Donetsk climate — normals and trends
Donetsk (Ukraine) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 515 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (21.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Donetsk averages 124 frost days, 20 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.
Donetsk has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 139 to 109 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 10 August 2010) and the coldest -34.4 °C (on 10 January 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
DonetskDonetsk Oblast
- coords
- 48.02°, 37.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
515mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
16.3km/h
Seasonal range
27.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
124 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
20 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
102 d/yr
Annual snowfall
71.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.6 °C
10 August 2010
Coldest day
-34.4 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
53 mm
4 August 2019
Windiest day
43.0 km/h
14 December 1981
Strongest gust
100.8 km/h
14 December 1981
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
31 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-40.8 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
23.7 cm
17 December 2009
Sunniest day
15.0 h
1 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +6.2 °C | 18 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | -1.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 24 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +7.5 °C | 35 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 28 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 21.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 74 mm | +19 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 56 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 31.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 15 mm | -35 mm |
| Aug | 28.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 10 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 23.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 15 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 71 mm | +36 mm |
| Nov | 10.2 °C | +5.3 °C | 28 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 1.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 35 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Donetsk?
Donetsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 515 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Donetsk?
The hottest day measured in Donetsk between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2010, reaching 38.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Donetsk?
The coldest day measured in Donetsk between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -34.4 °C.
Does it snow in Donetsk?
Yes. Donetsk gets on average 71.2 cm of snow per year and has around 124 frost days.
Has the climate of Donetsk warmed?
Yes: Donetsk warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Donetsk?
The wettest day measured in Donetsk between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2019, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Donetsk?
The windiest day measured in Donetsk between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1981, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Donetsk?
The warmest month in Donetsk is July (21.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Donetsk?
Donetsk receives on average 515 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Donetsk?
Donetsk gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Donetsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Donetsk between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2009, with 23.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Donetsk?
Yes: Donetsk has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Donetsk?
In Donetsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 31 July 1957, and the lowest was -40.8 °C on 10 January 1940.
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