Lviv, Ukraine
Lviv
Lviv is a city in Ukraine, 284 m above sea level. It has a population of about 717,273 (2022). The climate is classified as warm-summer humid continental (Köppen Dfb), with warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
Now13°C
Best timeJul–Sep
Population717,273
Local time15:51
49.84° N, 24.02° EElevation 284 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
Postal codes79000, 79002–79003 …October: high / low13° / 5°
Rain this month52mm
Best timeJul–Sep
Best: Jul–Sep. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Lviv at a glance
Sunrise · sunset07:57 · 18:2110 h 25 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 16:42Northern lights tonightUnlikely tonightKp needed: 7.7Next eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse
Best time to visitJul–Sep
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month25°C
Average high in July
Coolest month-6°C
Average low in January
Wettest monthJune
93 mm of rain
Driest monthJanuary
38 mm of rain
Monuments nearby10+
1 of them World Heritage
How Lviv has grown
People living in the built-up area (98 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
-5%637k in 1975 → 604k in 2025Weather in Lviv
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
13°C
Today hour by hourRain · wind 16 km/h · humidity 96%
Today22 Oct15°9°9.9 mm
Fri23 Oct14°5°0.7 mm
Sat24 Oct16°4°
Sun25 Oct17°3°
Mon26 Oct14°4°2.4 mm
Tue27 Oct14°3°
Wed28 Oct15°3°
Thu29 Oct11°5°5.4 mm
Fri30 Oct10°6°2.5 mm
Sat31 Oct10°5°0.5 mm
When to go to Lviv
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 | 24 | 54 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 74 | 73 | 50 | 26 | 21 |
| High | 0° | 2° | 7° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 20° | 13° | 7° | 2° |
| Low | -6° | -5° | -1° | 4° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 13° | 9° | 5° | 1° | -4° |
| Rain (mm) | 38 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 90 | 93 | 100 | 81 | 68 | 52 | 48 | 47 |
| Wet days | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
What's on in Lviv
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Music venues
!FESTrepublic2.5 km
3 showsMonuments and museums in Lviv
0.7 km
Saint George's CathedralBuilt 1760
0.7 km
Lviv Theatre of Opera and BalletBuilt 1897
0.6 km
Latin CathedralBuilt 1360
0.3 km
Potocki Palace, LvivBuilt 1880
0.9 km
Dominican Church and Monastery in LvivBuilt 1749
0.6 km
Jesuit ChurchBuilt 1630
Museum3.2 km
Shevchenkivskyi HaiBuilt 1971
Museum0.6 km
Lviv National MuseumBuilt 1905More museums: Exhibition of agricultural equipment · Виставка рухомого складу · Exhibition of agricultural stock · Koriniakt Palace (The Royal Town House) · Royal Arsenal · Museum of Meteorology · Музей хвороб людини · Музей історії Академії · Potocki Palace · Русалка Дністрова · Територія терору · Художньо-меморіальний музей-майстерня Леопольда Левицького
Outdoors around Lviv
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Дивна на ДахуViewpoints
0.6 kmOceanariumAquariums
0.6 kmViewpoint on the Town HallViewpoints
0.7 kmEMILY ZOOZoos
1.9 kmДендропарк ім. Бенедикта ДибовськогоZoos
2 kmThe WallClimbing
2 kmNature around Lviv
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of Ukraine seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Lviv
Earthquakes around Lviv
The last 30 days within 300 km, and the record since 1950.
Fossil sites near this town
Fossil sites: 4 · 1 km
Cretaceous · 4
Universities and research institutes
Lviv UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1661
Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1784
Stepan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies LvivUniversity or college · founded 1784
Lviv University of Trade and EconomicsUniversity or college · founded 1816
Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1844
Lviv National Musical Academy named after Mykola LysenkoUniversity or college · founded 1853
Ukrainian National Forestry UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1874
Національна академія сухопутних військ імені гетьмана Петра СагайдачногоUniversity or college · founded 1899
Ukrainian Catholic UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1929
Ukrainian Academy of PrintingUniversity or college · founded 1930
Lviv State University of Internal AffairsUniversity or college · founded 1939
Lviv National Academy of ArtsUniversity or college · founded 1946
Lviv State University of Physical CultureUniversity or college · founded 1946
Lviv State University of Life SafetyUniversity or college · founded 1949
Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of NAS of UkraineUniversity or college · founded 1964
Institute of Ecology of the CarpathiansUniversity or college · founded 1991
Lviv University of Business and LawUniversity or college · founded 2003
Lviv Medical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2004
IT Step UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2016
Institute of Blood Pathology and Transfusion Medicine of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of UkraineResearch institute · founded 1940
G.V. Karpenko Physical-Mechanical InstituteResearch institute · founded 1951
Institute of Animal Biology NAASResearch institute · founded 1960
Yukhnovskii Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of UkraineResearch institute · founded 1969
Pidstryhach Institute for Applied Problems of Mechanics and MathematicsResearch institute · founded 1978
SCIVP of Veterinary Medicinal Products and Feed AdditivesResearch institute · founded 1991
Vlokh Institute of Physical OpticsResearch institute · founded 1992
Institute of Cell BiologyResearch institute · founded 2004
I.Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies National Academy of Sciences of UkraineResearch institute
Towns and villages around Lviv
Each with its own page: weather, climate and the best time to visit.
