Climate and average weather in Odessa
In Odessa, the summers are hot, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Odessa typically varies from -3°C to 29°C, and is rarely below -12°C or above 34°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Odessa for warm-weather activities are from late April to late July and early August to early October.
- Hottest
- Jul
- 29°
- Coldest
- Jan
- -3°
- Wettest
- Jun
- 44 mm
- Driest
- Feb
- 28 mm
- Rain / yr
- 409 mm
- 74 wet days
- Daylight
- 8.4–15.6 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 50 m
- 46.5°N
- Clearest
- Aug
- 36% cloud
Odessa is city in southwestern Ukraine, administrative center of Odesa Oblast and Odesa Raion.
- Density
- 4,266/km²
- people per km²
- Founded
- 1500
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Odessa 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 late April to late July.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Odessa, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 3.7 months, from May 25 to September 14, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Odessa is July, with an average high of 29°C and low of 19°C.
The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 23 to March 11, with daily high temperatures below 7°C. The coldest month of the year in Odessa is January, with an average low of -3°C and high of 2°C.
Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in August.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 4 |
| Avg low (°C) | -3 | -2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | -1 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | -3 |
| Feb | 3 | -2 |
| Mar | 8 | 1 |
| Apr | 15 | 6 |
| May | 21 | 12 |
| Jun | 26 | 17 |
| Jul | 29 | 19 |
| Aug | 28 | 18 |
| Sep | 22 | 14 |
| Oct | 16 | 8 |
| Nov | 9 | 4 |
| Dec | 4 | -1 |
How hot and cold Odessa really feels
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 28), with roughly 137 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 4 |
| Air high (°C) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 4 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | -8 | -7 | -3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 0 | -6 |
| Air low (°C) | -3 | -2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | -1 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | 2 | -8 | -3 |
| Feb | 3 | 3 | -7 | -2 |
| Mar | 8 | 8 | -3 | 1 |
| Apr | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 |
| May | 21 | 21 | 12 | 12 |
| Jun | 26 | 26 | 17 | 17 |
| Jul | 29 | 29 | 19 | 19 |
| Aug | 28 | 28 | 18 | 18 |
| Sep | 22 | 22 | 14 | 14 |
| Oct | 16 | 16 | 6 | 8 |
| Nov | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| Dec | 4 | 4 | -6 | -1 |
Average hourly temperature in Odessa
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 29°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -3°C.
Odessa weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2° / -3° | 34 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 8.8 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 3° / -2° | 28 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 8° / 1° | 32 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 11.6 | 1.4 |
| Apr | 15° / 6° | 31 | 7 | 0.2 | 13.3 | 4.7 |
| May | 21° / 12° | 37 | 7.5 | 0 | 14.8 | 7.1 |
| Jun | 26° / 17° | 44 | 7.9 | 0 | 15.5 | 7.2 |
| Jul | 29° / 19° | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | 15.2 | 6.6 |
| Aug | 28° / 18° | 36 | 4.6 | 0 | 14 | 6.9 |
| Sep | 22° / 14° | 38 | 5.9 | 0 | 12.4 | 7.5 |
| Oct | 16° / 8° | 36 | 5 | 0 | 10.7 | 5.4 |
| Nov | 9° / 4° | 32 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 9.2 | 1.9 |
| Dec | 4° / -1° | 30 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 8.5 | 0.0 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Odessa gets about 409 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 2.3 months, from around May 3 to Jul 10, peaking in June at about 27% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 8.
