Climate averages 1991–2020
Poltava weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Poltava: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kremenchuk (102 km away). In October its highs average 12.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Poltava, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Poltava ranks joint 43rd of 59 for the warmest October highs and joint 37th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 13.2°C; Poltava is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.8°C to 4.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 37 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
Poltava climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.0°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 39 | 8.6 | 8.79 h |
| February | -0.6°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 31 | 7.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 5.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 43 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 43 | 9.0 | 13.714 h |
| May | 20.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 52 | 10.4 | 15.315 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 60 | 10.1 | 16.216 h |
| July | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 56 | 9.8 | 15.816 h |
| August | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 42 | 6.6 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 47 | 7.1 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 12.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 42 | 7.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | 4.4°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 37 | 7.9 | 9.29 h |
| December | -0.4°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 40 | 7.9 | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kremenchuk in OctoberUkraine · 102 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 6.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Samar in OctoberUkraine · 118 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Kamyanske in OctoberUkraine · 119 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Kharkiv in OctoberUkraine · 130 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Dnipro in OctoberUkraine · 130 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Oleksandriya in OctoberUkraine · 146 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 6.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Sumy in OctoberUkraine · 149 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Pavlohrad in OctoberUkraine · 152 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 39 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 Poltava) is explained once on the Poltava year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.