Climate averages 1991–2020
Poltava weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th 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 Poltava: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kremenchuk (102 km away). In September its highs average 20.1°C, about as warm as Poltava, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Poltava ranks joint 37th of 59 for the warmest September highs and joint 30th of 59 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 59 cities is 20.1°C; Poltava is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.4°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 42 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
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, selected | 19.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 47 | 7.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kremenchuk in SeptemberUkraine · 102 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Samar in SeptemberUkraine · 118 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Kamyanske in SeptemberUkraine · 119 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Kharkiv in SeptemberUkraine · 130 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Dnipro in SeptemberUkraine · 130 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Oleksandriya in SeptemberUkraine · 146 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Sumy in SeptemberUkraine · 149 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Pavlohrad in SeptemberUkraine · 152 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 45 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.