Luhansk climate — normals and trends
Luhansk (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 484 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Luhansk averages 122 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 98 rainy days per year.
Luhansk has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 138 to 106 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 13 July 2025) and the coldest -36.4 °C (on 9 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
LuhanskLuhansk Oblast
- coords
- 48.57°, 39.31°
- 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
484mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
28.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
122 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
25 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
98 d/yr
Annual snowfall
73.6 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
40.7 °C
13 July 2025
Coldest day
-36.4 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
43 mm
30 March 2023
Windiest day
49.4 km/h
30 October 1998
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
14 December 1981
Hottest feels-like
41.5 °C
13 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-42.4 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
29.8 cm
30 March 2023
Sunniest day
15.0 h
31 May 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 | 4.1 °C | +7.0 °C | 24 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | -3.4 °C | -1.7 °C | 30 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +7.4 °C | 37 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 17.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 13 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 37 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 49 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 32.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 31 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 29.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 6 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 5 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 14.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 51 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 10.1 °C | +5.3 °C | 30 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 1.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 27 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Luhansk?
Luhansk has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 484 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Luhansk?
The hottest day measured in Luhansk between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2025, reaching 40.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Luhansk?
The coldest day measured in Luhansk between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -36.4 °C.
Does it snow in Luhansk?
Yes. Luhansk gets on average 73.6 cm of snow per year and has around 122 frost days.
Has the climate of Luhansk warmed?
Yes: Luhansk warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Luhansk?
The wettest day measured in Luhansk between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2023, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Luhansk?
The windiest day measured in Luhansk between 1940 and 2025 was 30 October 1998, with winds reaching 49.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Luhansk?
The warmest month in Luhansk is July (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Luhansk?
Luhansk receives on average 484 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 98 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Luhansk?
Luhansk gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Luhansk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Luhansk between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2023, with 29.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Luhansk?
Yes: Luhansk has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Luhansk?
In Luhansk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 13 July 2025, and the lowest was -42.4 °C on 9 January 1940.
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