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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Lviv
Lviv climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Jul–Sep
Annual mean9°day and night
Seasonal swing22°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation754 mm137 wet days a year
49.84° N, 24.02° EElevation 284 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
When to goLviv · weather score
Best timeJul–Sep
October: high / low13° / 5°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Lviv 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 25° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 0° and lows of -6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 22°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 754 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (93 mm, 16 wet days) and October the driest (52 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 32% in August to 58% in December.
Compared with Kyiv, the capital, Lviv is 1.4° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -6° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- October
- Clearest skies
- August · 32% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 19 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 08 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 | 0° | 2° | 7° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 20° | 13° | 7° | 2° |
| Average low | -6° | -5° | -1° | 4° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 13° | 9° | 5° | 1° | -4° |
| Precipitation | 38 mm | 42 mm | 45 mm | 50 mm | 90 mm | 93 mm | 100 mm | 81 mm | 68 mm | 52 mm | 48 mm | 47 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 11.6 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 14.6 | 15.6 | 14.6 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 10.8 |
| Cloud cover | 55% | 55% | 50% | 42% | 39% | 37% | 34% | 32% | 40% | 42% | 53% | 58% |
| Daylight | 8h 34 | 10h 07 | 11h 49 | 13h 44 | 15h 22 | 16h 19 | 15h 56 | 14h 30 | 12h 40 | 10h 50 | 9h 06 | 8h 08 |
| Month score | 20 | 23 | 24 | 54 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 74 | 73 | 50 | 26 | 21 |
ivMonth by month
Lviv in every month
January20
0° / -6°
38 mm · 11.6 wet days
February23
2° / -5°
42 mm · 10.5 wet days
March24
7° / -1°
45 mm · 10.7 wet days
April54
15° / 4°
50 mm · 9.9 wet days
May63
20° / 9°
90 mm · 14.6 wet days
June64
23° / 12°
93 mm · 15.6 wet days
July65
25° / 14°
100 mm · 14.6 wet days
August74
25° / 13°
81 mm · 10.7 wet days
September73
20° / 9°
68 mm · 9.8 wet days
October50
13° / 5°
52 mm · 8.9 wet days
November26
7° / 1°
48 mm · 9.7 wet days
December21
2° / -4°
47 mm · 10.8 wet days