Europe
Ukraine
About 40M people live in Ukraine, on 603,700 km² in 27 regions; the capital is Kyiv. The highest summit is Hoverla (2,061 m).
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
Best weather in OctoberKherson 73
October: highs12° – 16°
Rain this month, on average41mm
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: May · Aug–Sep.
Ukraine at a glance
The atlas follows 32,374 places here month by month, with 167 mountains and 3,852 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are May, August and September.
Kyiv now14°CCloudy · 16:31Sunrise · sunset07:32 · 17:54KyivEarthquakes0in the last 7 days (M2.5+)Travel adviceUS 4UK 3Do not travel
32,374places in 27 regions167summits, highest Hoverla3,852monuments902museums245lakes13beaches10ski areas18festivals2,126huts, viewpoints, campsites…
Ukraine's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+4%37.3M in 1950 → 39M in 2025 → 32M in 2050Ukraine · In numbers
GDP per person (PPP)$18,9002025 · 98/181 among countries · World: $25,700
Life expectancy74.72024 · 108/212 among countries · World: 73.5
Living in towns and cities70 %2025 · 93/212 among countries · World: 58 %
Using the internet82 %2024 · 89/179 among countries · World: 71 %
Children per woman0.992024 · 207/212 among countries · World: 2.19
Forest cover17 %2024 · 135/206 among countries
The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.
When to go to Ukraine
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
For the beach in August
Places and regions of Ukraine
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
47OctoberKyiv
Jun · Aug–Sep
13° / 5°43 mm
47OctoberKharkiv
Jun · Aug–Sep
13° / 5°45 mm
50OctoberLviv
Jul–Sep
13° / 5°52 mm
61OctoberDnipro
Apr–May · Sep
15° / 6°40 mm
55OctoberDonetsk
May · Aug–Sep
14° / 5°37 mm
63OctoberZaporizhzhia
May · Aug–Sep
15° / 7°35 mm
72OctoberMykolaiv
Apr–May · Sep
16° / 7°33 mm
49OctoberVinnytsia
May · Aug–Sep
13° / 5°34 mm
27 regions
Kharkiv2,361 places · Kharkiv
Poltava2,018 places · 1 summits · Poltava
Lviv1,955 places · 19 summits · Lviv
Zhytomyr Oblast1,866 places · Zhytomyr
Sumy1,802 places · Sumy
Dnipropetrovsk1,768 places · Dnipro
Chernihiv Oblast1,659 places · Chernihiv
Donetsk1,585 places · 1 summits · Donetsk
Vinnytsia1,405 places · Vinnytsia
Khmelnytskyi1,334 places · Kamianets-Podilskyi
Luhansk1,328 places · 1 summits · Luhansk
Volyn1,261 places · Lutsk
Zaporizhzhia1,208 places · 3 summits · Zaporizhzhia
Rivne Oblast1,204 places · 2 summits · Rivne
Odesa1,197 places · Odesa
Kyiv Oblast1,138 places · Bucha
Crimea1,034 places · 29 summits · Simferopol
Kherson956 places · Kherson
Mykolaiv922 places · Mykolaiv
Ivano-Frankivsk854 places · 40 summits · Ivano-Frankivsk
Ternopil842 places · 7 summits · Ternopil
Kirovohrad802 places · Kropyvnytskyi
Cherkasy753 places · Cherkasy
Zakarpattia642 places · 55 summits · Uzhhorod
Chernivtsi430 places · 5 summits · Chernivtsi
Sevastopol City43 places · 1 summits · Sevastopol
Kyiv City7 places · Kyiv
Ukraine from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Ukraine
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Nature in Ukraine
Summit2,061 m
Hoverla
Summit2,028 m
Chorna Hora (Pip Ivan)
Summit2,016 m
Hutyn Tomnatyk
Lake
Kremenchuk Reservoir
Lake
Sasyk Lagoon
Lake
Lake IalpuhWildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Ukraine
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
Camp sites725Viewpoints700Mountain huts231Zoos162Theme parks159Climbing79Water parks25Hot springs & thermal baths19Aquariums17Golf courses8
Буковель104 km of pistes · 29 lifts
Драгобрат7 km of pistes · 7 lifts
Гірськолижний комплекс "Плай"6 km of pistes · 3 lifts
Західний реабілітаційно-спортивний центр Національного комітету спорту інвалідів України2 km of pistes · 1 lifts
Ведмежа1 km of pistes · 3 lifts
Горбова1 km of pistes · 2 lifts
Гірськолижна база «Корчак»1 km of pistes · 1 lifts
Лижна гора Goloseev Ski Park1 km of pistes · 2 lifts
Culture in Ukraine
3,852 monuments and 902 museums; the best known first.
Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian MetropolitansBuilt 1864 · eclecticism
DerzhpromBuilt 1925 · constructivist
Kyiv Pechersk LavraBuilt 1051 · Ukrainian Baroque
Saint Sophia CathedralBuilt 1011 · Ukrainian Baroque
Mariinskyi PalaceBuilt 1752 · Baroque
Saint Andrew's Church, KyivBuilt 1747 · baroque
Museum
National Art Museum of UkraineBuilt 1899
Museum
Memorial in Commemoration of Famines' Victims in UkraineBuilt 2008The ground and the sky in Ukraine
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Last 30 days0magnitude 2.5 or moreSince 19501magnitude 5+, of them 0 of 6+StrongestM5.5Sevastopol 29 km ← · 1957Deadliest11deaths · 1927The moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · KyivNext eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipseOrionids~16 an hour21 October · KyivNorthern lightsKp 5is enough somewhere in the country
Getting to Ukraine
0 large airports, 4,415 railway stations, 117 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Rzeszów-Jasionka AirportRZE · Lviv
146 kmChişinău International AirportRMO · Mykolaiv
232 kmSuceava Ștefan cel Mare International AirportSCV · Vinnytsia
232 kmКиїв-ПасажирськийKyiv
3 kmХарків-ЛевадаKharkiv
0.8 kmЛьвів-ПідзамчеLviv
1.7 kmПарковаDnipro
0.8 kmПіонерськаDonetsk
1.1 kmІмені Анатолія АлімоваZaporizhzhia
0.9 kmPractical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.
PlugsCF230 V
Emergency112Calling code +380
TrafficOn the rightside of the road
CurrencyUkrainian HryvniaUAH
LanguagesUkrainian
Local time16:31Kyiv
Tipping
About 10% in restaurants and cafés with table service is customary.