Vinnytsya weather in January

In January, Vinnytsya sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 30 mm of precipitation across 7 wet days and about 8.5 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 Vinnytsya's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vinnytsya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
30 mm
7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:03 AM – 4:28 PM
Cloud cover
83%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Vinnytsya is capital city of Vinnytsia Oblast in western Ukraine.

Density
3,799/km²
people per km²
Founded
1363

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 Vinnytsya 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
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How January really feels in Vinnytsya

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
28 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Vinnytsya 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° / -6°3076.28.50.0
Feb / -5°327.76.29.80.0
Mar / -1°399.44.111.60.7
Apr14° / 47100.913.44.0
May20° / 10°6211.6015.16.1
Jun23° / 13°7912.2015.96.5
Jul25° / 15°8412.5015.66.5
Aug25° / 14°608.7014.27.1
Sep19° / 10°589012.46.2
Oct13° / 407.40.410.53.5
Nov / 397.72.98.90.5
Dec / -4°3585.88.10.0

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 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
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81387
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311882

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Vinnytsya gets around 30 mm of rain and snow over 7 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 23% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12620
22620
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52419
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112218
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312524

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
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3100
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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
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312light breeze
412light breeze
512light 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 8:08 AM to 7:49 AM, and sunset from 4:11 PM to 4:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:084:11
28.18:084:12
38.18:084:13
48.18:084:14
58.18:084:15
68.18:074:16
78.28:074:17
88.28:074:18
98.28:074:19
108.28:064:20
118.38:064:21
128.38:054:23
138.38:054:24
148.38:044:25
158.48:044:27
168.48:034:28
178.48:024:29
188.58:024:31
198.58:014:32
208.68:004:33
218.67:594:35
228.67:584:36
238.77:574:38
248.77:564:39
258.87:554:41
268.87:544:42
278.87:534:44
288.97:524:46
298.97:514:47
309.07:504:49
319.07:494:50

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.93 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.2Dim
281.2Dim
291.2Dim
301.2Dim
311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Vinnytsya?

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 Vinnytsya.

What to pack for Vinnytsya in January

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

In January, Vinnytsya sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Vinnytsya 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 Vinnytsya 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 11 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 11UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vinnytsya?

Vinnytsya sits at 49.2°N, 28.5°E, 248 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Kalynivka, 26 km away.

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Topography around Vinnytsya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vinnytsya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m around an average of 267 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m.

The land around Vinnytsya is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and trees (40%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
87 m
16 km
166 m
80 km
275 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Kalynivka 26 km · Zhmerynka 34 km · Khmilnyk 52 km · Kozyatyn 60 km · Bar 60 km · Tulchyn 69 km · Berdychiv 74 km · Haysyn 81 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 Vinnytsya (49.2322°, 28.4687°, elevation 248 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).