Mykolayiv climate — normals and trends
Mykolayiv (Ukraine) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 768 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Mykolayiv averages 110 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Mykolayiv has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 130 to 90 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 13 July 2024) and the coldest -31.8 °C (on 12 January 1950).
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
MykolayivLviv Oblast
- coords
- 49.53°, 23.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
768mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
22.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
110 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
89.8 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
35.5 °C
13 July 2024
Coldest day
-31.8 °C
12 January 1950
Wettest day
59 mm
26 June 1966
Windiest day
51.4 km/h
3 November 1981
Strongest gust
107.6 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
16 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-36.8 °C
12 January 1950
Snowiest day
24.0 cm
13 November 2016
Sunniest day
15.1 h
16 June 2012
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 | 6.1 °C | +7.3 °C | 35 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 2.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 12 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +6.8 °C | 53 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 68 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 15.0 °C | -3.2 °C | 103 mm | +18 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 45 mm | -52 mm |
| Jul | 24.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 160 mm | +58 mm |
| Aug | 24.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 58 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 21.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 87 mm | +22 mm |
| Oct | 11.8 °C | -1.1 °C | 40 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 8.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 56 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 4.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 25 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mykolayiv?
Mykolayiv has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 768 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mykolayiv?
The hottest day measured in Mykolayiv between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2024, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mykolayiv?
The coldest day measured in Mykolayiv between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1950, at -31.8 °C.
Does it snow in Mykolayiv?
Yes. Mykolayiv gets on average 89.8 cm of snow per year and has around 110 frost days.
Has the climate of Mykolayiv warmed?
Yes: Mykolayiv warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mykolayiv?
The wettest day measured in Mykolayiv between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1966, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mykolayiv?
The windiest day measured in Mykolayiv between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1981, with winds reaching 51.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mykolayiv?
The warmest month in Mykolayiv is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Mykolayiv?
Mykolayiv receives on average 768 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mykolayiv?
Mykolayiv gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mykolayiv?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mykolayiv between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 2016, with 24.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mykolayiv?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mykolayiv.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mykolayiv?
In Mykolayiv, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 16 July 2024, and the lowest was -36.8 °C on 12 January 1950.
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