Svalyava weather in January

In January, Svalyava sees average daytime highs of -0°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 82 mm of precipitation across 13.2 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-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 17% 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 Svalyava's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Svalyava's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-0°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
82 mm
13.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
8:22 AM – 4:53 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
1.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Svalyava is city of Ukraine.

Density
1,356/km²
people per km²
Founded
1150

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 Svalyava reaches about -0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -5°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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How January really feels in Svalyava

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
wind chill below the day's low

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

Svalyava 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-0° / -6°8213.210.68.50.0
Feb / -5°8112.49.59.90.0
Mar / -1°8112.45.111.61.0
Apr14° / 7612.61.313.43.9
May19° / 11215.60155.4
Jun22° / 12°11514.6015.85.9
Jul24° / 13°11914.5015.56.3
Aug24° / 13°8511.4014.16.9
Sep19° / 9010.9012.45.9
Oct13° / 10011.30.710.63.6
Nov / 9312.44.690.8
Dec / -4°10313.49.88.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 75%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22080
32080
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52080
62080
72179
82179
92278
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112377
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Svalyava gets around 82 mm of rain and snow over 13.2 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 43% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14535
24535
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84334
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264334
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314437

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 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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126calm
136calm
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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 8:27 AM to 8:08 AM, and sunset from 4:36 PM to 5:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.28:274:36
28.28:274:37
38.28:274:38
48.28:274:39
58.28:264:40
68.28:264:41
78.38:264:42
88.38:264:43
98.38:254:44
108.38:254:45
118.48:254:46
128.48:244:47
138.48:244:49
148.48:234:50
158.58:234:51
168.58:224:53
178.58:214:54
188.68:214:55
198.68:204:57
208.68:194:58
218.78:184:59
228.78:185:01
238.88:175:02
248.88:165:04
258.88:155:05
268.98:145:07
278.98:135:08
289.08:125:10
299.08:115:11
309.18:095:13
319.18:085:15

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.8 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.06 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Is January a good time to visit Svalyava?

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 Svalyava.

What to pack for Svalyava in January

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

In January, Svalyava sees daytime highs around -0°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Svalyava 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 Svalyava peaks around June 23 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Svalyava?

Svalyava sits at 48.5°N, 23.0°E, 204 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Mukachevo, 23 km away.

KisvárdaSninaMichalovce

Topography around Svalyava

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Svalyava has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 319 m around an average of 263 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,356 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,634 m.

The land around Svalyava is covered by trees (62%) within 3 km, trees (87%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) within 80 km.

3 km
319 m
16 km
1,356 m
80 km
1,634 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Mukachevo 23 km · Vynohradiv 45 km · Berehove 46 km · Khust 48 km · Uzhhorod 52 km · Kisvárda 76 km · Snina 78 km · Michalovce 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 Svalyava (48.5474°, 22.9867°, elevation 204 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).