Climate averages 1991–2020
Donetsk weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Donetsk: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makiyivka (10 km away). In September its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Donetsk, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Donetsk ranks joint 23rd of 59 for the warmest September highs and 14th of 59 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 59 cities is 20.1°C; Donetsk is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.6°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
September in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Donetsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.3°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 40 | 8.8 | 8.99 h |
| February | 0.1°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 36 | 7.3 | 10.210 h |
| March | 5.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 42 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 45 | 9.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 58 | 10.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 63 | 10.6 | 16.016 h |
| July | 27.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 48 | 8.3 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 33 | 6.0 | 14.314 h |
| September, selected | 20.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 41 | 6.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.0°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 37 | 7.1 | 9.39 h |
| December | 0.1°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 42 | 8.6 | 8.58 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
September in nearby cities
- Makiyivka in SeptemberUkraine · 10 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Horlivka in SeptemberUkraine · 35 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Yenakiyeve in SeptemberUkraine · 38 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Shakhtarsk in SeptemberUkraine · 47 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Bakhmut in SeptemberUkraine · 65 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Kramatorsk in SeptemberUkraine · 81 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Khrustalnyi in SeptemberUkraine · 84 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Kadiyivka in SeptemberUkraine · 87 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 44 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Donetsk) is explained once on the Donetsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.