Climate averages 1991–2020
Lviv weather
in January.
A freezing 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 freezing month in Lviv: daytime highs average -0.1°C and nights cool to about -5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Drohobych (65 km away). In January its highs average -0.2°C, about as warm as Lviv, with 43 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Lviv ranks joint 15th of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 31st of 59 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is -0.5°C; Lviv is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 1.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 39 mm to 43 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
Lviv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -0.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 39 | 9.9 | 8.69 h |
| February | 1.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 43 | 10.8 | 10.110 h |
| March | 6.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 49 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 55 | 11.9 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 93 | 14.9 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 94 | 14.7 | 16.316 h |
| July | 23.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 112 | 15.2 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 81 | 11.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 72 | 10.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 56 | 9.6 | 10.811 h |
| November | 6.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 47 | 10.2 | 9.19 h |
| December | 1.3°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 46 | 10.9 | 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
- Drohobych in JanuaryUkraine · 65 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -5.7°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Ivano-Frankivsk in JanuaryUkraine · 113 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -5.6°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Ternopil in JanuaryUkraine · 117 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Lutsk in JanuaryUkraine · 139 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -4.8°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Rzeszów in JanuaryPoland · 147 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -4.4°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Rivne in JanuaryUkraine · 180 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -5.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Mukachevo in JanuaryUkraine · 182 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -5.1°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Uzhhorod in JanuaryUkraine · 184 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -4.5°C · 50 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 Lviv) is explained once on the Lviv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.