June is the wettest month by volume, with 44 mm over about 8 wet days; February is the driest, with 28 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 19 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
| Rain days | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19 | 6 |
| Feb | 20 | 6 |
| Mar | 24 | 7 |
| Apr | 24 | 7 |
| May | 23 | 8 |
| Jun | 26 | 8 |
| Jul | 18 | 6 |
| Aug | 15 | 5 |
| Sep | 19 | 6 |
| Oct | 17 | 5 |
| Nov | 19 | 6 |
| Dec | 20 | 6 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Odessa collects about 409 mm of rain across 74 wet days — roughly 34 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 44 mm, while February is the driest at just 28 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 34 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 37 | 44 | 33 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 32 | 30 |
| Rain days | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Snow days | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34 | 6 | 3 |
| Feb | 28 | 6 | 3 |
| Mar | 32 | 7 | 2 |
| Apr | 31 | 7 | 0 |
| May | 37 | 8 | 0 |
| Jun | 44 | 8 | 0 |
| Jul | 33 | 6 | 0 |
| Aug | 36 | 5 | 0 |
| Sep | 38 | 6 | 0 |
| Oct | 36 | 5 | 0 |
| Nov | 32 | 6 | 1 |
| Dec | 30 | 6 | 2 |
Snow in Odessa
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.
Odessa averages about 11 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 8 to Apr 6 — about 4.9 months.
January is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 16 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 51 cm of snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow days | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Snowfall (cm) | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| Snow days | Snowfall (cm) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3 | 16 |
| Feb | 3 | 12 |
| Mar | 2 | 6 |
| Apr | 0 | 1 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 1 | 5 |
| Dec | 2 | 12 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Odessa, 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 19 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around October 14. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 78% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around October 15 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around April 18. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 75% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 25 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 65 | 78 | 77 | 63 | 46 | 29 | 25 |
| Cloudier (%) | 75 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 35 | 22 | 23 | 37 | 54 | 71 | 75 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25 | 75 |
| Feb | 28 | 72 |
| Mar | 36 | 64 |
| Apr | 48 | 52 |
| May | 60 | 40 |
| Jun | 65 | 35 |
| Jul | 78 | 22 |
| Aug | 77 | 23 |
| Sep | 63 | 37 |
| Oct | 46 | 54 |
| Nov | 29 | 71 |
| Dec | 25 | 75 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
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 12, brings about 15 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 8 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 7 h 12 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.8 | 10.0 | 11.6 | 13.3 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 7:43 | 7:11 | 6:19 | 5:17 | 4:30 | 4:09 | 4:24 | 5:01 | 5:42 | 6:23 | 7:08 | 7:41 |
| Sunset (PM) | 4:29 | 5:12 | 5:54 | 6:37 | 7:17 | 7:45 | 7:41 | 7:01 | 6:01 | 5:01 | 4:17 | 4:05 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.8 | 7:43 | 4:29 |
| Feb | 10.0 | 7:11 | 5:12 |
| Mar | 11.6 | 6:19 | 5:54 |
| Apr | 13.3 | 5:17 | 6:37 |
| May | 14.8 | 4:30 | 7:17 |
| Jun | 15.5 | 4:09 | 7:45 |
| Jul | 15.2 | 4:24 | 7:41 |
| Aug | 14.0 | 5:01 | 7:01 |
| Sep | 12.4 | 5:42 | 6:01 |
| Oct | 10.7 | 6:23 | 5:01 |
| Nov | 9.2 | 7:08 | 4:17 |
| Dec | 8.5 | 7:41 | 4:05 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Odessa averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 19 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.9 months, from around Apr 20 to Oct 17. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 18 sunny days (bright).
The greyest month is January, down near 4 sunny days — about 76% fewer than the August peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
| Sky | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Bright | Bright | Mixed | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4 | Gloomy |
| Feb | 5 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 7 | Gloomy |
| Apr | 10 | Mixed |
| May | 13 | Mixed |
| Jun | 13 | Mixed |
| Jul | 17 | Bright |
| Aug | 19 | Bright |
| Sep | 14 | Mixed |
| Oct | 10 | Mixed |
| Nov | 6 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 5 | Gloomy |
Humidity comfort
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 Odessa, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 4.0 months, from around May 29 to September 28. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 43% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 29 to May 28, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 79 | 39 | 26 | 38 | 66 | 85 | 99 | 100 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Muggy (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oppressive (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 99 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 79 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 39 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 |
| Jul | 26 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 1 |
| Aug | 38 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 1 |
| Sep | 66 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct | 85 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 99 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 Odessa is typically light breeze, near 15 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Sep 28 to Apr 14. The windiest month is February, averaging about 16 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 15 to Sep 27, with August the calmest month at about 13 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16 | light breeze |
| Feb | 16 | light breeze |
| Mar | 16 | light breeze |
| Apr | 14 | light breeze |
| May | 13 | light breeze |
| Jun | 13 | light breeze |
| Jul | 13 | light breeze |
| Aug | 13 | light breeze |
| Sep | 14 | light breeze |
| Oct | 15 | light breeze |
| Nov | 16 | light breeze |
| Dec | 16 | light breeze |
Best time to visit Odessa
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Odessa throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late July, Odessa is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
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 Odessa for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to early October, with a peak score in the first week of September.
