Podilsk weather in January

In January, Podilsk sees average daytime highs of -0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 32 mm of precipitation across 7.2 wet days and about 8.7 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 12% 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 Podilsk's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Podilsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-0°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
32 mm
7.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
7:53 AM – 4:29 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Podilsk is city in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. Residence of Podilsk urban hromada (municipality) and Podilsk Raion (district).

Density
1,544/km²
people per km²
Founded
1865

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 Podilsk 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 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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30-4
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How January really feels in Podilsk

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.

Podilsk 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-0° / -5°327.25.18.70.0
Feb / -4°2763.99.90.0
Mar / -0°3582.911.61.3
Apr15° / 448.70.413.44.7
May21° / 11°5510.4014.96.5
Jun25° / 15°6810.7015.76.7
Jul27° / 16°639.4015.46.7
Aug27° / 16°467.3014.17.1
Sep21° / 11°567.7012.46.9
Oct14° / 386.70.110.64.5
Nov / 356.129.10.9
Dec / -3°316.848.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21783
31783
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51882
61783
71783
81783
91783
101783
111783
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312575

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Podilsk gets around 32 mm of rain and snow over 7.2 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 26% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12617
22617
32617
42616
52516
62516
72416
82415
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102315
112315
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312216

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
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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
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
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2012light breeze
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3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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 7:57 AM to 7:40 AM, and sunset from 4:13 PM to 4:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.37:574:13
28.37:574:14
38.37:574:15
48.37:574:16
58.37:574:17
68.47:574:18
78.47:574:19
88.47:564:20
98.47:564:21
108.47:564:22
118.57:554:23
128.57:554:24
138.57:544:26
148.57:544:27
158.67:534:28
168.67:534:29
178.67:524:31
188.77:524:32
198.77:514:33
208.77:504:35
218.87:494:36
228.87:494:38
238.97:484:39
248.97:474:40
258.97:464:42
269.07:454:43
279.07:444:45
289.17:434:46
299.17:424:48
309.17:414:49
319.27:404:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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81.0Dim
91.0Dim
101.0Dim
111.0Dim
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131.0Dim
141.0Dim
151.1Dim
161.1Dim
171.1Dim
181.1Dim
191.1Dim
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211.2Dim
221.2Dim
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 Podilsk?

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 Podilsk.

What to pack for Podilsk in January

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

In January, Podilsk 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 Podilsk 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 Podilsk peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Podilsk?

Podilsk sits at 47.7°N, 29.5°E, 248 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Balta, 22 km away.

FloreştiChisinauStrășeniDurleşti

Topography around Podilsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Podilsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 215 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 354 m.

The land around Podilsk is covered by trees (34%), artificial surfaces (25%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (66%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
153 m
16 km
184 m
80 km
354 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Balta 22 km · Rîbniţa 39 km · Dubăsari 60 km · Orhei 67 km · Floreşti 94 km · Chisinau 97 km · Strășeni 97 km · Durleşti 99 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 Podilsk (47.7499°, 29.5307°, elevation 248 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).