Chernivtsi climate

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Chernivtsi is warmest in July, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -6.4 °C. July is the wettest month (99 mm) and January the driest (28 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chernivtsi averages 663 mm of rain, 47 days above 25 °C and 118 days below freezing.

Ukraine · population 264,298 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month January -6.4 °C
Driest month January 28 mm
Wettest month July 99 mm
Least cloud August 48 % cloud
Hottest on record August 35 °C
Coldest on record December -31 °C

What to expectChernivtsi through the year

Chernivtsi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 0.07 °C in January to 25 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 47 days a year reach 25 °C, 8 of them reach 30 °C, 118 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 99 mm against 28 mm in January — 3.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	0.1 °C	28 mm	74 %
February	2.3 °C	32 mm	73 %
March	7.4 °C	45 mm	67 %
April	14.4 °C	53 mm	60 %
May	19.8 °C	71 mm	58 %
June	23.1 °C	94 mm	57 %
July	24.8 °C	99 mm	52 %
August	24.6 °C	64 mm	48 %
September	19.4 °C	62 mm	57 %
October	13.3 °C	46 mm	61 %
November	6.6 °C	35 mm	73 %
December	1.3 °C	34 mm	75 %

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	0.1 °C	-6.4 °C	-3.1 °C	12.4 °C	-29.6 °C	0	0	28
February	2.3 °C	-5.4 °C	-1.5 °C	17.2 °C	-27.7 °C	0	0	25
March	7.4 °C	-1.8 °C	2.8 °C	21.3 °C	-23.3 °C	0	0	20
April	14.4 °C	3.9 °C	9.4 °C	27.9 °C	-5.6 °C	0	0	4
May	19.8 °C	9.5 °C	14.9 °C	30.5 °C	-0.6 °C	4	0	0
June	23.1 °C	13.5 °C	18.6 °C	33.6 °C	6.0 °C	10	1	0
July	24.8 °C	15.3 °C	20.3 °C	34.5 °C	7.7 °C	15	3	0
August	24.6 °C	15.0 °C	19.9 °C	35.3 °C	7.2 °C	14	3	0
September	19.4 °C	10.5 °C	14.9 °C	34.3 °C	1.7 °C	4	0	0
October	13.3 °C	5.1 °C	9.0 °C	26.9 °C	-10.5 °C	0	0	3
November	6.6 °C	0.2 °C	3.3 °C	20.6 °C	-18.6 °C	0	0	14
December	1.3 °C	-4.5 °C	-1.6 °C	15.0 °C	-31.0 °C	0	0	25

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	28 mm	7	8.8 h/day	74 %	82 %	16 km/h
February	32 mm	7	10 h/day	73 %	80 %	17 km/h
March	45 mm	10	12 h/day	67 %	75 %	17 km/h
April	53 mm	10	14 h/day	60 %	70 %	17 km/h
May	71 mm	12	15 h/day	58 %	70 %	16 km/h
June	94 mm	12	16 h/day	57 %	72 %	15 km/h
July	99 mm	12	16 h/day	52 %	72 %	15 km/h
August	64 mm	9	14 h/day	48 %	71 %	14 km/h
September	62 mm	9	13 h/day	57 %	73 %	15 km/h
October	46 mm	8	11 h/day	61 %	78 %	16 km/h
November	35 mm	7	9.2 h/day	73 %	84 %	16 km/h
December	34 mm	8	8.4 h/day	75 %	83 %	16 km/h

How Chernivtsi 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
Chernivtsi	25 °C	-6.4 °C	663 mm	47
Ivano-Frankivsk · Ukraine	24 °C	-5.7 °C	727 mm	35
Khmelnytskyi · Ukraine	24 °C	-5.9 °C	651 mm	38
Iaşi · Romania	27 °C	-5.5 °C	568 mm	75
Vinnytsya · Ukraine	25 °C	-5.8 °C	612 mm	46
Târgu Mureş · Romania	26 °C	-5.8 °C	716 mm	57
Lviv · Ukraine	23 °C	-5.2 °C	785 mm	29

Where Chernivtsi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Europe in November	40th of 50	35 mm
The driest places in Europe in January	43rd of 50	28 mm
The driest places in Europe in December	47th of 50	34 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Chernivtsi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chernivtsi?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Chernivtsi get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 8 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -6.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 118 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Chernivtsi?

July, averaging 99 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is January with 28 mm. The year as a whole averages 663 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 Chernivtsi 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: 48.290°, 25.932° (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.