Climate averages 1991–2020
Kropyvnytskyi weather
in January.
A freezing month with light 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 Kropyvnytskyi: daytime highs average -0.5°C and nights cool to about -5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 35 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oleksandriya (65 km away). In January its highs average -0.7°C, about as warm as Kropyvnytskyi, with 36 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kropyvnytskyi ranks joint 22nd of 59 for the warmest January highs and 19th of 59 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is -0.5°C; Kropyvnytskyi is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 1.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 35 mm to 29 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
Kropyvnytskyi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -0.5°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 35 | 7.6 | 8.89 h |
| February | 1.3°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 29 | 6.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 6.8°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 40 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 39 | 8.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 53 | 10.1 | 15.215 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 68 | 10.8 | 16.016 h |
| July | 27.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 58 | 9.4 | 15.716 h |
| August | 26.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 42 | 6.8 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 47 | 7.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 39 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 36 | 6.2 | 9.39 h |
| December | 1.1°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 34 | 6.8 | 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
- Oleksandriya in JanuaryUkraine · 65 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -5.5°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Kremenchuk in JanuaryUkraine · 104 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -5.3°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Cherkasy in JanuaryUkraine · 105 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -5.2°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Kryvyy Rih in JanuaryUkraine · 107 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -5.2°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Uman in JanuaryUkraine · 153 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Mykolayiv in JanuaryUkraine · 172 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Kamyanske in JanuaryUkraine · 172 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -5.6°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Nikopol in JanuaryUkraine · 189 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -4.6°C · 34 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 Kropyvnytskyi) is explained once on the Kropyvnytskyi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.