Lviv weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Lviv is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with June and July close behind. Lviv averages about 1,652 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 69 mm of rain in August.

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Sun hours / year

1,652

Sunniest month

August

Peak score

75/100

Rain / year

736 mm

Snow / year

≈1.3 m

Midday UV at peak

5 (moderate)

Population

717k

Elevation

321 m

When is the best time to visit Lviv?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Lviv is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 45 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Lviv?

Lviv isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,652 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate August (75) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #13 of 13 destinations in Ukraine for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,041 hours. The year's 736 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Rzeszów Poland · 142 km · best in Aug · 1,697 h sun/yr
• Lublin Poland · 181 km · best in Sep · 1,678 h sun/yr
• Košice Slovakia · 235 km · best in Sep · 1,792 h sun/yr
• Suceava Romania · 294 km · best in Sep · 2,043 h sun/yr
• Kraków Poland · 300 km · best in Aug · 1,604 h sun/yr
• Debrecen Hungary · 310 km · best in Aug · 2,003 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine · 116 km · 1,770 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Rivne Ukraine · 179 km · 1,804 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Uzhhorod Ukraine · 180 km · 1,751 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Chernivtsi Ukraine · 227 km · 1,768 h sun/yr · best in Sep

Head-to-head

How Lviv compares month by month: Lviv vs Lublin · Lviv vs Rzeszów · Lviv vs Košice · all comparisons