Shpola weather in January

In January, Shpola sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 34 mm of precipitation across 8 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-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 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Shpola's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shpola's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
34 mm
8 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
7:50 AM – 4:17 PM
Cloud cover
84%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Shpola is city of Ukraine.

Density
272/km²
people per km²
Founded
1594

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 Shpola 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 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-1-5
2-1-5
3-1-5
4-1-5
5-1-5
6-1-5
7-1-5
8-1-5
9-1-5
10-1-5
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15-1-5
16-1-5
17-1-6
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20-1-6
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23-1-6
24-1-6
25-1-6
26-1-6
27-1-6
28-1-7
29-1-7
30-1-7
31-1-6

How January really feels in Shpola

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
29 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Shpola weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -6°3486.58.50.0
Feb / -5°306.55.39.80.0
Mar / -1°399.3411.60.8
Apr15° / 429.10.513.44.4
May21° / 10°5810.90156.3
Jun24° / 14°7211.1015.96.7
Jul26° / 16°6410.4015.66.7
Aug26° / 15°457.2014.27.3
Sep20° / 10°528.2012.46.6
Oct13° / 417.40.310.53.8
Nov / 387.32.68.90.5
Dec / -4°367.75.18.10.0

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 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11387
21387
31387
41387
51387
61288
71288
81288
91288
101288
111288
121288
131387
141387
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301783
311882

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Shpola gets around 34 mm of rain and snow over 8 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 25% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12922
22822
32822
42821
52821
62721
72721
82620
92620
102620
112519
122519
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142419
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292522
302522
312521

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
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 13 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
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
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2713light breeze
2813light breeze
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3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 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 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:55 AM to 7:36 AM, and sunset from 4:00 PM to 4:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.17:554:00
28.17:554:01
38.17:554:02
48.17:554:03
58.17:554:04
68.27:554:05
78.27:544:06
88.27:544:07
98.27:544:08
108.37:534:09
118.37:534:11
128.37:534:12
138.37:524:13
148.47:524:14
158.47:514:16
168.47:504:17
178.57:504:18
188.57:494:20
198.57:484:21
208.67:474:23
218.67:474:24
228.77:464:26
238.77:454:27
248.77:444:29
258.87:434:30
268.87:424:32
278.97:414:33
288.97:404:35
299.07:394:36
309.07:374:38
319.17:364:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.93 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.91 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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40.8Dim
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190.9Dim
201.0Dim
211.0Dim
221.0Dim
231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.2Dim
291.2Dim
301.2Dim
311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Shpola?

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 Shpola.

What to pack for Shpola in January

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

In January, Shpola sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Shpola 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 Shpola peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 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 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Shpola?

Shpola sits at 49.0°N, 31.4°E, 155 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Bahacheve, 25 km away.

NovoukrayinkaKaniv

Topography around Shpola

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shpola has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 159 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 238 m.

The land around Shpola is covered by cropland (56%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (73%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
75 m
16 km
166 m
80 km
238 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Bahacheve 25 km · Zvenyhorodka 32 km · Smila 43 km · Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi 46 km · Cherkasy 68 km · Bohuslav 70 km · Novoukrayinka 78 km · Kaniv 82 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 Shpola (49.0129°, 31.3926°, elevation 155 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).