Khmelnytskyi climate

Name: Khmelnytskyi
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Khmelnytskyi is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.9 °C. July is the wettest month (97 mm) and January the driest (34 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Khmelnytskyi averages 651 mm of rain, 38 days above 25 °C and 117 days below freezing.

Ukraine · 295 m elevation · population 274,452 · 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 24 °C
Coldest month January -5.9 °C
Driest month January 34 mm
Wettest month July 97 mm
Least cloud August 49 % cloud
Hottest on record September 34 °C
Coldest on record January -30 °C

What to expectKhmelnytskyi through the year

Khmelnytskyi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -1.0 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 38 days a year reach 25 °C, 4 of them reach 30 °C, 117 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 97 mm against 34 mm in January — 2.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-1.0 °C	34 mm	83 %
February	0.8 °C	35 mm	80 %
March	5.9 °C	42 mm	70 %
April	13.3 °C	49 mm	62 %
May	19.0 °C	65 mm	58 %
June	22.4 °C	82 mm	57 %
July	24.1 °C	97 mm	54 %
August	23.7 °C	62 mm	49 %
September	18.2 °C	66 mm	60 %
October	11.9 °C	45 mm	66 %
November	5.4 °C	40 mm	80 %
December	0.3 °C	35 mm	84 %

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	-1.0 °C	-5.9 °C	-3.3 °C	10.2 °C	-29.9 °C	0	0	27
February	0.8 °C	-5.3 °C	-2.2 °C	14.8 °C	-28.0 °C	0	0	24
March	5.9 °C	-2.2 °C	1.9 °C	18.7 °C	-24.9 °C	0	0	21
April	13.3 °C	3.5 °C	8.6 °C	26.2 °C	-8.7 °C	0	0	5
May	19.0 °C	9.2 °C	14.4 °C	30.2 °C	-1.2 °C	3	0	0
June	22.4 °C	13.1 °C	18.1 °C	31.3 °C	3.7 °C	9	0	0
July	24.1 °C	15.1 °C	19.8 °C	32.9 °C	7.4 °C	13	1	0
August	23.7 °C	14.6 °C	19.3 °C	33.2 °C	5.1 °C	11	2	0
September	18.2 °C	10.1 °C	14.2 °C	33.5 °C	1.0 °C	2	0	0
October	11.9 °C	5.0 °C	8.3 °C	25.3 °C	-8.6 °C	0	0	4
November	5.4 °C	0.5 °C	2.9 °C	17.8 °C	-19.6 °C	0	0	13
December	0.3 °C	-4.2 °C	-1.8 °C	13.3 °C	-26.8 °C	0	0	24

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	34 mm	8	8.6 h/day	83 %	84 %	18 km/h
February	35 mm	9	10 h/day	80 %	82 %	19 km/h
March	42 mm	10	12 h/day	70 %	77 %	19 km/h
April	49 mm	10	14 h/day	62 %	70 %	18 km/h
May	65 mm	12	15 h/day	58 %	68 %	17 km/h
June	82 mm	13	16 h/day	57 %	70 %	16 km/h
July	97 mm	14	16 h/day	54 %	72 %	16 km/h
August	62 mm	9	14 h/day	49 %	69 %	15 km/h
September	66 mm	9	13 h/day	60 %	73 %	17 km/h
October	45 mm	8	11 h/day	66 %	79 %	17 km/h
November	40 mm	8	9.1 h/day	80 %	85 %	18 km/h
December	35 mm	9	8.2 h/day	84 %	86 %	18 km/h

How Khmelnytskyi 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
Khmelnytskyi	24 °C	-5.9 °C	651 mm	38
Vinnytsya · Ukraine	25 °C	-5.8 °C	612 mm	46
Rivne · Ukraine	24 °C	-5.3 °C	684 mm	37
Chernivtsi · Ukraine	25 °C	-6.4 °C	663 mm	47
Zhytomyr · Ukraine	24 °C	-5.9 °C	624 mm	40
Ivano-Frankivsk · Ukraine	24 °C	-5.7 °C	727 mm	35
Lviv · Ukraine	23 °C	-5.2 °C	785 mm	29

Where Khmelnytskyi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	24thof 50	91/100

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QuestionsCommon questions about Khmelnytskyi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Khmelnytskyi?

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 Khmelnytskyi get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 4 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -5.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 117 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Khmelnytskyi?

July, averaging 97 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is January with 34 mm. The year as a whole averages 651 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 Khmelnytskyi 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
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.