Kyiv City, Ukraine
Kyiv
Kyiv is a capital city in Kyiv City, Ukraine. It has a population of about 2,952,301 (2022). The climate is classified as warm-summer humid continental (Köppen Dfb), with warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
Now15°C
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
Population2.95M
Local time15:51
50.45° N, 30.52° EElevation 187 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
Postal codes01001, 01004 …October: high / low13° / 5°
Rain this month43mm
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
Best: Jun · Aug–Sep. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Kyiv at a glance
Sunrise · sunset07:32 · 17:5410 h 22 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 16:16Northern lights tonightUnlikely tonightKp needed: 7.3Next eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse
Best time to visitJun · Aug–Sep
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month26°C
Average high in July
Coolest month-5°C
Average low in January
Wettest monthMay
58 mm of rain
Driest monthJanuary
34 mm of rain
Monuments nearby10+
1 of them World Heritage
How Kyiv has grown
People living in the built-up area (410 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+28%2.01M in 1975 → 2.58M in 2025Weather in Kyiv
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
15°C
Today hour by hourCloudy · wind 13 km/h · humidity 76%
Today22 Oct16°10°0.8 mm
Fri23 Oct16°12°3.1 mm
Sat24 Oct18°11°2.4 mm
Sun25 Oct17°11°
Mon26 Oct17°12°0.7 mm
Tue27 Oct15°7°
Wed28 Oct14°7°
Thu29 Oct12°5°
Fri30 Oct11°6°
Sat31 Oct12°5°
When to go to Kyiv
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 20 | 23 | 26 | 58 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 77 | 78 | 47 | 25 | 20 |
| High | -1° | 1° | 6° | 15° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 20° | 13° | 5° | 1° |
| Low | -5° | -5° | -1° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 10° | 5° | 0° | -4° |
| Rain (mm) | 34 | 37 | 36 | 44 | 58 | 86 | 78 | 65 | 58 | 43 | 49 | 46 |
| Wet days | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
What's on in Kyiv
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Music venues
Київський палац спортуСпортивна площа, 1, 01601 Київ, Україна · 1.9 km
4 showsНСК «Олімпійський»вул. Велика Васильківська 55, Україна, Київ, 03150 · 2.4 km
2 showsKyiv's festivals through the year
Monuments and museums in Kyiv
UNESCO0.7 km
Saint Sophia CathedralBuilt 10111.2 km
Mariinskyi PalaceBuilt 1752
0.6 km
Saint Andrew's Church, KyivBuilt 1747
1.5 km
St Volodymyr's CathedralBuilt 1862
1.7 km
Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivBuilt 1834
1 km
Ukiranian Government BuildingBuilt 1938
Museum0.8 km
National Art Museum of UkraineBuilt 1899
Museum2.8 km
Memorial in Commemoration of Famines' Victims in UkraineBuilt 2008More museums: Bursa Gallery · Photo Illusion · Історико-меморіальний музей Михайла Грушевського · АРВМ · House of the Metropolitan · Виставка бойової техніки та озброєння Другої світової війни · Галерея "ВИСОЦЬКИЙ" · Експериментаніум · The Great Western Palace · Кам'яниця київського війта · Kyiv National Art Gallery · Київський міський Будинок природи
Outdoors around Kyiv
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Museum of jellyfishAquariums
0.5 kmФролівська 9/11Camp sites
1 kmKontraktova SquareViewpoints
1.2 kmTsar observation deckViewpoints
1.3 kmClimbing area "Ostrov"Climbing
1.3 kmМотузковий парк "Мауглі"Climbing
3.4 kmЛижна гора Goloseev Ski ParkSki area · 1 km of pistes · 2 lifts
8.9 kmNature around Kyiv
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of Ukraine seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Kyiv
Fossil sites near this town
Fossil sites: 4 · 1 km
Neogene · 1Paleogene · 3
Formations around the town
Kyiv Formation · 1
Universities and research institutes
Kyiv Orthodox Theological AcademyUniversity or college · founded 1615
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla AcademyUniversity or college · founded 1615
Dragomanov Ukrainian State UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1834
Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUniversity or college · founded 1834
Bogomolets National Medical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1841
Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1874
National University of Food TechnologiesUniversity or college · founded 1884
National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”University or college · founded 1898
National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1898
Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1899
Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym HetmanUniversity or college · founded 1906
National Music Academy of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1913
National Academy of Fine Art and ArchitectureUniversity or college · founded 1917
Shupyk National Healthcare University of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1918
Institute of Pedagogy of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1926
Communal Higher Educational Establishment of Kyiv Regional Council "Pavlo Chubynsky Academy of Arts"University or college · founded 1930
Institute of HorticultureUniversity or college · founded 1930
Kyiv National University of Construction and ArchitectureUniversity or college · founded 1930
Kyiv National University of Technologies and DesignUniversity or college · founded 1930
National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and SportUniversity or college · founded 1930
National University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"University or college · founded 1933
Mykhailo Boichuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative-Applied Arts and DesignUniversity or college · founded 1938
State Enterprise "State Research Institute of Building Constructions"University or college · founded 1943
National Transport UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1944
G.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1945
H. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1946
Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1946
Institute of Plant Protection of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1946
State University of Trade and EconomicsUniversity or college · founded 1946
Kyiv National Linguistic UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1948
State University of Information and Communication TechnologiesUniversity or college · founded 1957
Kiev Institute of Business and Technology, Kiev Institute of Business and Technology LLCUniversity or college · founded 1961
Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1964
Kyiv National University of Culture and ArtsUniversity or college · founded 1968
