Slavuta weather in January

In January, Slavuta sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 34 mm of precipitation across 8.6 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 -1°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 Slavuta's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Slavuta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
34 mm
8.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
8:14 AM – 4:30 PM
Cloud cover
85%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Slavuta is city in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine.

Density
1,753/km²
people per km²
Founded
1634

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 Slavuta reaches about -1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°C overnight — a 4°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)
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30-5
40-5
50-5
60-5
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100-5
110-5
12-1-5
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19-1-5
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21-1-6
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31-1-6

How January really feels in Slavuta

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.

Slavuta 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-1° / -5°348.67.38.30.0
Feb / -5°359.57.49.70.0
Mar / -1°42104.711.50.6
Apr14° / 4810.8113.53.8
May19° / 6812.1015.25.8
Jun23° / 13°8213.6016.16.1
Jul24° / 14°10013.7015.76.4
Aug24° / 13°6610.1014.36.9
Sep19° / 609.7012.45.9
Oct12° / 4590.510.53.3
Nov / 419.238.80.5
Dec / -4°399.86.77.90.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21288
31189
41189
51189
61189
71189
81288
91288
101288
111387
121387
131486
141486
151387
161387
171486
181486
191585
201585
211486
221387
231387
241387
251387
261387
271387
281486
291486
301585
311585

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Slavuta gets around 34 mm of rain and snow over 8.6 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 28% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13222
23222
33122
43122
53022
62922
72922
82822
92822
102722
112722
122722
132622
142622
152522
162522
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182422
192422
202523
212523
222624
232624
242725
252825
262925
273026
283126
293226
303326
313326

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
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 14 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
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
1514light breeze
1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2114light breeze
2215light breeze
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2615light breeze
2715light breeze
2815light breeze
2915light breeze
3015light breeze
3115light breeze

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 8:19 AM to 7:59 AM, and sunset from 4:12 PM to 4:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.98:194:12
27.98:194:13
37.98:194:14
47.98:194:15
58.08:194:16
68.08:194:17
78.08:184:18
88.08:184:19
98.08:184:21
108.18:174:22
118.18:174:23
128.18:164:24
138.28:164:26
148.28:154:27
158.28:154:28
168.38:144:30
178.38:134:31
188.38:124:33
198.48:124:34
208.48:114:36
218.58:104:37
228.58:094:39
238.58:084:40
248.68:074:42
258.68:064:43
268.78:054:45
278.78:044:47
288.88:024:48
298.88:014:50
308.98:004:51
318.97:594:53

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.86 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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40.7Dim
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90.8Dim
100.8Dim
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140.8Dim
150.8Dim
160.8Dim
170.9Dim
180.9Dim
190.9Dim
200.9Dim
210.9Dim
221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.2Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Slavuta?

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 Slavuta.

What to pack for Slavuta in January

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

In January, Slavuta sees daytime highs around -1°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 Slavuta 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 Slavuta 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 20 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 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Slavuta?

Slavuta sits at 50.3°N, 26.9°E, 217 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Netishyn, 16 km away.

Topography around Slavuta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Slavuta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 221 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 256 m.

The land around Slavuta is covered by trees (54%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and cropland (54%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
90 m
80 km
256 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Netishyn 16 km · Shepetivka 19 km · Iziaslav 20 km · Polonne 50 km · Zdolbuniv 50 km · Rivne 57 km · Zvyahel 62 km · Starokostyantyniv 65 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 Slavuta (50.2961°, 26.8661°, elevation 217 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).