23% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days, and about 5 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 12 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
112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:51 AM to 7:33 AM, and sunset from 4:06 PM to 4:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.37:514:06
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38.37:514:08
48.37:514:09
58.37:514:10
68.37:504:11
78.47:504:12
88.47:504:13
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108.47:494:15
118.57:494:16
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158.67:474:21
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188.77:454:25
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218.87:434:29
228.87:424:31
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258.97:404:35
269.07:394:37
279.07:384:38
289.07:374:39
299.17:354:41
309.17:344:43
319.27:334:44

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.82 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.08 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 Pivdennoukrainsk?

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
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pivdennoukrainsk.

What to pack for Pivdennoukrainsk in January

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

In January, Pivdennoukrainsk sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Pivdennoukrainsk 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 Pivdennoukrainsk peaks around July 18 at about 8 (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 18UV 8Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Pivdennoukrainsk?

Pivdennoukrainsk sits at 47.8°N, 31.2°E, 82 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Voznesensk, 32 km away.

FortechnyiKropyvnytskyiPodilskyiMykolayivBalta

Topography around Pivdennoukrainsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pivdennoukrainsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m around an average of 92 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 313 m.

The land around Pivdennoukrainsk is covered by cropland (38%) within 3 km, cropland (74%) within 16 km, and cropland (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
118 m
16 km
182 m
80 km
313 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Voznesensk 32 km · Pervomaysk 34 km · Novoukrayinka 60 km · Fortechnyi 109 km · Kropyvnytskyi 111 km · Podilskyi 111 km · Mykolayiv 113 km · Balta 116 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 Pivdennoukrainsk (47.8288°, 31.1751°, elevation 82 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).