National Academy of Culture and Arts ManagementUniversity or college · founded 1970
Interregional Academy of Personnel ManagementUniversity or college · founded 1989
European University, Private Higher Education Establishment “European University”University or college · founded 1991
International Solomon UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1991
International Christian UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1992
KROK UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1992
Kyiv Medical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1992
National Academy of ManagementUniversity or college · founded 1992
National Academy of Statistics, Accounting and AuditUniversity or college · founded 1992
National Defence University of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1992
Academician Yuriy Bugay International Scientific and Technical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1993
Academy of Labour Social Relations and TourismUniversity or college · founded 1993
Ivan Ziaziun Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1993
Kyiv Slavonic UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1993
V. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Educational Library of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1993
Institute of Social and Political PsychologyUniversity or college · founded 1994
Kyiv International UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1994
Academy of Municipal ManagementUniversity or college · founded 1995
Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy Of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1995
Kyiv University of LawUniversity or college · founded 1995
National Academy for Public Administration under the President of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1995
Ukrainian Military Medical AcademyUniversity or college · founded 1995
Kyiv School of EconomicsUniversity or college · founded 1996
University of Emerging TechnologiesUniversity or college · founded 1996
Reklamy InstituteUniversity or college · founded 1997
The Institute of Problems on Education of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1997
Ukrainian-American Concordia UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1997
Open International University of Human Development UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1998
Kyiv Mohyla Business SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1999
Intellectual Property Scientific Research Institute of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 2001
Modern Art Research InstituteUniversity or college · founded 2001
University of Modern KnowledgeUniversity or college · founded 2002
Banking UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2006
Institute of Vocational Education of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 2006
Institute of Gifted Child of National Academy of Educational Sciences of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 2007
Kyiv Municipal Academy of Performing and Circus ArtsUniversity or college · founded 2007
State Educational-Scientific Establishment "The Academy of Financial Management"University or college · founded 2007
State Scientific and Research Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics and Veterinary and Sanitary ExpertiseUniversity or college · founded 2007
University of Educational ManagementUniversity or college · founded 2007
Institute of Accounting and FinanceUniversity or college · founded 2008
R. Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of MusicUniversity or college · founded 2008
Kyiv Institute of Modern Psychology and PsychotherapyUniversity or college · founded 2010
National School of Judges of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 2011
State Scientific Institution "Institute of Educational Analytics"University or college · founded 2014
Kyiv Academic UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2016
State University of Infrastructure and TechnologiesUniversity or college · founded 2016
Kyiv from above
Around Kyiv31 places to see, do and reach nearby
Holosiivskyi National Nature ParkNature8.4 kmLybid RiverNature8.1 kmDesna, Kyiv OblastNature11 kmAlmazne LakeNature11 kmVyrlytsia Lake, KyivNature12 kmGlibochitsyaNature3.6 kmTrukhaniv IslandNature3.8 kmMuromets island, KyivNature7.5 kmЛижна гора Goloseev Ski ParkSki area8.9 kmSaint Sophia CathedralMonument0.7 kmMariinskyi PalaceMonument1.2 kmSaint Andrew's Church, KyivMonument0.6 kmSt Volodymyr's CathedralMonument1.5 kmTaras Shevchenko National University of KyivMonument1.7 kmUkiranian Government BuildingMonument1.0 kmVerkhovna Rada buildingMonument1.2 kmPresidential Office Building (Kyiv)Monument1.2 kmNational Art Museum of UkraineMuseum0.8 kmMemorial in Commemoration of Famines' Victims in UkraineMuseum2.8 kmIvan Honchar MuseumMuseum3.5 kmUkrainian National Chornobyl MuseumMuseum1.4 kmMystetskyi ArsenalMuseum3.1 kmStationStation3.0 kmStationStation3.1 kmStationStation3.8 kmBuchaPlace25 kmIrpinPlace21 kmVyshnevePlace13 kmVyshhorodPlace15 kmBoyarkaPlace22 kmHostomelPlace22 km
Postal codes
01001010040100801010–0101101013–0101601018–01019010210102401029–0103001032–0103301042–01044010460105101054011030113301135011960122002002020250203402063020680208102088–021000210502121–02122021250213202139–02140021470215202154021560216002166–021670217502183021920220602217–0221802222–0222302225022300223203005–03006030200302203026–030280303103035–030410304503047–0304903056–0305803061–0306203065030670306903083–030840308703109–031100311303115031180312403126–031270312903131031340313803141–03143031460314803150–03151031580316203164–0316503168–031700317903186–0318703189–0319103194040230405004052–040530406004070–0407104073–0407504077–04078040800408604107–0410804111–041120411404116041190412304128041360417604200–042010420504208–04215
Getting to Kyiv
Gomel AirportGME
233 kmКиїв-ПасажирськийRailway station
3 kmКиїв-ТоварнийRailway station
3.1 kmПочайнаRailway station
3.8 kmPlaces near Kyiv
Places with a climate like Kyiv
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Kyiv?
Based on 30-year climate normals, June, August and September offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Kyiv.
What is the hottest month in Kyiv?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26°C and lows of 16°C.
What is the coldest month in Kyiv?
January is the coldest month, with average highs of -1°C and lows of -5°C.
What is the rainiest month in Kyiv?
May is the wettest month with about 58 mm of precipitation on 13 wet days.
What is the postal code of Kyiv?
Kyiv has 171 postal codes: 01001, 01004, 01008, 01010–01011, 01013–01016, 01018–01019, 01021, 01024, 01029–01030, 01032–01033, 01042–01044, 01046 ….