Climate averages 1991–2020
Shakhtarsk weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Shakhtarsk: daytime highs average -1.7°C and nights cool to about -6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yenakiyeve (27 km away). In January its highs average -1.7°C, about as warm as Shakhtarsk, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Shakhtarsk ranks joint 45th of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 49th of 59 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is -0.5°C; Shakhtarsk is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to -0.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 42 mm to 37 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
Shakhtarsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -1.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 42 | 9.0 | 8.99 h |
| February | -0.4°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 37 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| March | 5.6°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 43 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 47 | 9.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 57 | 10.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 57 | 9.6 | 16.016 h |
| July | 27.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 44 | 8.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 32 | 5.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 40 | 6.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 38 | 6.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 37 | 7.0 | 9.39 h |
| December | -0.2°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 43 | 8.7 | 8.58 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
- Yenakiyeve in JanuaryUkraine · 27 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -6.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Khrustalnyi in JanuaryUkraine · 37 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Makiyivka in JanuaryUkraine · 38 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -6.4°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Horlivka in JanuaryUkraine · 41 kmHigh -1.8°C · Low -6.8°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Donetsk in JanuaryUkraine · 47 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -6.4°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Alchevsk in JanuaryUkraine · 53 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -6.9°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Kadiyivka in JanuaryUkraine · 59 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.9°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Bakhmut in JanuaryUkraine · 68 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -6.2°C · 41 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 Shakhtarsk) is explained once on the Shakhtarsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.