Climate · Kyiv

Kyiv in October

Cool and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Kyiv is cool: highs near 58°F, lows near 44°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 18 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Kyiv is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 18 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
58°F14°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 29% of days
Daylight
10h 33mon average

Is October a good time to visit Kyiv?


October sits outside Kyiv's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cool days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 58°F in October, against 32°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in October, against 0°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

29% of days in October, against 29% to 42% through the year.

Cloud cover

54% cover in October, against 39% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

10h 33m in October, against 8h 05m to 16h 22m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. September70°21°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October58°14°low 44°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November46°8°low 35°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Kyiv sits, in October

Europe/Kiev

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:18 AMsets 6:09 PM
Above the sea
150 mlow-lying
Latitude
50.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Kyiv, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Kyiv is our one place in Ukraine so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kyiv. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.