Climate averages 1991–2020
Yalta weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Yalta: daytime highs average 4.7°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 15 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Simferopol (51 km away). In January its highs average 3.4°C, 1.4°C cooler than Yalta, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Yalta ranks 2nd of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 37th of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is -0.5°C; Yalta is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 5.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Yalta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 40 | 9.3 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.2°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 33 | 7.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 8.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 37 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 30 | 7.1 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 33 | 7.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 23.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 44 | 8.2 | 15.515 h |
| July | 26.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 36 | 6.3 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 34 | 6.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 30 | 6.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 36 | 5.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 40 | 7.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 42 | 8.8 | 8.99 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Simferopol in JanuaryUkraine · 51 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Sevastopol in JanuaryUkraine · 52 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low 1.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Yevpatoriya in JanuaryUkraine · 100 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Kerch in JanuaryUkraine · 205 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low 0.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Melitopol in JanuaryUkraine · 277 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -3.6°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Novorossiysk in JanuaryRussia · 286 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Mykolayiv in JanuaryUkraine · 323 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Berdyansk in JanuaryUkraine · 323 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -2.2°C · 42 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 Yalta) is explained once on the Yalta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.