Climate averages 1991–2020
Chernivtsi weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Chernivtsi: daytime highs average 0.0°C and nights cool to about -6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kamyanets-Podilskyi (65 km away). In January its highs average -0.3°C, about as warm as Chernivtsi, with 28 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Chernivtsi ranks 14th of 59 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 59 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is -0.5°C; Chernivtsi is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 2.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 27 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chernivtsi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 0.0°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 27 | 7.6 | 8.89 h |
| February | 2.2°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 31 | 8.0 | 10.210 h |
| March | 7.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 45 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 55 | 10.1 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 70 | 12.2 | 15.215 h |
| June | 23.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 95 | 12.8 | 16.016 h |
| July | 24.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 99 | 12.4 | 15.716 h |
| August | 24.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 66 | 9.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 19.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 61 | 9.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 45 | 7.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 6.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 35 | 6.9 | 9.39 h |
| December | 1.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 34 | 8.2 | 8.48 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Kamyanets-Podilskyi in JanuaryUkraine · 65 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -5.5°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Suceava in JanuaryRomania · 77 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -7.0°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Botoşani in JanuaryRomania · 81 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Ivano-Frankivsk in JanuaryUkraine · 114 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -5.6°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Ternopil in JanuaryUkraine · 143 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Khmelnytskyi in JanuaryUkraine · 147 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -5.8°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Piatra Neamţ in JanuaryRomania · 156 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -7.6°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Bălţi in JanuaryMoldova · 160 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -4.8°C · 28 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chernivtsi) is explained once on the Chernivtsi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.