Nikopol climate — normals and trends
Nikopol has a hot-summer humid continental climate, averaging 10.0 °C annually with 452 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
NikopolDnipropetrovsk Oblast
- coords
- 47.57°, 34.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
10.0°C
Average daily high
13.8°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
452mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
18.2km/h
Seasonal range
26.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
99 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
89 d/yr
Annual snowfall
47.8 cm
Average feels-like high
11.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.4 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
18 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
39.8 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-32.6 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
67 mm
25 July 1952
Windiest day
57.5 km/h
28 October 1969
Strongest gust
94.0 km/h
28 October 1969
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
17 July 2016
Coldest feels-like
-39.5 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.5 cm
10 April 1965
Sunniest day
15.1 h
27 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.7 °C | +6.6 °C | 11 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 0.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 19 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 13.1 °C | +7.4 °C | 22 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 35 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 59 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 29 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 32.0 °C | +4.3 °C | 10 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 28.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 8 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 34 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 14.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 54 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 11.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 28 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 3.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 30 mm | -10 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Nikopol (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 452 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Nikopol averages 99 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.
Nikopol has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 80 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -32.6 °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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nikopol?
Nikopol has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 452 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nikopol?
The hottest day measured in Nikopol between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nikopol?
The coldest day measured in Nikopol between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -32.6 °C.
Does it snow in Nikopol?
Yes. Nikopol gets on average 47.8 cm of snow per year and has around 99 frost days.
Has the climate of Nikopol warmed?
Yes: Nikopol warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nikopol?
The wettest day measured in Nikopol between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1952, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nikopol?
The windiest day measured in Nikopol between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1969, with winds reaching 57.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nikopol?
The warmest month in Nikopol is July (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Nikopol?
Nikopol receives on average 452 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nikopol?
Nikopol gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nikopol?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nikopol between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1965, with 19.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nikopol?
Yes: Nikopol has on average 18 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nikopol?
In Nikopol, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 17 July 2016, and the lowest was -39.5 °C on 10 January 1940.
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