Shakhtarske weather in January

In January, Shakhtarske sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 9.3 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-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 h 12 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Shakhtarske's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shakhtarske's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
40 mm
9.3 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
7:28 AM – 4:00 PM
Cloud cover
85%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Shakhtarske is city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.

Density
9,508/km²
people per km²
Founded
1954

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 Shakhtarske 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 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-1-5
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How January really feels in Shakhtarske

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.

Shakhtarske weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -6°409.36.98.60.0
Feb / -6°337.35.29.90.0
Mar / -1°439.74.311.60.8
Apr15° / 438.50.313.44.6
May21° / 11°559.60156.7
Jun26° / 15°6110.5015.86.7
Jul28° / 17°508.4015.56.5
Aug28° / 16°406014.17.0
Sep21° / 11°426.9012.47.1
Oct14° / 406.90.310.64.2
Nov / -0°387.2290.5
Dec / -4°418.258.20.0

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 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21288
31387
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Shakhtarske gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 9.3 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 29% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12719
22720
32720
42721
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82822
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313022

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 (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
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913light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 12 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 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 7:32 AM to 7:14 AM, and sunset from 3:43 PM to 4:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.27:323:43
28.27:323:44
38.27:323:45
48.27:323:46
58.27:323:47
68.37:323:48
78.37:323:49
88.37:313:50
98.37:313:51
108.47:313:52
118.47:303:53
128.47:303:55
138.47:293:56
148.57:293:57
158.57:283:58
168.57:284:00
178.67:274:01
188.67:264:02
198.67:264:04
208.77:254:05
218.77:244:07
228.77:234:08
238.87:224:09
248.87:214:11
258.97:204:12
268.97:194:14
278.97:184:15
289.07:174:17
299.07:164:18
309.17:154:20
319.17:144:22

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.76 kWh/m² to a high of 6.11 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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251.2Dim
261.2Dim
271.3Dim
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291.3Dim
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311.4Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Shakhtarske?

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 Shakhtarske.

What to pack for Shakhtarske in January

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

In January, Shakhtarske sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Shakhtarske 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 Shakhtarske peaks around June 22 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJun 22UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Shakhtarske in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Shakhtarske is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodJul 1916 µg/m³Dec 177 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr10Good
May9Good
Jun11Good
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Shakhtarske?

Shakhtarske sits at 48.3°N, 36.4°E, 132 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Ternivka, 31 km away.

Topography around Shakhtarske

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shakhtarske has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 114 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 219 m.

The land around Shakhtarske is covered by cropland (68%) within 3 km, cropland (76%) within 16 km, and cropland (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
100 m
80 km
219 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Ternivka 31 km · Pavlohrad 44 km · Dobropillia 53 km · Pokrovsk 58 km · Lozova 61 km · Myrnohrad 64 km · Synelnykove 64 km · Selydove 71 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 Shakhtarske (48.3479°, 36.3964°, elevation 132 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).