Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhytomyr 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 Zhytomyr: daytime highs average -1.4°C and nights cool to about -5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berdychiv (42 km away). In January its highs average -1.1°C, about as warm as Zhytomyr, with 32 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Zhytomyr ranks joint 42nd of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 5th of 59 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is -0.5°C; Zhytomyr is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 0.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 32 mm to 33 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
Zhytomyr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -1.4°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 32 | 8.5 | 8.69 h |
| February | 0.1°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 33 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 5.5°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 41 | 10.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 46 | 10.1 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 66 | 11.6 | 15.415 h |
| June | 22.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 71 | 12.0 | 16.316 h |
| July | 24.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 91 | 12.5 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 60 | 9.0 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 56 | 9.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 42 | 8.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | 4.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 41 | 8.2 | 9.19 h |
| December | -0.1°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 38 | 9.3 | 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
- Berdychiv in JanuaryUkraine · 42 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Bila Tserkva in JanuaryUkraine · 115 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -5.6°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Vinnytsya in JanuaryUkraine · 116 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -5.6°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Kyiv in JanuaryUkraine · 133 kmHigh -1.8°C · Low -6.0°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Brovary in JanuaryUkraine · 152 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -5.6°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Khmelnytskyi in JanuaryUkraine · 154 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -5.8°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Rivne in JanuaryUkraine · 177 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -5.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Mazyr in JanuaryBelarus · 201 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 Zhytomyr) is explained once on the Zhytomyr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.