Climate and average weather in Henichesk

In Henichesk, the summers are warm, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: early May to early October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Henichesk typically varies from -3°C to 28°C, and is rarely below -12°C or above 32°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Henichesk for warm-weather activities is from early May to early October.

Hottest
Jul
28°
Coldest
Jan
-3°
Wettest
Jun
45 mm
Driest
Aug
25 mm
Rain / yr
374 mm
76 wet days
Daylight
8.4–15.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
16 m
46.2°N
Clearest
Aug
30% cloud

Henichesk is city in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.

Density
3,250/km²
people per km²
Founded
1784

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

Henichesk weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early May to early October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Henichesk, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.8 months, from May 24 to September 15, with daily high temperatures above 22°C. The hottest month of the year in Henichesk is July, with an average high of 28°C and low of 20°C.

The cool season lasts 3.7 months, from November 21 to March 12, with daily high temperatures below 7°C. The coldest month of the year in Henichesk is January, with an average low of -3°C and high of 2°C.

Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 8°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2-3
Feb3-2
Mar72
Apr148
May2114
Jun2518
Jul2820
Aug2719
Sep2215
Oct159
Nov84
Dec3-1

How hot and cold Henichesk really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -9°C (around January 27), with roughly 132 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan22-8-3
Feb33-7-2
Mar77-22
Apr141458
May20211414
Jun25251818
Jul28282020
Aug28271919
Sep22221515
Oct151579
Nov8804
Dec33-6-1

Average hourly temperature in Henichesk

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 28°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -3°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Henichesk weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°307.23.28.80.0
Feb / -2°265.92.1100.0
Mar / 317.51.911.61.1
Apr14° / 346.90.113.34.5
May21° / 14°388.3014.76.9
Jun25° / 18°458.7015.57.2
Jul28° / 20°285.1015.27.3
Aug27° / 19°254.30147.6
Sep22° / 15°295012.37.7
Oct15° / 275.2010.75.0
Nov / 295.80.49.21.4
Dec / -1°316.42.28.50.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Henichesk gets about 374 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.2 months, from around Mar 2 to Jul 6, peaking in June at about 29% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 14.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 45 mm over about 9 wet days; August is the driest, with 25 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetJun 1 · 29%Aug 14 · 13%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan237
Feb226
Mar248
Apr247
May268
Jun289
Jul175
Aug144
Sep165
Oct175
Nov196
Dec216

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Henichesk collects about 374 mm of rain across 76 wet days — roughly 31 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 45 mm, while August is the driest at just 25 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 31% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec302631343845282529272931
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan3073
Feb2662
Mar3182
Apr3470
May3880
Jun4590
Jul2850
Aug2540
Sep2950
Oct2750
Nov2960
Dec3162

Snow in Henichesk

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Henichesk averages about 10 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 19 to Apr 3 — about 4.5 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 12 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 39 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 27
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan312
Feb27
Mar28
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov02
Dec210

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Henichesk, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 15 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around October 15. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 82% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 16 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around April 14. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 82% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 27 · 86%Dec 4 · 17%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1882
Feb2575
Mar3466
Apr5050
May6139
Jun6733
Jul8218
Aug8119
Sep6832
Oct4852
Nov2773
Dec1882

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 16, brings about 15 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around December 16, only 8 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 7 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.87:264:14
Feb10.06:544:57
Mar11.66:035:38
Apr13.35:026:20
May14.74:147:00
Jun15.53:547:28
Jul15.24:097:24
Aug14.04:456:44
Sep12.35:255:45
Oct10.76:064:46
Nov9.26:514:02
Dec8.57:243:50

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Henichesk averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 23 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.8 months, from around Apr 20 to Oct 13. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is January, down near 3 sunny days — about 86% fewer than the August peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 423 daysJan 133 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan3Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr10Mixed
May14Mixed
Jun14Mixed
Jul21Bright
Aug21Bright
Sep16Bright
Oct10Mixed
Nov5Gloomy
Dec3Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Henichesk, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.9 months, from around May 21 to September 16. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 71% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 17 to May 20, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 11 · 100%Jul 29 · 25%oppressivemuggycomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr973000
May58271320
Jun192831212
Jul72235297
Aug132632244
Sep50281750
Oct8412400
Nov991000
Dec1000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Henichesk is typically light breeze, near 15 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Oct 24 to Apr 20. The windiest month is November, averaging about 16 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 21 to Sep 28, with June the calmest month at about 13 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyNov 29 · 17 km/hJun 25 · 13 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan16light breeze
Feb16light breeze
Mar17light breeze
Apr15light breeze
May14light breeze
Jun13light breeze
Jul13light breeze
Aug14light breeze
Sep15light breeze
Oct15light breeze
Nov16light breeze
Dec16light breeze

Best time to visit Henichesk

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Henichesk throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid May, Henichesk is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Henichesk for general outdoor tourist activities is from early May to early October, with a peak score in the first week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 1 · 8.0

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar1.2poor
Apr4.5fair
May6.8good
Jun7.2good
Jul7.2good
Aug7.6ideal
Sep7.7ideal
Oct5.0fair
Nov1.4poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Henichesk for hot-weather activities is from late June to early September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 1 · 8.4

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Henichesk, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 28°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 2°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Henichesk sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Henichesk

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 5 to Sep 19 — about 3.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb4Bracing
Mar4Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May16Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep21Refreshing
Oct15Cool
Nov10Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index (midday) in Henichesk by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Henichesk peaks around July 19 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 19UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Henichesk

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr5.50
May5.50
Jun7.52.5
Jul84.5
Aug7.53.5
Sep5.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Henichesk typically lasts about 280 days, from around March 3 to December 7 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 29 to November 5.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 350%Mar 2990%Nov 590%Dec 750%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan2931
Feb3528
Mar7229
Apr990
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct980
Nov7928
Dec4431

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Henichesk banks about 1,771 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

05001,0001,5002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr42
May219
Jun349
Jul434
Aug414
Sep246
Oct67
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Henichesk receives about 3.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.0 and 6.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 25 to Sep 22. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.6 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.0 kWh/m² — roughly 85% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 126.6 kWhDec 151.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.2Dim
Feb2.1Moderate
Mar3.4Moderate
Apr5.0Bright
May6.1Intense
Jun6.5Intense
Jul6.6Intense
Aug5.8Bright
Sep4.2Bright
Oct2.6Moderate
Nov1.4Dim
Dec1.0Dim

Where is Henichesk?

Henichesk sits at 46.2°N, 34.8°E, 16 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Dzhankoy, 60 km away.

Yany KapuArmyanskMelitopolBilohirskKakhovkaNova KakhovkaFeodosiya

Topography around Henichesk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Henichesk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m.

The land around Henichesk is covered by water (44%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, water (56%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (52%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
30 m
80 km
72 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Dzhankoy 60 km · Yany Kapu 82 km · Armyansk 86 km · Melitopol 87 km · Bilohirsk 125 km · Kakhovka 125 km · Nova Kakhovka 129 km · Feodosiya 134 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 Henichesk (46.1682°, 34.8086°, elevation 16 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).