Sheptytskyi weather in January

In January, Sheptytskyi sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 9.2 wet days and about 8.3 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 11% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sheptytskyi's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sheptytskyi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
36 mm
9.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
8:25 AM – 4:40 PM
Cloud cover
80%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Sheptytskyi is city of Ukraine.

Density
1,710/km²
people per km²
Founded
1692

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 Sheptytskyi 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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How January really feels in Sheptytskyi

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.

Sheptytskyi 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°369.26.58.30.0
Feb / -4°3710.16.99.70.0
Mar / -1°43103.611.50.8
Apr14° / 4710.6113.54.0
May19° / 7813.5015.25.7
Jun23° / 13°8313.2016.16.2
Jul25° / 14°9613.5015.86.4
Aug24° / 14°6910.7014.36.8
Sep19° / 10°6910.1012.45.9
Oct13° / 498.90.410.53.6
Nov / 409.32.98.80.7
Dec / -3°399.65.77.90.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21783
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Sheptytskyi gets around 36 mm of rain and snow over 9.2 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 30% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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313424

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 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
115light breeze
215light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min 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 8:09 AM, and sunset from 4:22 PM to 5:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.98:304:22
27.98:304:23
37.98:304:24
47.98:304:25
57.98:304:26
68.08:304:27
78.08:294:28
88.08:294:29
98.08:294:31
108.18:284:32
118.18:284:33
128.18:274:34
138.28:274:36
148.28:264:37
158.28:254:38
168.38:254:40
178.38:244:41
188.38:234:43
198.48:224:44
208.48:224:46
218.48:214:47
228.58:204:49
238.58:194:50
248.68:184:52
258.68:174:53
268.78:164:55
278.78:144:57
288.88:134:58
298.88:125:00
308.88:115:02
318.98:095:03

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.66 kWh/m² to a high of 5.58 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.89 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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251.1Dim
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311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Sheptytskyi?

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 Sheptytskyi.

What to pack for Sheptytskyi in January

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

In January, Sheptytskyi sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -5°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 Sheptytskyi 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 Sheptytskyi peaks around July 17 at about 7 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 17UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sheptytskyi?

Sheptytskyi sits at 50.4°N, 24.2°E, 180 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Sokal, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Sheptytskyi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sheptytskyi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 196 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 327 m.

The land around Sheptytskyi is covered by trees (40%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (46%), trees (30%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
101 m
80 km
327 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Sokal 9.0 km · Novovolynsk 38 km · Volodymyr-Volynskyi 51 km · Hrubieszów 52 km · Tomaszów Lubelski 59 km · Lviv 64 km · Vynnyky 65 km · Novyi Lviv 66 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 Sheptytskyi (50.394°, 24.2394°, elevation 180 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).