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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kyiv
Kyiv climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean9°day and night
Seasonal swing25°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation634 mm120 wet days a year
50.45° N, 30.52° EElevation 187 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
When to goKyiv · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low13° / 5°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kyiv has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 26° and nights 16°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -1° and lows of -5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 25°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 634 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (58 mm, 13 wet days) and September the driest (58 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 29% in July to 65% in December.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · July
- Coldest nights
- -5° · January
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- July · 29% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 25 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 02 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -1° | 1° | 6° | 15° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 20° | 13° | 5° | 1° |
| Average low | -5° | -5° | -1° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 10° | 5° | 0° | -4° |
| Precipitation | 34 mm | 37 mm | 36 mm | 44 mm | 58 mm | 86 mm | 78 mm | 65 mm | 58 mm | 43 mm | 49 mm | 46 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 10.4 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 13 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 9.9 |
| Cloud cover | 62% | 60% | 52% | 43% | 33% | 33% | 29% | 29% | 38% | 45% | 61% | 65% |
| Daylight | 8h 29 | 10h 04 | 11h 49 | 13h 46 | 15h 27 | 16h 25 | 16h 02 | 14h 33 | 12h 41 | 10h 48 | 9h 02 | 8h 02 |
| Month score | 20 | 23 | 26 | 58 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 77 | 78 | 47 | 25 | 20 |
ivMonth by month
Kyiv in every month
January20
-1° / -5°
34 mm · 10.4 wet days
February23
1° / -5°
37 mm · 9.4 wet days
March26
6° / -1°
36 mm · 9.8 wet days
April58
15° / 6°
44 mm · 8.7 wet days
May68
21° / 11°
58 mm · 13 wet days
June69
24° / 15°
86 mm · 12.7 wet days
July65
26° / 16°
78 mm · 12.5 wet days
August77
26° / 16°
65 mm · 8.5 wet days
September78
20° / 10°
58 mm · 8.1 wet days
October47
13° / 5°
43 mm · 8.1 wet days
November25
5° / 0°
49 mm · 8.7 wet days
December20
1° / -4°
46 mm · 9.9 wet days