Kharkiv, Ukraine climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Kharkiv, Ukraine, with every day graded against ~45 years of local climate history (1981–2026). Its warmest month is August, averaging a high of 28°C, and its coldest is January, with an average low of -11°C.
Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest city in Ukraine. Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kharkiv is the administrative center of Kharkiv Oblast and Kharkiv Raion. via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-07-21. Each reading placed on Kharkiv, Ukraine's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Kharkiv average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Kharkiv, Ukraine, based on 1981–2026 records. The wettest month is January (3 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4°C | -11°C | 3 mm |
| February | -3°C | -10°C | 3 mm |
| March | 4°C | -5°C | 0 mm |
| April | 13°C | 3°C | 3 mm |
| May | 20°C | 9°C | 3 mm |
| June | 25°C | 13°C | 3 mm |
| July | 28°C | 16°C | 3 mm |
| August | 28°C | 15°C | 0 mm |
| September | 21°C | 9°C | 3 mm |
| October | 13°C | 3°C | 3 mm |
| November | 4°C | -3°C | 3 mm |
| December | -2°C | -8°C | 3 mm |
Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.
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Record extremes
- Hottest day on record: 40°C on 2010-08-05
- Coldest day on record: -36°C on 1997-12-16
Percentiles compare each day to Kharkiv, Ukraine's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →