Zaporizhzhya climate — normals and trends
Zaporizhzhya (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 459 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zaporizhzhya averages 98 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Zaporizhzhya has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 117 to 79 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -32.1 °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
ZaporizhzhyaZaporizhzhia Oblast
- coords
- 47.85°, 35.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
13.4°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
459mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
19.3km/h
Seasonal range
26.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
98 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
52.1 cm
Average feels-like high
10.8 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
19 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
37.9 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-32.1 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
104 mm
25 July 1952
Windiest day
63.0 km/h
28 October 1969
Strongest gust
100.4 km/h
24 September 2014
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
26 July 2001
Coldest feels-like
-39.3 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.2 cm
10 April 1965
Sunniest day
15.1 h
7 July 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.2 °C | +6.3 °C | 13 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | -0.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 22 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +6.8 °C | 29 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 34 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 20.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 64 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 25.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 30 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 30.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 9 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 27.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 7 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 22.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 23 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 14.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 58 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +4.9 °C | 28 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 3.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 34 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zaporizhzhya?
Zaporizhzhya has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 459 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zaporizhzhya?
The hottest day measured in Zaporizhzhya between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zaporizhzhya?
The coldest day measured in Zaporizhzhya between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -32.1 °C.
Does it snow in Zaporizhzhya?
Yes. Zaporizhzhya gets on average 52.1 cm of snow per year and has around 98 frost days.
Has the climate of Zaporizhzhya warmed?
Yes: Zaporizhzhya warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zaporizhzhya?
The wettest day measured in Zaporizhzhya between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1952, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zaporizhzhya?
The windiest day measured in Zaporizhzhya between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1969, with winds reaching 63.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zaporizhzhya?
The warmest month in Zaporizhzhya is July (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Zaporizhzhya?
Zaporizhzhya receives on average 459 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zaporizhzhya?
Zaporizhzhya gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zaporizhzhya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zaporizhzhya between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1965, with 16.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zaporizhzhya?
Yes: Zaporizhzhya has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zaporizhzhya?
In Zaporizhzhya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 26 July 2001, and the lowest was -39.3 °C on 10 January 1940.
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