Vulka2.3 kmKulparkiv3.4 kmLevandivka4.3 kmSygnivka4.6 kmRyasne5.1 kmZboyscha5.4 kmMalekhiv5.9 kmSknyliv6.8 kmLisinichi7 kmSokilnyky7 kmMurovane7.4 kmSoroky-Lvivski7.9 kmVelyki Grybovychi8.5 kmZubra8.5 kmDubliany8.6 kmBryukhovychi8.7 kmRudno8.9 kmPaseki-Zubritskiye8.9 kmVynnyky9 kmLapaivka9 kmVodyane9.2 kmSolonka9.2 kmGamulets9.2 kmPidbirtsi9.3 kmBasivka9.8 kmRyasne - Rus'ke9.8 kmOsichina10 kmZymna Voda10 kmKamianopil10 kmChishki10 kmMalechkovychi11 kmKrotoshyn11 kmHryada11 kmHodovytsia11 kmKhodovitsa11 kmHriada12 kmYampil12 kmZhyrivka12 kmPrusy12 kmNavariia12 kmKov'yari12 kmVynnychky12 kmNahoriany12 kmObroshyne12 kmKalinuvka12 kmLypnyky12 kmKonopnytsya13 kmDoroshuv Malyy13 kmVelyki Doroshiv13 kmGonchary13 kmZashkiv13 kmDavydiv13 kmMali Pidlisky13 kmSukhovolya13 kmDumaniv14 kmStronyatyn14 kmDmytrovychi14 kmPorshna14 kmPidberiztsi14 kmMyklashiv14 kmVovkiv15 kmHamalivka15 kmHlynna15 km
Lviv from above
Around Lviv29 places to see, do and reach nearby
Poltva RiverNature4.8 kmShchyretsNature9.5 kmZymna Voda riverNature5.5 kmMedowa CaveNature5.1 kmNavaria LakeNature12 kmMarunkaNature18 kmGora KamulaMountain26 kmSaint George's CathedralMonument0.7 kmLviv Theatre of Opera and BalletMonument0.7 kmLatin CathedralMonument0.6 kmPotocki Palace, LvivMonument0.3 kmDominican Church and Monastery in LvivMonument0.9 kmJesuit ChurchMonument0.6 kmBernardine Church and MonasteryMonument0.8 kmOld Town of LvivMonument0.7 kmShevchenkivskyi HaiMuseum3.2 kmLviv National MuseumMuseum0.6 kmLviv Town HallMuseum0.7 kmBorys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art GalleryMuseum0.2 kmPharmacy MuseumMuseum0.8 kmStationStation1.7 kmStationStation1.8 kmStationStation2.0 kmZhovkvaPlace25 kmDublianyPlace8.6 kmRudnoPlace8.9 kmVynnykyPlace9.0 kmPustomytyPlace16 kmShchyretsPlace24 km
Postal codes
7900079002–7900379005–7900879010–7901479016–7902679031–7903279034–7903579037–79041790447904979052–790547905779059–7906079066–79071
Getting to Lviv
Rzeszów-Jasionka AirportRZE
146 kmLublin AirportLUZ
181 kmKošice International AirportKSC
241 kmЛьвів-ПідзамчеRailway station
1.7 kmПарковаRailway station
1.8 kmЛьвів-ПриміськийRailway station
2 kmPlaces near Lviv
Places with a climate like Lviv
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Lviv?
Based on 30-year climate normals, July, August and September offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Lviv.
What is the hottest month in Lviv?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25°C and lows of 14°C.
What is the coldest month in Lviv?
January is the coldest month, with average highs of 0°C and lows of -6°C.
What is the rainiest month in Lviv?
June is the wettest month with about 93 mm of precipitation on 16 wet days.
What is the postal code of Lviv?
Lviv has 46 postal codes: 79000, 79002–79003, 79005–79008, 79010–79014, 79016–79026, 79031–79032, 79034–79035, 79037–79041, 79044, 79049, 79052–79054, 79057 ….