Zolochiv weather in January

In January, Zolochiv sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 42 mm of precipitation across 10.5 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 10% 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 Zolochiv's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zolochiv's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
42 mm
10.5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
8:20 AM – 4:40 PM
Cloud cover
80%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Zolochiv is city in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine.

Density
1,942/km²
people per km²
Founded
1423

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 Zolochiv 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 6°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)
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20-5
30-5
40-5
50-5
60-5
70-5
80-5
90-5
100-5
110-5
120-5
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17-1-5
18-1-5
19-1-5
20-1-5
21-1-5
22-1-6
23-1-6
24-1-6
25-1-6
26-1-6
27-1-6
28-1-6
29-1-6
30-1-6
31-1-6

How January really feels in Zolochiv

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.

Zolochiv 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°4210.58.78.40.0
Feb / -5°43118.29.80.0
Mar / -1°5111.55.111.50.6
Apr14° / 5511.71.413.53.7
May19° / 8314.6015.15.4
Jun22° / 13°9514.50165.9
Jul24° / 14°10614.5015.76.2
Aug24° / 14°8011.6014.26.7
Sep19° / 7310.5012.45.7
Oct13° / 5190.810.53.4
Nov / 4610.648.80.6
Dec / -4°4911.58.180.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21882
31882
41882
51783
61783
71882
81882
91882
101882
111882
121882
131882
142080
152080
162080
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192080
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211981
221981
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301882
311882

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Zolochiv gets around 42 mm of rain and snow over 10.5 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 34% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13828
23728
33728
43628
53627
63627
73527
83526
93526
103426
113425
123425
133325
143325
153325
163226
173226
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193227
203227
213228
223228
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303731
313731

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 15 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
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
1514light breeze
1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2015light breeze
2115light breeze
2215light breeze
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2415light breeze
2515light breeze
2615light breeze
2715light breeze
2815light breeze
2915light breeze
3015light breeze
3115light breeze

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 8:25 AM to 8:05 AM, and sunset from 4:22 PM to 5:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:254:22
28.08:254:23
38.08:254:24
48.08:254:25
58.08:244:26
68.18:244:27
78.18:244:28
88.18:244:30
98.18:234:31
108.18:234:32
118.28:224:33
128.28:224:34
138.28:214:36
148.38:214:37
158.38:204:38
168.38:204:40
178.48:194:41
188.48:184:43
198.48:174:44
208.58:174:45
218.58:164:47
228.68:154:48
238.68:144:50
248.68:134:52
258.78:124:53
268.78:114:55
278.88:104:56
288.88:084:58
298.98:074:59
308.98:065:01
319.08:055:03

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 0.72 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 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
10.8Dim
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30.8Dim
40.8Dim
50.8Dim
60.8Dim
70.8Dim
80.8Dim
90.8Dim
100.8Dim
110.9Dim
120.9Dim
130.9Dim
140.9Dim
150.9Dim
160.9Dim
171.0Dim
181.0Dim
191.0Dim
201.0Dim
211.0Dim
221.1Dim
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 Zolochiv?

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 Zolochiv.

What to pack for Zolochiv in January

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

In January, Zolochiv sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Zolochiv 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 Zolochiv peaks around July 15 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Zolochiv?

Zolochiv sits at 49.8°N, 24.9°E, 244 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Brody, 36 km away.

Topography around Zolochiv

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zolochiv has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m around an average of 278 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 310 m.

The land around Zolochiv is covered by cropland (44%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and trees (37%) within 16 km, and cropland (54%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
119 m
16 km
247 m
80 km
310 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Brody 36 km · Berezhany 40 km · Vynnyky 55 km · Ternopil 57 km · Sykhiv 60 km · Novyi Lviv 63 km · Lviv 63 km · Novyi Rozdil 67 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 Zolochiv (49.8074°, 24.9038°, elevation 244 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).