Lviv climate
Lviv is warmest in July, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.2 °C. July is the wettest month (112 mm) and January the driest (40 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Lviv averages 785 mm of rain, 29 days above 25 °C and 105 days below freezing.
Ukraine · population 717,273 · 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 23 °C
- Coldest month January -5.2 °C
- Driest month January 40 mm
- Wettest month July 112 mm
- Least cloud August 52 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 33 °C
- Coldest on record January -30 °C
What to expectLviv through the year
Lviv has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -0.1 °C in January to 23 °C in July, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 29 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C, 105 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 112 mm against 40 mm in January — 2.8 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 | 40 mm | 78 % |
| February | 1.5 °C | 44 mm | 76 % |
| March | 6.5 °C | 49 mm | 69 % |
| April | 13.6 °C | 56 mm | 61 % |
| May | 18.4 °C | 92 mm | 61 % |
| June | 21.7 °C | 92 mm | 59 % |
| July | 23.4 °C | 112 mm | 57 % |
| August | 23.2 °C | 79 mm | 52 % |
| September | 18.1 °C | 73 mm | 60 % |
| October | 12.5 °C | 55 mm | 65 % |
| November | 6.4 °C | 47 mm | 75 % |
| December | 1.3 °C | 45 mm | 79 % |
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 | -5.2 °C | -2.6 °C | 12.0 °C | -30.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| February | 1.5 °C | -4.6 °C | -1.5 °C | 14.8 °C | -27.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| March | 6.5 °C | -1.3 °C | 2.6 °C | 18.8 °C | -22.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| April | 13.6 °C | 4.0 °C | 8.9 °C | 26.5 °C | -10.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| May | 18.4 °C | 9.2 °C | 14.0 °C | 28.7 °C | -2.9 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 21.7 °C | 13.0 °C | 17.6 °C | 30.8 °C | 5.3 °C | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 23.4 °C | 15.0 °C | 19.3 °C | 32.3 °C | 7.8 °C | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| August | 23.2 °C | 14.6 °C | 19.0 °C | 33.2 °C | 6.5 °C | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| September | 18.1 °C | 10.3 °C | 14.2 °C | 33.1 °C | 1.9 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 12.5 °C | 5.7 °C | 8.9 °C | 24.1 °C | -8.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| November | 6.4 °C | 1.2 °C | 3.7 °C | 19.8 °C | -15.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| December | 1.3 °C | -3.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 13.5 °C | -26.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 22 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40 mm | 10 | 8.6 h/day | 78 % | 83 % | 20 km/h |
| February | 44 mm | 11 | 10 h/day | 76 % | 82 % | 20 km/h |
| March | 49 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 69 % | 76 % | 20 km/h |
| April | 56 mm | 12 | 14 h/day | 61 % | 71 % | 19 km/h |
| May | 92 mm | 15 | 15 h/day | 61 % | 73 % | 17 km/h |
| June | 92 mm | 14 | 16 h/day | 59 % | 75 % | 17 km/h |
| July | 112 mm | 15 | 16 h/day | 57 % | 76 % | 16 km/h |
| August | 79 mm | 12 | 14 h/day | 52 % | 74 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 73 mm | 10 | 13 h/day | 60 % | 77 % | 17 km/h |
| October | 55 mm | 10 | 11 h/day | 65 % | 80 % | 19 km/h |
| November | 47 mm | 10 | 9.1 h/day | 75 % | 84 % | 19 km/h |
| December | 45 mm | 10 | 8.1 h/day | 79 % | 84 % | 20 km/h |
How Lviv 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lviv | 23 °C | -5.2 °C | 785 mm | 29 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk · Ukraine | 24 °C | -5.7 °C | 727 mm | 35 |
| Rzeszów · Poland | 24 °C | -4.5 °C | 800 mm | 35 |
| Rivne · Ukraine | 24 °C | -5.3 °C | 684 mm | 37 |
| Lublin · Poland | 24 °C | -4.6 °C | 689 mm | 31 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Lviv.
QuestionsCommon questions about Lviv’s climate
When is the best time to visit Lviv?
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 Lviv get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. About 3 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -5.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 105 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Lviv?
July, averaging 112 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is January with 40 mm. The year as a whole averages 785 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 Lviv 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
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.