Zhydachiv climate — normals and trends
Zhydachiv (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 752 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 (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zhydachiv averages 111 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Zhydachiv 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 92 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 13 July 2024) and the coldest -32.7 °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
ZhydachivLviv Oblast
- coords
- 49.38°, 24.14°
- 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
752mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.8km/h
Seasonal range
22.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
111 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
86.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 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
36.1 °C
13 July 2024
Coldest day
-32.7 °C
12 January 1950
Wettest day
58 mm
10 July 2025
Windiest day
52.1 km/h
3 November 1981
Strongest gust
106.2 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
16 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-38.2 °C
12 January 1950
Snowiest day
23.8 cm
13 November 2016
Sunniest day
15.1 h
12 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.0 °C | +7.3 °C | 33 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 2.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 12 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +6.8 °C | 48 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 64 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 15.0 °C | -3.4 °C | 106 mm | +23 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 40 mm | -56 mm |
| Jul | 25.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 162 mm | +63 mm |
| Aug | 24.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 53 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 21.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 93 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 11.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 42 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 8.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 50 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 4.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 26 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zhydachiv?
Zhydachiv has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 752 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhydachiv?
The hottest day measured in Zhydachiv between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2024, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zhydachiv?
The coldest day measured in Zhydachiv between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1950, at -32.7 °C.
Does it snow in Zhydachiv?
Yes. Zhydachiv gets on average 86.7 cm of snow per year and has around 111 frost days.
Has the climate of Zhydachiv warmed?
Yes: Zhydachiv warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zhydachiv?
The wettest day measured in Zhydachiv between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2025, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zhydachiv?
The windiest day measured in Zhydachiv between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1981, with winds reaching 52.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zhydachiv?
The warmest month in Zhydachiv is July (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Zhydachiv?
Zhydachiv receives on average 752 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zhydachiv?
Zhydachiv 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 Zhydachiv?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhydachiv between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 2016, with 23.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zhydachiv?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zhydachiv.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhydachiv?
In Zhydachiv, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 16 July 2024, and the lowest was -38.2 °C on 12 January 1950.
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