Climate averages 1991–2020
Kharkiv weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Kharkiv: daytime highs average -2.4°C and nights cool to about -7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Belgorod (73 km away). In January its highs average -3.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kharkiv, with 40 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kharkiv ranks 55th of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 37th of 59 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is -0.5°C; Kharkiv is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to -1.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 35 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
Kharkiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -2.4°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 40 | 9.6 | 8.69 h |
| February | -1.1°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 35 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 4.8°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 44 | 9.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 42 | 9.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 20.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 53 | 10.3 | 15.415 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 61 | 10.2 | 16.316 h |
| July | 26.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 58 | 10.3 | 15.916 h |
| August | 25.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 43 | 6.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 45 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 44 | 7.6 | 10.811 h |
| November | 3.9°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 38 | 7.4 | 9.19 h |
| December | -0.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 43 | 8.7 | 8.28 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
- Belgorod in JanuaryRussia · 73 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -7.8°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Poltava in JanuaryUkraine · 130 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -6.7°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Sumy in JanuaryUkraine · 146 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -7.5°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Slovyansk in JanuaryUkraine · 159 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Pavlohrad in JanuaryUkraine · 164 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Samar in JanuaryUkraine · 167 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -5.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Kramatorsk in JanuaryUkraine · 168 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -6.2°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Gubkin in JanuaryRussia · 171 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.4°C · 39 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 Kharkiv) is explained once on the Kharkiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.