Kharkiv weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇦 Ukraine · city break · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Kharkiv is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 83/100), with September and May close behind. Kharkiv averages about 2,041 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 39 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,041
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 83/100
- Rain / year
- 584 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 1.5M
- Elevation
- 154 m
When is the best time to visit Kharkiv?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kharkiv is August, then September and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 48 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kharkiv?
Kharkiv gets a moderate 2,041 hours of sunshine a year. 83 Sunshine Score points separate August (83) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #7 of 13 destinations in Ukraine for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 2,041 hours. The year's 584 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -11° / 12°F | 48 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -10° / 14°F | 38 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -4° / 25°F | 43 mm | 2 |
| April | 42 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 38 mm | 3 |
| May | 80 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 59 mm | 5 |
| June | 79 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 65 mm | 6 |
| July | 78 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 67 mm | 6 |
| August | 83 | 29° / 84°F | 16° / 61°F | 39 mm | 5 |
| September | 82 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 46 mm | 4 |
| October | 34 | 13° / 55°F | 3° / 37°F | 48 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 44 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -7° / 19°F | 49 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Belgorod Russia · 83 km · best in Aug · 2,011 h sun/yr
- Voronezh Russia · 294 km · best in Aug · 2,048 h sun/yr
- Rostov-on-Don Russia · 380 km · best in Aug · 2,114 h sun/yr
- Boryspil Ukraine · 387 km · best in Aug · 1,923 h sun/yr
- Anapa Russia · 553 km · best in Aug · 2,222 h sun/yr
- Simferopol Ukraine · 569 km · best in Aug · 2,298 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Dnipro Ukraine · 195 km · 2,086 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kursk Russia · 203 km · 2,032 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kryvyi Rih Ukraine · 307 km · 2,069 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Mariupol Ukraine · 328 km · 2,101 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Kharkiv compares month by month: Kharkiv vs Rostov-on-Don · Kharkiv vs Voronezh · Kharkiv vs Belgorod · Kharkiv vs Boryspil · all comparisons
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