Ternopil weather in January

In January, Ternopil sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 35 mm of precipitation across 9.2 wet days and about 8.4 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 9% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ternopil's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ternopil's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
35 mm
9.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:16 AM – 4:38 PM
Cloud cover
82%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Ternopil is city of Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.

Density
3,818/km²
people per km²
Founded
1540

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 Ternopil reaches about -1°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 -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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How January really feels in Ternopil

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.

Ternopil 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°359.27.48.40.0
Feb / -5°369.47.39.80.0
Mar / -1°4511.24.911.50.6
Apr14° / 5211.31.213.43.7
May19° / 7313.6015.15.6
Jun22° / 13°8714.10166.0
Jul24° / 14°9914.4015.66.2
Aug24° / 14°7011.2014.26.8
Sep19° / 679.8012.45.9
Oct12° / 458.50.810.53.5
Nov / 408.83.78.90.5
Dec / -4°409.97.280.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Ternopil gets around 35 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 33% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13325
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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 14 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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:21 AM to 8:01 AM, and sunset from 4:21 PM to 5:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:214:21
28.08:214:22
38.08:214:23
48.08:214:24
58.18:214:25
68.18:204:26
78.18:204:27
88.18:204:28
98.28:194:29
108.28:194:30
118.28:194:31
128.28:184:33
138.38:184:34
148.38:174:35
158.38:164:37
168.48:164:38
178.48:154:39
188.48:144:41
198.58:144:42
208.58:134:44
218.68:124:45
228.68:114:47
238.68:104:48
248.78:094:50
258.78:084:51
268.88:074:53
278.88:064:54
288.98:054:56
298.98:044:58
308.98:024:59
319.08:015:01

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.95 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 Ternopil?

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 Ternopil.

What to pack for Ternopil in January

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

In January, Ternopil 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 Ternopil 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 Ternopil peaks around July 17 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 17UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ternopil?

Ternopil sits at 49.6°N, 25.6°E, 320 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Volochysk, 44 km away.

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Topography around Ternopil

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ternopil has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 332 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 323 m.

The land around Ternopil is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) within 16 km, and cropland (66%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

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84 m
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80 km
323 m
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January weather nearby: Volochysk 44 km · Berezhany 49 km · Zolochiv 57 km · Kremenets 61 km · Chortkiv 62 km · Brody 67 km · Horodok 82 km · Knyahynyn 94 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 Ternopil (49.554°, 25.5907°, elevation 320 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).