Climate and average weather in Hlukhiv

In Hlukhiv, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid May to mid September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Hlukhiv typically varies from -8°C to 25°C, and is rarely below -20°C or above 31°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 Hlukhiv for warm-weather activities is from mid May to mid September.

Hottest
Jul
25°
Coldest
Jan
-8°
Wettest
Jul
85 mm
Driest
Feb
36 mm
Rain / yr
612 mm
116 wet days
Daylight
7.6–16.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
178 m
51.7°N
Clearest
Aug
53% cloud

Hlukhiv is town in Shostka raion, Sumy Oblast in northern Ukraine.

Density
380/km²
people per km²
Founded
~992 CE

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

Hlukhiv 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 mid May to mid September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.3 months, from May 7 to September 15, with daily high temperatures above 18°C. The hottest month of the year in Hlukhiv is July, with an average high of 25°C and low of 15°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 19 to March 8, with daily high temperatures below 2°C. The coldest month of the year in Hlukhiv is January, with an average low of -8°C and high of -3°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in August.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-3-7
Feb-2-7
Mar4-3
Apr134
May199
Jun2313
Jul2515
Aug2413
Sep189
Oct114
Nov3-1
Dec-2-6

How hot and cold Hlukhiv 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 -16°C (around January 29), with roughly 179 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 95 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-3-3-14-7
Feb-2-2-14-7
Mar44-9-3
Apr131304
May191989
Jun23231313
Jul25251515
Aug24241313
Sep181879
Oct111104
Nov33-6-1
Dec-2-2-12-6

Average hourly temperature in Hlukhiv

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 25°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -8°C.

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

Hlukhiv 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° / -8°409.89.48.10.0
Feb-2° / -7°368.689.60.0
Mar / -3°419.45.511.50.2
Apr13° / 459.20.813.63.5
May19° / 6311.3015.46.0
Jun23° / 13°6511.4016.36.6
Jul25° / 15°8512.2015.96.6
Aug24° / 13°518.5014.47.2
Sep18° / 548.6012.45.8
Oct11° / 489.40.810.42.6
Nov / -2°448.53.78.60.1
Dec-2° / -6°419.27.97.70.0

Chance of rain

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

Hlukhiv gets about 612 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.0 months, from around May 3 to Aug 1, peaking in July at about 42% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 15.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 85 mm over about 12 wet days; February is the driest, with 36 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 8 · 42%Aug 15 · 25%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3110
Feb319
Mar319
Apr319
May3511
Jun3811
Jul3912
Aug289
Sep299
Oct309
Nov299
Dec299

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Hlukhiv collects about 612 mm of rain across 116 wet days — roughly 51 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 85 mm, while February is the driest at just 36 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec403641456365855154484441
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan40109
Feb3698
Mar4196
Apr4591
May63110
Jun65110
Jul85120
Aug5190
Sep5490
Oct4891
Nov4494
Dec4198

Snow in Hlukhiv

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.

Hlukhiv averages about 36 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 15 to Apr 17 — about 6.1 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 9 days of snow and an estimated 33 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 146 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 30
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan933
Feb830
Mar627
Apr12
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct12
Nov421
Dec832

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Hlukhiv, 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 3 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around September 29. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 56% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 30 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around April 2. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 91% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 10 · 60%Jan 9 · 8%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan991
Feb1585
Mar2773
Apr3961
May4753
Jun5248
Jul5545
Aug5644
Sep3961
Oct2674
Nov1486
Dec991

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 13, brings about 16 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 7 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 8 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.17:523:55
Feb9.67:114:47
Mar11.56:095:39
Apr13.64:576:32
May15.43:597:22
Jun16.33:337:57
Jul15.93:507:50
Aug14.44:367:01
Sep12.45:275:50
Oct10.46:184:40
Nov8.67:133:46
Dec7.77:533:28

Sunny days

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

Hlukhiv averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 12 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.1 months, from around Apr 1 to Oct 3. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is January, down near 2 sunny days — about 86% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 1012 daysJan 141 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb2Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May9Mixed
Jun9Mixed
Jul10Mixed
Aug11Mixed
Sep7Gloomy
Oct5Gloomy
Nov3Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

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 Hlukhiv, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.9 months, from around June 1 to August 26. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 33% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around August 27 to May 31, 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 27 · 100%Jul 24 · 62%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May881010
Jun5926141
Jul3433285
Aug5529142
Sep92800
Oct99100
Nov100000
Dec100000

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 Hlukhiv is typically light breeze, near 14 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Oct 19 to Apr 10. The windiest month is January, averaging about 17 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 11 to Oct 18, with July the calmest month at about 12 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyJan 31 · 17 km/hJul 18 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan17light breeze
Feb17light breeze
Mar16light breeze
Apr14light breeze
May13light breeze
Jun13light breeze
Jul12calm
Aug12calm
Sep13light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov15light breeze
Dec16light breeze

Best time to visit Hlukhiv

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late May, Hlukhiv 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 Hlukhiv for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to mid September, with a peak score in the third week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 15 · 7.4

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
Mar0.3poor
Apr3.5poor
May6.0good
Jun6.5good
Jul6.6good
Aug7.1good
Sep5.8good
Oct2.6poor
Nov0.1poor
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 Hlukhiv for hot-weather activities is from late June to late August, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 10 · 6.5

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 Hlukhiv, 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 25°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -3°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Hlukhiv sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Hlukhiv 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 Hlukhiv peaks around July 12 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 12UV 7Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Hlukhiv

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 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 2.5 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
Apr50
May5.50
Jun7.51.5
Jul7.52.5
Aug60
Sep4.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Hlukhiv typically lasts about 221 days, from around April 1 to November 7 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 22 to October 6.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonApr 150%Apr 2290%Oct 690%Nov 750%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1331
Feb1528
Mar2831
Apr8022
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep990
Oct7825
Nov3930
Dec1831

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. Hlukhiv banks about 1,056 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02505007501,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr8
May132
Jun240
Jul304
Aug270
Sep102
Oct1
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.

Hlukhiv receives about 3.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.5 and 5.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 16. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.8 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.6 kWh/m² — roughly 90% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 105.9 kWhDec 140.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.8Dim
Feb1.6Dim
Mar3.0Moderate
Apr4.3Bright
May5.4Bright
Jun5.9Bright
Jul5.6Bright
Aug4.7Bright
Sep3.1Moderate
Oct1.7Dim
Nov0.8Dim
Dec0.5Dim

Where is Hlukhiv?

Hlukhiv sits at 51.7°N, 33.9°E, 178 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Shostka, 37 km away.

BakhmachL’govskiy

Topography around Hlukhiv

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hlukhiv has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 171 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m.

The land around Hlukhiv is covered by cropland (33%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, cropland (56%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
50 m
16 km
97 m
80 km
146 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Shostka 37 km · Krolevets 40 km · Ryl’sk 54 km · Novhorod-Siverskyi 58 km · Bilopillia 65 km · Konotop 70 km · Bakhmach 93 km · L’govskiy 94 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 Hlukhiv (51.6798°, 33.9168°, elevation 178 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).