Sambir weather in January

In January, Sambir sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 42 mm of precipitation across 10.8 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 0°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 Sambir's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sambir's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
42 mm
10.8 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:25 AM – 4:48 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Sambir is city of regional significance, the administrative center of the Sambir district, Lviv region of Ukraine.

Density
1,423/km²
people per km²
Founded
1241

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 Sambir 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)
10-4
20-4
30-4
40-4
50-4
60-4
70-4
80-4
91-4
101-4
111-4
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How January really feels in Sambir

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
16 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Sambir 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 / -5°4210.88.38.40.0
Feb / -4°4811.18.29.80.0
Mar / -1°5211.85.211.50.8
Apr14° / 6111.81.913.43.7
May19° / 9615.5015.15.3
Jun22° / 12°9715.40165.7
Jul24° / 14°11715.8015.66.0
Aug23° / 13°8412.3014.26.6
Sep19° / 7810.9012.45.7
Oct13° / 6410.20.810.53.6
Nov / 5210.63.98.90.9
Dec / -3°4911.17.780.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22179
32080
42080
52080
62179
72179
82278
92476
102476
112575
122575
132773
142872
152872
162971
172971
182971
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202971
212971
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312476

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Sambir gets around 42 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13927
23827
33826
43726
53726
63625
73625
83625
93525
103524
113524
123424
133424
143424
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163425
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213428
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273530
283530
293630
303630
313630

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
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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 15 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
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
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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 8:30 AM to 8:11 AM, and sunset from 4:30 PM to 5:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:304:30
28.08:304:31
38.08:304:32
48.18:304:33
58.18:304:34
68.18:304:35
78.18:294:37
88.18:294:38
98.28:294:39
108.28:284:40
118.28:284:41
128.28:284:42
138.38:274:44
148.38:264:45
158.38:264:46
168.48:254:48
178.48:254:49
188.48:244:51
198.58:234:52
208.58:224:53
218.68:214:55
228.68:204:56
238.68:194:58
248.78:194:59
258.78:175:01
268.88:165:03
278.88:155:04
288.98:145:06
298.98:135:07
309.08:125:09
319.08:115:10

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.8 kWh/m² to a high of 5.4 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.04 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.8Dim
20.8Dim
30.8Dim
40.9Dim
50.9Dim
60.9Dim
70.9Dim
80.9Dim
90.9Dim
100.9Dim
111.0Dim
121.0Dim
131.0Dim
141.0Dim
151.0Dim
161.0Dim
171.1Dim
181.1Dim
191.1Dim
201.1Dim
211.1Dim
221.2Dim
231.2Dim
241.2Dim
251.2Dim
261.2Dim
271.3Dim
281.3Dim
291.3Dim
301.3Dim
311.4Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Sambir?

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 Sambir.

What to pack for Sambir in January

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

In January, Sambir sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Sambir 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 Sambir peaks around June 23 at about 7 (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 highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sambir?

Sambir sits at 49.5°N, 23.2°E, 300 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Drohobych, 29 km away.

Topography around Sambir

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sambir has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 297 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 357 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,205 m.

The land around Sambir is covered by cropland (33%), grassland (24%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, cropland (47%), trees (31%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
357 m
80 km
1,205 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Drohobych 29 km · Boryslav 30 km · Mostyska 31 km · Truskavets 34 km · Stebnyk 35 km · Przemyśl 43 km · Horodok 44 km · Novoyavorivs'k 53 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 Sambir (49.5162°, 23.2013°, elevation 300 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).