Mykolayiv climate

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Mykolayiv is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.5 °C. June is the wettest month (54 mm) and February the driest (29 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mykolayiv averages 435 mm of rain, 85 days above 25 °C and 95 days below freezing.

Ukraine · 42 m elevation · population 470,011 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month January -4.5 °C
Driest month February 29 mm
Wettest month June 54 mm
Least cloud August 34 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record February -27 °C

What to expectMykolayiv through the year

Mykolayiv has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 1.2 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 85 days a year reach 25 °C, 29 of them reach 30 °C, 95 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 29 mm in February to 54 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	1.2 °C	34 mm	78 %
February	3.1 °C	29 mm	75 %
March	8.2 °C	34 mm	67 %
April	15.4 °C	34 mm	56 %
May	21.9 °C	44 mm	50 %
June	26.0 °C	54 mm	47 %
July	28.8 °C	33 mm	35 %
August	28.7 °C	37 mm	34 %
September	22.4 °C	42 mm	46 %
October	15.3 °C	30 mm	58 %
November	8.0 °C	33 mm	74 %
December	3.0 °C	32 mm	80 %

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	1.2 °C	-4.5 °C	-1.6 °C	13.7 °C	-25.3 °C	0	0	25
February	3.1 °C	-3.9 °C	-0.4 °C	18.0 °C	-27.1 °C	0	0	22
March	8.2 °C	-0.3 °C	3.9 °C	20.7 °C	-19.6 °C	0	0	15
April	15.4 °C	5.5 °C	10.5 °C	29.6 °C	-6.0 °C	0	0	2
May	21.9 °C	11.6 °C	17.0 °C	35.2 °C	1.0 °C	7	1	0
June	26.0 °C	16.1 °C	21.4 °C	36.4 °C	7.7 °C	18	5	0
July	28.8 °C	18.5 °C	23.9 °C	38.2 °C	10.6 °C	26	11	0
August	28.7 °C	18.0 °C	23.5 °C	38.7 °C	10.3 °C	25	11	0
September	22.4 °C	12.8 °C	17.6 °C	34.6 °C	3.7 °C	8	1	0
October	15.3 °C	7.2 °C	11.1 °C	30.4 °C	-4.8 °C	0	0	2
November	8.0 °C	2.1 °C	5.0 °C	20.6 °C	-14.8 °C	0	0	10
December	3.0 °C	-2.1 °C	0.5 °C	15.5 °C	-21.2 °C	0	0	20

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	34 mm	6	8.9 h/day	78 %	83 %	18 km/h
February	29 mm	6	10 h/day	75 %	80 %	20 km/h
March	34 mm	8	12 h/day	67 %	76 %	20 km/h
April	34 mm	7	14 h/day	56 %	71 %	19 km/h
May	44 mm	9	15 h/day	50 %	67 %	18 km/h
June	54 mm	8	16 h/day	47 %	65 %	18 km/h
July	33 mm	6	16 h/day	35 %	60 %	17 km/h
August	37 mm	5	14 h/day	34 %	57 %	17 km/h
September	42 mm	6	13 h/day	46 %	66 %	18 km/h
October	30 mm	5	11 h/day	58 %	75 %	18 km/h
November	33 mm	6	9.4 h/day	74 %	82 %	18 km/h
December	32 mm	6	8.5 h/day	80 %	84 %	18 km/h

How Mykolayiv 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
Mykolayiv	29 °C	-4.5 °C	435 mm	85
Odesa · Ukraine	27 °C	-2.5 °C	415 mm	70
Kryvyy Rih · Ukraine	28 °C	-5.3 °C	502 mm	78
Kropyvnytskyi · Ukraine	27 °C	-5.7 °C	525 mm	68
Tiraspol · Moldova	29 °C	-4.6 °C	463 mm	86
Chisinau · Moldova	28 °C	-4.7 °C	538 mm	80
Kremenchuk · Ukraine	27 °C	-5.5 °C	531 mm	65

Where Mykolayiv ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Europe in October	12th of 50	30 mm
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	13th of 50	95/100
The driest places in Europe year-round	35th of 50	36 mm
The driest places in Europe in November	37th of 50	33 mm
The driest places in Europe in December	39th of 50	32 mm
The driest places in Europe in April	43rd of 50	34 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Mykolayiv’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mykolayiv?

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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Mykolayiv get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 29 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -4.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 95 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Mykolayiv?

June, averaging 54 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is February with 29 mm. The year as a whole averages 435 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 Mykolayiv 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
Data point: 46.976°, 31.993° , 42 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.