Climate averages 1991–2020
Kyiv weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Kyiv: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brovary (20 km away). In October its highs average 11.8°C, about as warm as Kyiv, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kyiv ranks 55th of 59 for the warmest October highs and joint 44th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 13.2°C; Kyiv is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.1°C to 4.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Kyiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 34 | 8.5 | 8.59 h |
| February | -0.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 34 | 8.4 | 10.010 h |
| March | 5.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 39 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 44 | 9.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 63 | 11.0 | 15.415 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 68 | 11.0 | 16.416 h |
| July | 24.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 84 | 12.2 | 16.016 h |
| August | 24.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 53 | 8.2 | 14.515 h |
| September | 18.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 58 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 11.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 45 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 4.3°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.19 h |
| December | -0.4°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 43 | 9.1 | 8.18 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
October in nearby cities
- Brovary in OctoberUkraine · 20 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Bila Tserkva in OctoberUkraine · 78 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 5.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Chernihiv in OctoberUkraine · 128 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Zhytomyr in OctoberUkraine · 133 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Berdychiv in OctoberUkraine · 152 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Cherkasy in OctoberUkraine · 157 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Uman in OctoberUkraine · 191 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Mazyr in OctoberBelarus · 199 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.7°C · 52 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 Kyiv) is explained once on the Kyiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.