Zolotonosha weather in January

In January, Zolotonosha sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 35 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-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 7% 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 Zolotonosha's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zolotonosha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
35 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
7:51 AM – 4:12 PM
Cloud cover
85%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Zolotonosha is city of Ukraine.

Density
13/km²
people per km²
Founded
1576

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 Zolotonosha reaches about -1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -9°C and 4°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-1-5
2-1-5
3-1-5
4-1-5
5-1-5
6-1-5
7-1-5
8-1-5
9-1-5
10-1-5
11-1-5
12-1-5
13-1-5
14-1-5
15-1-5
16-1-5
17-1-5
18-1-6
19-1-6
20-1-6
21-1-6
22-2-6
23-2-6
24-2-6
25-2-6
26-2-6
27-2-6
28-2-6
29-2-6
30-1-6
31-1-6

How January really feels in Zolotonosha

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.

Zolotonosha weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -6°358.26.58.40.0
Feb / -5°327.35.49.80.0
Mar / -1°398.83.811.50.6
Apr14° / 398.60.513.44.3
May21° / 11°5510015.16.5
Jun24° / 15°6610.40166.9
Jul26° / 17°649.8015.66.8
Aug26° / 15°427.4014.27.3
Sep20° / 11°548.3012.46.5
Oct13° / 427.90.310.53.6
Nov / 387.62.78.80.4
Dec / -4°398.35.480.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 86%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
31486
41486
51387
61387
71387
81387
91387
101387
111387
121387
131387
141387
151387
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221486
231486
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251486
261486
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281783
291684
301684
311684

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Zolotonosha gets around 35 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 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 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12820
22820
32720
42720
52720
62620
72619
82619
92619
102619
112519
122519
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212621
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282825
292825
302925
312925

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 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
1313light breeze
1413light breeze
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1613light breeze
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1813light breeze
1913light breeze
2013light breeze
2113light breeze
2213light breeze
2314light breeze
2414light breeze
2514light breeze
2614light breeze
2714light breeze
2814light breeze
2914light breeze
3014light breeze
3114light 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 7:56 AM to 7:36 AM, and sunset from 3:54 PM to 4:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.07:563:54
28.07:563:55
38.07:563:56
48.07:553:57
58.17:553:58
68.17:553:59
78.17:554:00
88.17:554:02
98.17:544:03
108.27:544:04
118.27:534:05
128.27:534:06
138.37:524:08
148.37:524:09
158.37:514:10
168.47:514:12
178.47:504:13
188.47:494:15
198.57:484:16
208.57:474:17
218.57:474:19
228.67:464:20
238.67:454:22
248.77:444:23
258.77:434:25
268.77:424:27
278.87:414:28
288.87:394:30
298.97:384:31
308.97:374:33
319.07:364:35

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.87 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
20.7Dim
30.7Dim
40.7Dim
50.7Dim
60.7Dim
70.7Dim
80.7Dim
90.8Dim
100.8Dim
110.8Dim
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140.8Dim
150.8Dim
160.8Dim
170.9Dim
180.9Dim
190.9Dim
200.9Dim
210.9Dim
221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.2Dim
301.2Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Zolotonosha?

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 Zolotonosha.

What to pack for Zolotonosha in January

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

In January, Zolotonosha sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

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UV index in Zolotonosha 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 Zolotonosha peaks around July 13 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 13UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Zolotonosha?

Zolotonosha sits at 49.7°N, 32.0°E, 99 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Cherkasy, 25 km away.

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Topography around Zolotonosha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zolotonosha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 96 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m.

The land around Zolotonosha is covered by trees (37%) and cropland (26%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
61 m
80 km
234 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Cherkasy 25 km · Kaniv 42 km · Smila 50 km · Pereiaslav 61 km · Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi 63 km · Yahotyn 70 km · Lubny 79 km · Berezan 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 Zolotonosha (49.6693°, 32.0364°, elevation 99 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).