Donetsk climate

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Donetsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -6.6 °C. June is the wettest month (63 mm) and August the driest (33 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Donetsk averages 532 mm of rain, 70 days above 25 °C and 124 days below freezing.

Ukraine · population 901,645 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month January -6.6 °C
Driest month August 33 mm
Wettest month June 63 mm
Least cloud August 36 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record January -30 °C

What to expectDonetsk through the year

Donetsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -1.3 °C in January to 27 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 70 days a year reach 25 °C, 21 of them reach 30 °C, 124 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 33 mm in August to 63 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-1.3 °C	41 mm	85 %
February	0.1 °C	36 mm	80 %
March	5.9 °C	43 mm	72 %
April	14.1 °C	45 mm	62 %
May	20.6 °C	59 mm	54 %
June	24.9 °C	63 mm	49 %
July	27.4 °C	49 mm	39 %
August	27.1 °C	33 mm	36 %
September	20.7 °C	41 mm	47 %
October	13.1 °C	40 mm	61 %
November	5.0 °C	38 mm	76 %
December	0.1 °C	43 mm	86 %

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	-1.3 °C	-6.6 °C	-3.9 °C	11.0 °C	-29.8 °C	0	0	28
February	0.1 °C	-6.5 °C	-3.2 °C	16.5 °C	-29.4 °C	0	0	25
March	5.9 °C	-2.4 °C	1.7 °C	19.3 °C	-21.9 °C	0	0	22
April	14.1 °C	4.0 °C	9.1 °C	27.9 °C	-7.6 °C	0	0	3
May	20.6 °C	10.2 °C	15.6 °C	33.6 °C	-0.5 °C	6	1	0
June	24.9 °C	14.7 °C	20.1 °C	35.0 °C	6.1 °C	15	4	0
July	27.4 °C	17.1 °C	22.5 °C	37.2 °C	9.5 °C	22	8	0
August	27.1 °C	16.5 °C	21.9 °C	38.5 °C	8.2 °C	21	8	0
September	20.7 °C	11.1 °C	15.8 °C	33.4 °C	-0.8 °C	6	1	0
October	13.1 °C	5.3 °C	9.0 °C	30.7 °C	-6.0 °C	0	0	4
November	5.0 °C	-0.4 °C	2.2 °C	19.5 °C	-20.5 °C	0	0	16
December	0.1 °C	-4.6 °C	-2.2 °C	12.3 °C	-28.2 °C	0	0	26

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	41 mm	9	8.8 h/day	85 %	85 %	17 km/h
February	36 mm	8	10 h/day	80 %	82 %	17 km/h
March	43 mm	9	12 h/day	72 %	77 %	18 km/h
April	45 mm	10	14 h/day	62 %	70 %	17 km/h
May	59 mm	10	15 h/day	54 %	65 %	16 km/h
June	63 mm	10	16 h/day	49 %	63 %	15 km/h
July	49 mm	8	16 h/day	39 %	60 %	15 km/h
August	33 mm	6	14 h/day	36 %	55 %	15 km/h
September	41 mm	7	13 h/day	47 %	63 %	16 km/h
October	40 mm	7	11 h/day	61 %	75 %	16 km/h
November	38 mm	7	9.3 h/day	76 %	83 %	16 km/h
December	43 mm	9	8.4 h/day	86 %	86 %	17 km/h

How Donetsk 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
Donetsk	27 °C	-6.6 °C	532 mm	70
Mariupol · Ukraine	28 °C	-3.5 °C	467 mm	70
Taganrog · Russia	27 °C	-4.1 °C	516 mm	68
Luhansk · Ukraine	28 °C	-6.7 °C	502 mm	77

Where Donetsk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	24th of 50	94/100
The driest places in Europe in October	43rd of 50	40 mm
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	48th of 50	90/100
The driest places in Europe in September	48th of 50	41 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Donetsk.

QuestionsCommon questions about Donetsk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Donetsk?

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

How hot does Donetsk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 21 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -6.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 124 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Donetsk?

June, averaging 63 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is August with 33 mm. The year as a whole averages 532 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 Donetsk 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: 48.023°, 37.802° (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.