Kyiv climate

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Kyiv is warmest in July, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -6.1 °C. July is the wettest month (83 mm) and February the driest (34 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kyiv averages 611 mm of rain, 46 days above 25 °C and 119 days below freezing.

Ukraine · 179 m elevation · population 2,952,301 · 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 February -6.1 °C
Driest month February 34 mm
Wettest month July 83 mm
Least cloud August 47 % cloud
Hottest on record August 36 °C
Coldest on record December -31 °C

What to expectKyiv through the year

Kyiv has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -0.3 °C in February to 25 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 46 days a year reach 25 °C, 7 of them reach 30 °C, 119 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 83 mm against 34 mm in February — 2.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-1.7 °C	34 mm	85 %
February	-0.3 °C	34 mm	81 %
March	5.2 °C	40 mm	71 %
April	13.4 °C	44 mm	61 %
May	19.5 °C	63 mm	56 %
June	23.1 °C	69 mm	54 %
July	24.8 °C	83 mm	50 %
August	24.1 °C	53 mm	47 %
September	18.4 °C	59 mm	58 %
October	11.5 °C	45 mm	66 %
November	4.4 °C	42 mm	82 %
December	-0.3 °C	44 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	-1.7 °C	-6.1 °C	-3.8 °C	9.8 °C	-27.4 °C	0	0	27
February	-0.3 °C	-6.1 °C	-3.1 °C	13.5 °C	-31.0 °C	0	0	25
March	5.2 °C	-2.4 °C	1.4 °C	18.3 °C	-20.7 °C	0	0	21
April	13.4 °C	4.0 °C	8.8 °C	26.9 °C	-7.2 °C	0	0	4
May	19.5 °C	10.1 °C	15.1 °C	31.9 °C	0.8 °C	4	0	0
June	23.1 °C	14.3 °C	19.0 °C	32.7 °C	5.5 °C	11	1	0
July	24.8 °C	16.2 °C	20.7 °C	33.7 °C	9.4 °C	15	2	0
August	24.1 °C	15.4 °C	19.9 °C	36.2 °C	7.8 °C	13	3	0
September	18.4 °C	10.6 °C	14.4 °C	33.3 °C	-0.2 °C	3	0	0
October	11.5 °C	5.1 °C	8.2 °C	24.3 °C	-9.3 °C	0	0	3
November	4.4 °C	0.1 °C	2.3 °C	17.8 °C	-24.5 °C	0	0	14
December	-0.3 °C	-4.3 °C	-2.2 °C	13.4 °C	-31.3 °C	0	0	25

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	34 mm	8	8.5 h/day	85 %	84 %	19 km/h
February	34 mm	8	10 h/day	81 %	82 %	19 km/h
March	40 mm	9	12 h/day	71 %	77 %	19 km/h
April	44 mm	9	14 h/day	61 %	70 %	18 km/h
May	63 mm	11	15 h/day	56 %	67 %	17 km/h
June	69 mm	11	16 h/day	54 %	67 %	17 km/h
July	83 mm	12	16 h/day	50 %	70 %	16 km/h
August	53 mm	8	15 h/day	47 %	67 %	15 km/h
September	59 mm	9	13 h/day	58 %	72 %	17 km/h
October	45 mm	8	11 h/day	66 %	78 %	17 km/h
November	42 mm	8	9.0 h/day	82 %	84 %	18 km/h
December	44 mm	9	8.0 h/day	85 %	86 %	18 km/h

How Kyiv 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
Kyiv	25 °C	-6.1 °C	611 mm	46
Bila Tserkva · Ukraine	25 °C	-5.7 °C	595 mm	50
Zhytomyr · Ukraine	24 °C	-5.9 °C	624 mm	40
Cherkasy · Ukraine	26 °C	-5.5 °C	539 mm	55
Vinnytsya · Ukraine	25 °C	-5.8 °C	612 mm	46
Homyel' · Belarus	24 °C	-7.0 °C	627 mm	37

Where Kyiv ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	16thof 50	92/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kyiv’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kyiv?

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 Kyiv get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 7 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 -6.1 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 119 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kyiv?

July, averaging 83 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is February with 34 mm. The year as a whole averages 611 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 Kyiv 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.