Kryvyy Rih climate

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Kryvyy Rih is warmest in July, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.3 °C. June is the wettest month (60 mm) and February the driest (30 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kryvyy Rih averages 502 mm of rain, 78 days above 25 °C and 107 days below freezing.

Ukraine · 84 m elevation · population 603,904 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month January -5.3 °C
Driest month February 30 mm
Wettest month June 60 mm
Least cloud August 38 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record February -28 °C

What to expectKryvyy Rih through the year

Kryvyy Rih has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -0.07 °C in January to 28 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 78 days a year reach 25 °C, 25 of them reach 30 °C, 107 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 30 mm in February to 60 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-0.1 °C	36 mm	83 %
February	1.8 °C	30 mm	78 %
March	7.3 °C	41 mm	70 %
April	15.1 °C	40 mm	58 %
May	21.6 °C	55 mm	52 %
June	25.5 °C	60 mm	49 %
July	28.0 °C	47 mm	39 %
August	27.7 °C	39 mm	38 %
September	21.6 °C	46 mm	48 %
October	14.2 °C	35 mm	61 %
November	6.5 °C	37 mm	77 %
December	1.6 °C	36 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	-0.1 °C	-5.3 °C	-2.6 °C	11.5 °C	-26.1 °C	0	0	26
February	1.8 °C	-5.0 °C	-1.6 °C	16.3 °C	-28.5 °C	0	0	23
March	7.3 °C	-1.3 °C	3.0 °C	20.5 °C	-19.7 °C	0	0	18
April	15.1 °C	4.8 °C	10.1 °C	29.6 °C	-6.3 °C	0	0	3
May	21.6 °C	11.0 °C	16.6 °C	34.4 °C	0.0 °C	7	1	0
June	25.5 °C	15.6 °C	20.9 °C	35.5 °C	6.8 °C	17	4	0
July	28.0 °C	17.9 °C	23.2 °C	37.8 °C	10.3 °C	24	9	0
August	27.7 °C	17.4 °C	22.7 °C	38.4 °C	9.8 °C	23	9	0
September	21.6 °C	12.2 °C	16.9 °C	34.8 °C	1.0 °C	7	1	0
October	14.2 °C	6.4 °C	10.2 °C	29.7 °C	-4.6 °C	0	0	2
November	6.5 °C	1.1 °C	3.7 °C	19.6 °C	-18.2 °C	0	0	12
December	1.6 °C	-3.1 °C	-0.7 °C	15.4 °C	-23.9 °C	0	0	22

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	36 mm	8	8.8 h/day	83 %	84 %	17 km/h
February	30 mm	6	10 h/day	78 %	80 %	18 km/h
March	41 mm	9	12 h/day	70 %	75 %	19 km/h
April	40 mm	8	14 h/day	58 %	68 %	18 km/h
May	55 mm	10	15 h/day	52 %	63 %	17 km/h
June	60 mm	10	16 h/day	49 %	62 %	16 km/h
July	47 mm	7	16 h/day	39 %	60 %	16 km/h
August	39 mm	6	14 h/day	38 %	56 %	16 km/h
September	46 mm	6	13 h/day	48 %	63 %	17 km/h
October	35 mm	6	11 h/day	61 %	74 %	17 km/h
November	37 mm	7	9.3 h/day	77 %	82 %	17 km/h
December	36 mm	7	8.4 h/day	84 %	84 %	17 km/h

How Kryvyy Rih 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
Kryvyy Rih	28 °C	-5.3 °C	502 mm	78
Kropyvnytskyi · Ukraine	27 °C	-5.7 °C	525 mm	68
Zaporizhzhya · Ukraine	28 °C	-5.0 °C	467 mm	77
Kremenchuk · Ukraine	27 °C	-5.5 °C	531 mm	65
Dnipro · Ukraine	28 °C	-5.8 °C	503 mm	73
Mykolayiv · Ukraine	29 °C	-4.5 °C	435 mm	85
Cherkasy · Ukraine	26 °C	-5.5 °C	539 mm	55

Where Kryvyy Rih ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	17thof 50	95/100
The driest places in Europe in October	23rdof 50	35 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Kryvyy Rih’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kryvyy Rih?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, August, September 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 Kryvyy Rih get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 25 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -5.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 107 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kryvyy Rih?

June, averaging 60 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is February with 30 mm. The year as a whole averages 502 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 Kryvyy Rih 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.