Chernobyl weather in June

In June, Chernobyl sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 65 mm of rain across 11 wet days and about 16.3 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 hours at the start of June to 16 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Chernobyl's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chernobyl's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 65 mm; 11 wet days
Daylight: 16 h 18 min; 3:49 AM – 8:09 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

Chernobyl is partially abandoned city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Density: 63/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1193

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical June day in Chernobyl reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 4°C warmer than May and about 2°C cooler than July.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	24	14
9	24	14
10	24	14
11	24	14
12	24	14
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	15
16	24	15
17	24	15
18	24	15
19	24	15
20	24	15
21	24	15
22	24	15
23	24	15
24	24	15
25	24	15
26	24	15
27	24	15
28	24	15
29	24	15
30	24	15

How June really feels in Chernobyl

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

June sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Chernobyl weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-2° / -6°	36	8.9	6.9	8.2	0.0
Feb	-0° / -5°	33	8.4	6.4	9.6	0.0
Mar	5° / -1°	40	9.8	5	11.5	0.4
Apr	14° / 5°	42	9	0.6	13.5	4.0
May	20° / 11°	59	11.2	0	15.3	6.2
Jun	24° / 14°	65	11	0	16.3	6.8
Jul	25° / 16°	77	12.5	0	15.9	6.5
Aug	25° / 15°	58	9.4	0	14.4	7.0
Sep	19° / 10°	55	8.5	0	12.4	6.1
Oct	12° / 5°	47	8.8	0.2	10.4	3.1
Nov	5° / 1°	41	8.6	3.2	8.7	0.3
Dec	-0° / -4°	44	9.7	6.2	7.7	0.0

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	51	52	52	53	53	53	54	54	54	53	53	53	52	52	51	50	49	49	47	47	47	48	48	47	48	49	49	49	51	51
Cloudier (%)	49	48	48	47	47	47	46	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	49	50	51	51	53	53	53	52	52	53	52	51	51	51	49	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	50	50
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	47	53
25	48	52
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	51	49
30	51	49

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Chernobyl gets around 65 mm of rain over 11 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 37% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	36
16	36
17	37
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 52% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	65	64	63	61	60	58	57	56	54	53	52	51	50	50	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	46	45	44	43
Comfortable (%)	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30
Humid (%)	11	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Muggy (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	65	24	11	0
2	64	25	11	0
3	63	25	12	0
4	61	26	13	0
5	60	26	14	0
6	58	27	15	0
7	57	27	16	0
8	56	27	17	0
9	54	28	18	0
10	53	28	19	0
11	52	28	20	0
12	51	27	21	1
13	50	27	22	1
14	50	27	22	1
15	49	27	23	1
16	49	26	23	1
17	49	26	24	2
18	49	26	24	2
19	48	26	24	2
20	48	26	23	2
21	48	26	23	3
22	48	26	23	3
23	48	26	22	3
24	48	27	22	3
25	47	27	22	3
26	47	28	22	4
27	46	28	22	4
28	45	29	22	4
29	44	29	22	4
30	43	30	22	5

Wind in June

Winds average 12 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
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26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 hours at the start of June to 16 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 3:57 AM to 3:53 AM, and sunset from 7:57 PM to 8:12 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	16.0	16.0	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.2	16.2	16.2	16.2	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.4	16.4	16.4	16.4	16.4	16.4	16.4	16.4	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.3
Sunrise (AM)	3:57	3:56	3:55	3:54	3:54	3:53	3:52	3:52	3:51	3:51	3:51	3:50	3:50	3:50	3:50	3:49	3:49	3:49	3:49	3:49	3:50	3:50	3:50	3:50	3:51	3:51	3:51	3:52	3:52	3:53
Sunset (PM)	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:09	8:10	8:10	8:11	8:11	8:11	8:12	8:12	8:12	8:12	8:12	8:12	8:12	8:12	8:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	16.0	3:57	7:57
2	16.0	3:56	7:58
3	16.1	3:55	7:59
4	16.1	3:54	8:00
5	16.1	3:54	8:01
6	16.1	3:53	8:02
7	16.2	3:52	8:03
8	16.2	3:52	8:04
9	16.2	3:51	8:04
10	16.2	3:51	8:05
11	16.3	3:51	8:06
12	16.3	3:50	8:07
13	16.3	3:50	8:07
14	16.3	3:50	8:08
15	16.3	3:50	8:09
16	16.3	3:49	8:09
17	16.3	3:49	8:10
18	16.3	3:49	8:10
19	16.4	3:49	8:11
20	16.4	3:49	8:11
21	16.4	3:50	8:11
22	16.4	3:50	8:12
23	16.4	3:50	8:12
24	16.4	3:50	8:12
25	16.4	3:51	8:12
26	16.4	3:51	8:12
27	16.3	3:51	8:12
28	16.3	3:52	8:12
29	16.3	3:52	8:12
30	16.3	3:53	8:12

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.76 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in June across the year — June's 5.76 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Chernobyl?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.8

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Chernobyl for sightseeing.

