Cherkasy climate

Name: Cherkasy
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Cherkasy is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.5 °C. June is the wettest month (64 mm) and February the driest (31 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Cherkasy averages 539 mm of rain, 55 days above 25 °C and 108 days below freezing.

Ukraine · 110 m elevation · population 269,836 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 26 °C
Coldest month January -5.5 °C
Driest month February 31 mm
Wettest month June 64 mm
Least cloud August 44 % cloud
Hottest on record August 36 °C
Coldest on record December -27 °C

What to expectCherkasy through the year

Cherkasy has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -1.2 °C in January to 26 °C in July, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 55 days a year reach 25 °C, 11 of them reach 30 °C, 108 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 31 mm in February to 64 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-1.2 °C	35 mm	84 %
February	0.2 °C	31 mm	80 %
March	5.4 °C	39 mm	71 %
April	13.4 °C	39 mm	60 %
May	20.2 °C	56 mm	54 %
June	23.9 °C	64 mm	51 %
July	25.8 °C	60 mm	45 %
August	25.2 °C	40 mm	44 %
September	19.2 °C	54 mm	54 %
October	12.2 °C	43 mm	65 %
November	5.1 °C	39 mm	81 %
December	0.4 °C	38 mm	85 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	-1.2 °C	-5.5 °C	-3.2 °C	8.6 °C	-26.5 °C	0	0	26
February	0.2 °C	-5.2 °C	-2.4 °C	13.2 °C	-26.8 °C	0	0	24
March	5.4 °C	-1.4 °C	2.0 °C	17.9 °C	-16.1 °C	0	0	19
April	13.4 °C	5.0 °C	9.4 °C	27.5 °C	-5.4 °C	0	0	2
May	20.2 °C	11.6 °C	16.1 °C	32.7 °C	1.6 °C	5	0	0
June	23.9 °C	15.9 °C	20.1 °C	32.7 °C	5.8 °C	12	2	0
July	25.8 °C	17.9 °C	22.0 °C	35.6 °C	10.6 °C	18	4	0
August	25.2 °C	17.2 °C	21.3 °C	35.9 °C	10.1 °C	16	5	0
September	19.2 °C	12.1 °C	15.7 °C	32.5 °C	2.1 °C	3	0	0
October	12.2 °C	6.4 °C	9.3 °C	25.1 °C	-3.2 °C	0	0	2
November	5.1 °C	1.1 °C	3.1 °C	20.0 °C	-19.5 °C	0	0	11
December	0.4 °C	-3.3 °C	-1.4 °C	13.4 °C	-27.1 °C	0	0	24

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	35 mm	8	8.6 h/day	84 %	84 %	17 km/h
February	31 mm	7	10 h/day	80 %	81 %	18 km/h
March	39 mm	9	12 h/day	71 %	77 %	18 km/h
April	39 mm	8	14 h/day	60 %	69 %	17 km/h
May	56 mm	10	15 h/day	54 %	66 %	17 km/h
June	64 mm	10	16 h/day	51 %	66 %	16 km/h
July	60 mm	9	16 h/day	45 %	67 %	15 km/h
August	40 mm	6	14 h/day	44 %	64 %	15 km/h
September	54 mm	8	13 h/day	54 %	70 %	16 km/h
October	43 mm	7	11 h/day	65 %	77 %	17 km/h
November	39 mm	7	9.1 h/day	81 %	83 %	17 km/h
December	38 mm	8	8.2 h/day	85 %	84 %	17 km/h

How Cherkasy compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Cherkasy	26 °C	-5.5 °C	539 mm	55
Kropyvnytskyi · Ukraine	27 °C	-5.7 °C	525 mm	68
Kremenchuk · Ukraine	27 °C	-5.5 °C	531 mm	65
Bila Tserkva · Ukraine	25 °C	-5.7 °C	595 mm	50
Kyiv · Ukraine	25 °C	-6.1 °C	611 mm	46
Kryvyy Rih · Ukraine	28 °C	-5.3 °C	502 mm	78

Where Cherkasy ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	10th of 50	92/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in June	47th of 50	90/100

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QuestionsCommon questions about Cherkasy’s climate

When is the best time to visit Cherkasy?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Cherkasy get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 11 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -5.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 108 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Cherkasy?

June, averaging 64 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is February with 31 mm. The year as a whole averages 539 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Cherkasy rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 49.445°, 32.057° , 110 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.