Yalta weather in January

In January, Yalta sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 9.3 wet days and about 9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 4°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 42 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Yalta's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yalta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
40 mm
9.3 wet days
Daylight
9 hours
8:23 AM – 5:22 PM
Cloud cover
73%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Yalta is city in Crimea, Ukraine.

Density
272/km²
people per km²
Founded
1154

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 4°C through the month.

A typical January day in Yalta reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Yalta

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.

Yalta weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 409.33.790.0
Feb / 337.93.410.10.0
Mar / 379.12.211.61.0
Apr12° / 307.20.413.23.3
May17° / 12°337.5014.66.1
Jun22° / 17°458.2015.37.4
Jul25° / 20°366.30158.0
Aug25° / 20°346.3013.98.0
Sep21° / 16°306.2012.37.4
Oct15° / 11°365.9010.75.3
Nov10° / 407.40.69.42.4
Dec / 428.82.68.70.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
22971
32971
42971
52971
62971
72971
82971
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102971
112971
122872
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Yalta gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 9.3 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 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1309
2299
3299
4289
5289
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7279
8279
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122710
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283317
293317
303317
313217

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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24100
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26100
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28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 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
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
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912light breeze
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3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 42 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:26 AM to 8:12 AM, and sunset from 5:07 PM to 5:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.78:265:07
28.78:265:08
38.78:265:09
48.78:265:10
58.88:265:11
68.88:265:12
78.88:255:13
88.88:255:14
98.88:255:15
108.88:255:16
118.98:255:17
128.98:245:18
138.98:245:19
148.98:245:20
159.08:235:21
169.08:235:22
179.08:225:24
189.18:225:25
199.18:215:26
209.18:215:27
219.18:205:29
229.28:195:30
239.28:195:31
249.28:185:32
259.38:175:34
269.38:165:35
279.48:155:36
289.48:145:38
299.48:145:39
309.58:135:40
319.58:125:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.24 kWh/m² to a high of 6.82 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.48 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.3Dim
21.3Dim
31.3Dim
41.3Dim
51.3Dim
61.3Dim
71.3Dim
81.4Dim
91.4Dim
101.4Dim
111.4Dim
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141.4Dim
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241.6Dim
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261.7Dim
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301.8Dim
311.8Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Yalta?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yalta.

What to pack for Yalta in January

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

In January, Yalta sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Yalta in January

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 14 to Sep 30 — about 3.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May15Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Refreshing
Aug25Warm
Sep22Refreshing
Oct18Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Yalta 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 Yalta peaks around July 20 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 20UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5High
Jun7High
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Yalta?

Yalta sits at 44.5°N, 34.2°E, 54 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Alushta, 27 km away.

Saki

Topography around Yalta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yalta has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 720 m around an average of 138 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,541 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,529 m.

The land around Yalta is covered by trees (50%), water (24%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and water (40%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
720 m
16 km
1,541 m
80 km
1,529 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Alushta 27 km · Bakhchysaray 37 km · Balaklava 45 km · Simferopol 51 km · Sevastopol 52 km · Bilohirsk 71 km · Sudak 75 km · Saki 83 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 Yalta (44.5022°, 34.1662°, elevation 54 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).