What to pack for Chernobyl in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Chernobyl sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Chernobyl in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chernobyl peaks around June 23 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	2	4	4	7	7	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Chernobyl?

Chernobyl sits at 51.3°N, 30.2°E, 0 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Slavutych, 45 km away.

Topography around Chernobyl

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Chernobyl.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chernobyl has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 113 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m.

The land around Chernobyl is covered by trees (58%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (72%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

42 m

trees 58%

16 km

67 m

trees 72%

80 km

116 m

trees 52%

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← May Chernobyl year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Slavutych 45 km · Novozavodskyi 76 km · Masany 76 km · Hostomel 78 km · Chernihiv 79 km · Vyshhorod 79 km · Bucha 80 km · Desnyanskyi 81 km

Ukraine travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 31% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,866; 2025
Happiness: 4.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 88%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 3.8; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 10.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 526

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chernobyl (51.2701°, 30.2197°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	24	14
9	24	14
10	24	14
11	24	14
12	24	14
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	15
16	24	15
17	24	15
18	24	15
19	24	15
20	24	15
21	24	15
22	24	15
23	24	15
24	24	15
25	24	15
26	24	15
27	24	15
28	24	15
29	24	15
30	24	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	50	50
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	47	53
25	48	52
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	51	49
30	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	36
16	36
17	37
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	65	24	11	0
2	64	25	11	0
3	63	25	12	0
4	61	26	13	0
5	60	26	14	0
6	58	27	15	0
7	57	27	16	0
8	56	27	17	0
9	54	28	18	0
10	53	28	19	0
11	52	28	20	0
12	51	27	21	1
13	50	27	22	1
14	50	27	22	1
15	49	27	23	1
16	49	26	23	1
17	49	26	24	2
18	49	26	24	2
19	48	26	24	2
20	48	26	23	2
21	48	26	23	3
22	48	26	23	3
23	48	26	22	3
24	48	27	22	3
25	47	27	22	3
26	47	28	22	4
27	46	28	22	4
28	45	29	22	4
29	44	29	22	4
30	43	30	22	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	24	14
9	24	14
10	24	14
11	24	14
12	24	14
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	15
16	24	15
17	24	15
18	24	15
19	24	15
20	24	15
21	24	15
22	24	15
23	24	15
24	24	15
25	24	15
26	24	15
27	24	15
28	24	15
29	24	15
30	24	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	50	50
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	47	53
25	48	52
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	51	49
30	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	36
16	36
17	37
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	65	24	11	0
2	64	25	11	0
3	63	25	12	0
4	61	26	13	0
5	60	26	14	0
6	58	27	15	0
7	57	27	16	0
8	56	27	17	0
9	54	28	18	0
10	53	28	19	0
11	52	28	20	0
12	51	27	21	1
13	50	27	22	1
14	50	27	22	1
15	49	27	23	1
16	49	26	23	1
17	49	26	24	2
18	49	26	24	2
19	48	26	24	2
20	48	26	23	2
21	48	26	23	3
22	48	26	23	3
23	48	26	22	3
24	48	27	22	3
25	47	27	22	3
26	47	28	22	4
27	46	28	22	4
28	45	29	22	4
29	44	29	22	4
30	43	30	22	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	24	14
9	24	14
10	24	14
11	24	14
12	24	14
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	15
16	24	15
17	24	15
18	24	15
19	24	15
20	24	15
21	24	15
22	24	15
23	24	15
24	24	15
25	24	15
26	24	15
27	24	15
28	24	15
29	24	15
30	24	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	50	50
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	47	53
25	48	52
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	51	49
30	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	36
16	36
17	37
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	65	24	11	0
2	64	25	11	0
3	63	25	12	0
4	61	26	13	0
5	60	26	14	0
6	58	27	15	0
7	57	27	16	0
8	56	27	17	0
9	54	28	18	0
10	53	28	19	0
11	52	28	20	0
12	51	27	21	1
13	50	27	22	1
14	50	27	22	1
15	49	27	23	1
16	49	26	23	1
17	49	26	24	2
18	49	26	24	2
19	48	26	24	2
20	48	26	23	2
21	48	26	23	3
22	48	26	23	3
23	48	26	22	3
24	48	27	22	3
25	47	27	22	3
26	47	28	22	4
27	46	28	22	4
28	45	29	22	4
29	44	29	22	4
30	43	30	22	5