Rivne climate
Rivne is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.3 °C. July is the wettest month (101 mm) and February the driest (37 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Rivne averages 684 mm of rain, 37 days above 25 °C and 111 days below freezing.
Ukraine · population 243,873 · 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 24 °C
- Coldest month January -5.3 °C
- Driest month February 37 mm
- Wettest month July 101 mm
- Least cloud August 51 % cloud
- Hottest on record September 34 °C
- Coldest on record January -30 °C
What to expectRivne through the year
Rivne has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -0.6 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 37 days a year reach 25 °C, 5 of them reach 30 °C, 111 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in September.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 101 mm against 37 mm in February — 2.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.6 °C | 37 mm | 83 % |
| February | 1.0 °C | 37 mm | 80 % |
| March | 6.0 °C | 45 mm | 70 % |
| April | 13.5 °C | 48 mm | 62 % |
| May | 19.0 °C | 69 mm | 59 % |
| June | 22.3 °C | 84 mm | 58 % |
| July | 24.0 °C | 101 mm | 56 % |
| August | 23.7 °C | 68 mm | 51 % |
| September | 18.3 °C | 64 mm | 62 % |
| October | 12.0 °C | 46 mm | 67 % |
| November | 5.7 °C | 43 mm | 80 % |
| December | 0.8 °C | 42 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 | -0.6 °C | -5.3 °C | -2.8 °C | 10.1 °C | -29.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| February | 1.0 °C | -4.9 °C | -1.9 °C | 14.3 °C | -29.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| March | 6.0 °C | -1.9 °C | 2.1 °C | 18.8 °C | -23.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| April | 13.5 °C | 3.6 °C | 8.8 °C | 26.8 °C | -13.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| May | 19.0 °C | 9.1 °C | 14.4 °C | 29.6 °C | -1.2 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 22.3 °C | 13.1 °C | 18.0 °C | 33.2 °C | 5.0 °C | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 24.0 °C | 15.1 °C | 19.8 °C | 32.7 °C | 8.1 °C | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 23.7 °C | 14.5 °C | 19.3 °C | 33.6 °C | 5.8 °C | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 18.3 °C | 10.3 °C | 14.3 °C | 34.4 °C | 1.5 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 12.0 °C | 5.3 °C | 8.6 °C | 24.1 °C | -5.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| November | 5.7 °C | 1.0 °C | 3.3 °C | 19.5 °C | -20.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| December | 0.8 °C | -3.4 °C | -1.2 °C | 13.3 °C | -26.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 22 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37 mm | 9 | 8.5 h/day | 83 % | 84 % | 20 km/h |
| February | 37 mm | 10 | 10 h/day | 80 % | 82 % | 20 km/h |
| March | 45 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 70 % | 77 % | 20 km/h |
| April | 48 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 62 % | 70 % | 18 km/h |
| May | 69 mm | 13 | 15 h/day | 59 % | 70 % | 18 km/h |
| June | 84 mm | 13 | 16 h/day | 58 % | 72 % | 17 km/h |
| July | 101 mm | 13 | 16 h/day | 56 % | 73 % | 16 km/h |
| August | 68 mm | 10 | 15 h/day | 51 % | 71 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 64 mm | 10 | 13 h/day | 62 % | 75 % | 17 km/h |
| October | 46 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 67 % | 79 % | 19 km/h |
| November | 43 mm | 9 | 9.0 h/day | 80 % | 84 % | 19 km/h |
| December | 42 mm | 10 | 8.0 h/day | 84 % | 85 % | 19 km/h |
How Rivne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivne | 24 °C | -5.3 °C | 684 mm | 37 |
| Khmelnytskyi · Ukraine | 24 °C | -5.9 °C | 651 mm | 38 |
| Zhytomyr · Ukraine | 24 °C | -5.9 °C | 624 mm | 40 |
| Lviv · Ukraine | 23 °C | -5.2 °C | 785 mm | 29 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk · Ukraine | 24 °C | -5.7 °C | 727 mm | 35 |
| Vinnytsya · Ukraine | 25 °C | -5.8 °C | 612 mm | 46 |
| Brest · Belarus | 24 °C | -5.2 °C | 642 mm | 35 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Rivne.
QuestionsCommon questions about Rivne’s climate
When is the best time to visit Rivne?
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 Rivne get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 5 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -5.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 111 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Rivne?
July, averaging 101 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 37 mm. The year as a whole averages 684 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 Rivne 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.