Odesa climate — normals and trends
Odesa (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 419 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 (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Odesa averages 80 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 77 rainy days per year.
Odesa has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 96 to 64 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °C (on 12 August 2010) and the coldest -27.4 °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
OdesaOdesa
- coords
- 46.49°, 30.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.9°C
Average daily high
14.6°C
Average daily low
7.4°C
Annual rainfall
419mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
20.9km/h
Seasonal range
24.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
80 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
77 d/yr
Annual snowfall
36.5 cm
Average feels-like high
12.1 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
38.7 °C
12 August 2010
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
93 mm
1 July 2013
Windiest day
58.6 km/h
26 November 2023
Strongest gust
103.3 km/h
26 November 2023
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-35.0 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
23.2 cm
29 December 2014
Sunniest day
15.2 h
25 June 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.0 °C | +5.8 °C | 8 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 1.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 17 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +6.0 °C | 18 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 24 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | -1.6 °C | 64 mm | +24 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 7 mm | -40 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 6 mm | -31 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 22 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 23.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 47 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 14.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 72 mm | +41 mm |
| Nov | 13.0 °C | +4.3 °C | 43 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | 5.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 11 mm | -22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Odesa?
Odesa has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 419 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Odesa?
The hottest day measured in Odesa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2010, reaching 38.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Odesa?
The coldest day measured in Odesa between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Odesa?
Yes. Odesa gets on average 36.5 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.
Has the climate of Odesa warmed?
Yes: Odesa warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Odesa?
The wettest day measured in Odesa between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2013, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Odesa?
The windiest day measured in Odesa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 2023, with winds reaching 58.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Odesa?
The warmest month in Odesa is July (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Odesa?
Odesa receives on average 419 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 77 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Odesa?
Odesa gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Odesa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Odesa between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 2014, with 23.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Odesa?
Yes: Odesa has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Odesa?
In Odesa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -35.0 °C on 10 January 1940.
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