Climate averages 1991–2020
Kyiv weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Kyiv: daytime highs average -1.8°C and nights cool to about -6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 34 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brovary (20 km away). In January its highs average -1.3°C, about as warm as Kyiv, with 34 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kyiv ranks joint 48th of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 12th of 59 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is -0.5°C; Kyiv is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to -0.3°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 34 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
Kyiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -1.8°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 34 | 8.5 | 8.59 h |
| February | -0.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 34 | 8.4 | 10.010 h |
| March | 5.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 39 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 44 | 9.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 63 | 11.0 | 15.415 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 68 | 11.0 | 16.416 h |
| July | 24.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 84 | 12.2 | 16.016 h |
| August | 24.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 53 | 8.2 | 14.515 h |
| September | 18.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 58 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 45 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 4.3°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.19 h |
| December | -0.4°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 43 | 9.1 | 8.18 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
- Brovary in JanuaryUkraine · 20 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -5.6°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Bila Tserkva in JanuaryUkraine · 78 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -5.6°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Chernihiv in JanuaryUkraine · 128 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Zhytomyr in JanuaryUkraine · 133 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -5.9°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Berdychiv in JanuaryUkraine · 152 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Cherkasy in JanuaryUkraine · 157 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -5.2°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Uman in JanuaryUkraine · 191 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Mazyr in JanuaryBelarus · 199 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.4°C · 35 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 Kyiv) is explained once on the Kyiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.