Climate averages 1991–2020
Mykolayiv weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Mykolayiv: daytime highs average 1.2°C and nights cool to about -4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 59 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Odesa (110 km away). In January its highs average 2.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Mykolayiv, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Mykolayiv ranks 8th of 59 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 59 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is -0.5°C; Mykolayiv is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 3.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 33 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
Mykolayiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.2°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 33 | 6.6 | 9.09 h |
| February | 3.0°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 29 | 6.1 | 10.310 h |
| March | 8.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 33 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 34 | 7.0 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 44 | 9.0 | 15.015 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 53 | 9.0 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 34 | 6.6 | 15.515 h |
| August | 28.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 37 | 5.3 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 42 | 5.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 30 | 5.2 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 33 | 6.1 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.0°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 32 | 6.4 | 8.69 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
- Odesa in JanuaryUkraine · 110 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -2.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Kryvyy Rih in JanuaryUkraine · 148 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -5.2°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Kropyvnytskyi in JanuaryUkraine · 172 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -5.5°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Tiraspol in JanuaryMoldova · 180 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -4.3°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Bender in JanuaryMoldova · 192 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.1°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Nikopol in JanuaryUkraine · 193 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -4.6°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Oleksandriya in JanuaryUkraine · 207 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -5.5°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Yevpatoriya in JanuaryUkraine · 224 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 34 mm rain
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 Mykolayiv) is explained once on the Mykolayiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.