Slavutych weather in January

In January, Slavutych sees average daytime highs of -2°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 9.4 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -2°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 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Slavutych's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Slavutych's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-2°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
37 mm
9.4 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:04 AM – 4:09 PM
Cloud cover
86%
11th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Slavutych is city in northern Ukraine.

Density
1,175/km²
people per km²
Founded
1986

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 -2°C through the month.

A typical January day in Slavutych reaches about -2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -9°C and 4°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)
1-1-6
2-1-6
3-1-6
4-1-6
5-1-6
6-1-6
7-1-6
8-1-6
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31-2-7

How January really feels in Slavutych

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.

Slavutych 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-2° / -6°379.47.58.10.0
Feb-1° / -6°348.77.19.60.0
Mar / -2°399.44.911.50.4
Apr14° / 449.60.613.53.8
May20° / 10°6311.5015.36.1
Jun24° / 14°6611.3016.36.7
Jul25° / 15°8012.8015.96.4
Aug25° / 14°589.5014.47.0
Sep19° / 558.9012.46.0
Oct12° / 4990.310.43.0
Nov / -0°428.63.48.60.2
Dec-1° / -5°449.46.77.70.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
31486
41387
51387
61387
71387
81288
91288
101288
111288
121189
131189
141189
151189
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171189
181189
191288
201387
211387
221387
231486
241486
251486
261486
271486
281585
291684
301684
311684

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Slavutych gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 9.4 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 30% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13122
23122
33122
43122
53022
63022
73022
83022
92922
102922
112922
122922
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142823
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212925
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243126
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263227
273227
283327
293327
303327
313327

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 16 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
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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1616light breeze
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2016light breeze
2116light breeze
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3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:10 AM to 7:48 AM, and sunset from 3:51 PM to 4:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.78:103:51
27.78:103:51
37.78:103:52
47.78:103:54
57.88:103:55
67.88:093:56
77.88:093:57
87.88:093:58
97.98:083:59
107.98:084:01
117.98:074:02
127.98:074:03
138.08:064:05
148.08:054:06
158.08:054:07
168.18:044:09
178.18:034:10
188.28:024:12
198.28:014:13
208.28:004:15
218.38:004:17
228.37:594:18
238.47:574:20
248.47:564:21
258.57:554:23
268.57:544:25
278.67:534:26
288.67:524:28
298.77:504:30
308.77:494:32
318.87:484:33

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.56 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.79 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
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40.6Dim
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230.9Dim
240.9Dim
251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.0Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Slavutych?

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 Slavutych.

What to pack for Slavutych in January

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

In January, Slavutych sees daytime highs around -2°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 Slavutych 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 Slavutych peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Dec 17UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Slavutych?

Slavutych sits at 51.5°N, 30.7°E, 145 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Masany, 36 km away.

RechytsaNizhynGomel

Topography around Slavutych

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Slavutych has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 145 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m.

The land around Slavutych is covered by trees (87%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (46%), cropland (27%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
89 m
80 km
97 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Masany 36 km · Novozavodskyi 37 km · Chernihiv 39 km · Desnyanskyi 41 km · Chernobyl 45 km · Rechytsa 96 km · Nizhyn 97 km · Gomel 103 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 Slavutych (51.5225°, 30.7181°, elevation 145 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).