Climate averages 1991–2020
Kharkiv weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Kharkiv: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 54 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Belgorod (73 km away). In July its highs average 25.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kharkiv, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kharkiv ranks 33rd of 59 for the warmest July highs and joint 35th of 59 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 59 cities is 26.3°C; Kharkiv is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Kharkiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.4°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 40 | 9.6 | 8.69 h |
| February | -1.1°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 35 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 4.8°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 44 | 9.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 42 | 9.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 20.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 53 | 10.3 | 15.415 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 61 | 10.2 | 16.316 h |
| July, selected | 26.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 58 | 10.3 | 15.916 h |
| August | 25.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 43 | 6.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 45 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 44 | 7.6 | 10.811 h |
| November | 3.9°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 38 | 7.4 | 9.19 h |
| December | -0.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 43 | 8.7 | 8.28 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
July in nearby cities
- Belgorod in JulyRussia · 73 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Poltava in JulyUkraine · 130 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Sumy in JulyUkraine · 146 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Slovyansk in JulyUkraine · 159 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Pavlohrad in JulyUkraine · 164 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Samar in JulyUkraine · 167 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Kramatorsk in JulyUkraine · 168 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Gubkin in JulyRussia · 171 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.1°C · 67 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 Kharkiv) is explained once on the Kharkiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.