Mariupol climate

Name: Mariupol
Address: UA

Mariupol is warmest in July, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -3.5 °C. May is the wettest month (50 mm) and August the driest (30 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mariupol averages 467 mm of rain, 70 days above 25 °C and 84 days below freezing.

Ukraine · population 230,000 · 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 -3.5 °C
Driest month August 30 mm
Wettest month May 50 mm
Least cloud August 32 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record January -24 °C
Warmest sea July 25 °C

What to expectMariupol through the year

Mariupol has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 0.4 °C in January to 28 °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, 17 of them reach 30 °C, 84 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 August to 50 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Mariupol is warmest in July at 25 °C and coldest in January at 3.6 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	0.4 °C	42 mm	83 %
February	1.5 °C	37 mm	76 %
March	6.0 °C	42 mm	69 %
April	13.1 °C	39 mm	59 %
May	20.1 °C	50 mm	50 %
June	24.9 °C	47 mm	45 %
July	27.6 °C	36 mm	33 %
August	27.2 °C	30 mm	32 %
September	20.9 °C	33 mm	42 %
October	13.7 °C	34 mm	57 %
November	6.3 °C	37 mm	74 %
December	1.8 °C	41 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	0.4 °C	-3.5 °C	-1.5 °C	9.4 °C	-23.8 °C	0	0	22
February	1.5 °C	-3.2 °C	-0.8 °C	11.3 °C	-20.6 °C	0	0	20
March	6.0 °C	0.5 °C	3.3 °C	18.7 °C	-13.5 °C	0	0	13
April	13.1 °C	6.8 °C	10.2 °C	25.6 °C	-4.5 °C	0	0	1
May	20.1 °C	13.4 °C	17.0 °C	30.9 °C	3.8 °C	4	0	0
June	24.9 °C	17.9 °C	21.7 °C	36.1 °C	8.8 °C	15	3	0
July	27.6 °C	20.4 °C	24.2 °C	36.1 °C	13.1 °C	24	7	0
August	27.2 °C	19.9 °C	23.7 °C	37.8 °C	12.5 °C	22	7	0
September	20.9 °C	14.4 °C	17.8 °C	33.2 °C	3.2 °C	4	0	0
October	13.7 °C	8.4 °C	11.1 °C	25.3 °C	-2.8 °C	0	0	1
November	6.3 °C	2.3 °C	4.3 °C	17.7 °C	-13.7 °C	0	0	8
December	1.8 °C	-1.8 °C	0.1 °C	10.8 °C	-21.9 °C	0	0	19

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	42 mm	8	8.9 h/day	83 %	84 %	21 km/h	3.6 °C
February	37 mm	7	10 h/day	76 %	81 %	22 km/h	3.6 °C
March	42 mm	9	12 h/day	69 %	78 %	22 km/h	4.5 °C
April	39 mm	8	14 h/day	59 %	73 %	21 km/h	9.4 °C
May	50 mm	9	15 h/day	50 %	68 %	19 km/h	17.0 °C
June	47 mm	9	16 h/day	45 %	64 %	19 km/h	22.3 °C
July	36 mm	6	16 h/day	33 %	60 %	18 km/h	24.6 °C
August	30 mm	5	14 h/day	32 %	58 %	18 km/h	24.4 °C
September	33 mm	6	13 h/day	42 %	65 %	19 km/h	19.6 °C
October	34 mm	6	11 h/day	57 %	74 %	20 km/h	13.9 °C
November	37 mm	6	9.4 h/day	74 %	81 %	20 km/h	8.1 °C
December	41 mm	8	8.5 h/day	84 %	84 %	21 km/h	4.7 °C

How Mariupol 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
Mariupol	28 °C	-3.5 °C	467 mm	70
Taganrog · Russia	27 °C	-4.1 °C	516 mm	68
Donetsk · Ukraine	27 °C	-6.6 °C	532 mm	70
Rostov-on-Don · Russia	29 °C	-5.2 °C	524 mm	88

Where Mariupol ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Europe in August	14thof 50	95/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in June	14thof 50	22 °C
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	15thof 50	95/100
The driest places in Europe in October	19thof 50	34 mm
Best beach destinations in Europe in July	21stof 50	93/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in July	23rdof 50	25 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mariupol’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mariupol?

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

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 17 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 -3.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 84 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Mariupol?

May, averaging 50 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is August with 30 mm. The year as a whole averages 467 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 Mariupol 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.