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).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| Rating | poor | poor | poor | fair | good | good | good | good | good | fair | poor | poor |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.0 | poor |
| Feb | 0.0 | poor |
| Mar | 1.5 | poor |
| Apr | 4.7 | fair |
| May | 7.1 | good |
| Jun | 7.2 | good |
| Jul | 6.6 | good |
| Aug | 6.9 | good |
| Sep | 7.5 | good |
| Oct | 5.3 | fair |
| Nov | 1.9 | poor |
| Dec | 0.0 | poor |
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 Odessa for hot-weather activities is from mid June to early September, with a peak score in the second week of August.
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 Odessa, by month
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 29°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.
In July, Odessa sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.
Sea temperature near Odessa
Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.
The sea at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 4°C.
It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 14 to Sep 17 — about 3.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 |
| Comfort | Bracing | Bracing | Bracing | Bracing | Cool | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Cool | Bracing | Bracing |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | Bracing |
| Feb | 4 | Bracing |
| Mar | 5 | Bracing |
| Apr | 9 | Bracing |
| May | 15 | Cool |
| Jun | 21 | Refreshing |
| Jul | 23 | Refreshing |
| Aug | 24 | Refreshing |
| Sep | 20 | Refreshing |
| Oct | 16 | Cool |
| Nov | 12 | Bracing |
| Dec | 8 | Bracing |
UV index (midday) in Odessa by month
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 Odessa peaks around July 15 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 7 months of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Level | Low | Low | Moderate | High | High | Very high | Very high | Very high | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Low |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1 | Low |
| Feb | 2 | Low |
| Mar | 3 | Moderate |
| Apr | 6 | High |
| May | 5 | High |
| Jun | 7 | Very high |
| Jul | 8 | Very high |
| Aug | 7 | Very high |
| Sep | 5 | Moderate |
| Oct | 3 | Moderate |
| Nov | 1 | Low |
| Dec | 1 | Low |
Average hourly UV index in Odessa
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 1.5 | 0 |
| Apr | 6 | 0 |
| May | 6 | 0 |
| Jun | 8 | 4 |
| Jul | 8 | 4.5 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 3.5 |
| Sep | 5 | 0 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 |
Growing season
The growing season in Odessa typically lasts about 276 days, from around March 6 to December 6 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 3 to October 30.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 29 | 33 | 64 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 76 | 43 |
| Frost nights | 31 | 28 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 31 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29 | 31 |
| Feb | 33 | 28 |
| Mar | 64 | 31 |
| Apr | 97 | 3 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 97 | 3 |
| Nov | 76 | 30 |
| Dec | 43 | 31 |
Growing degree days
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. Odessa banks about 1,716 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 205 | 338 | 426 | 412 | 240 | 66 | 0 | 0 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 0 |
| Mar | 0 |
| Apr | 30 |
| May | 205 |
| Jun | 338 |
| Jul | 426 |
| Aug | 412 |
| Sep | 240 |
| Oct | 66 |
| Nov | 0 |
| Dec | 0 |
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.
Odessa receives about 3.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.0 and 6.4 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Mar 24 to Sep 20. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 1.0 kWh/m² — roughly 85% less than the June peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| Level | Dim | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Moderate | Moderate | Dim | Dim |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.2 | Dim |
| Feb | 2.1 | Moderate |
| Mar | 3.4 | Moderate |
| Apr | 4.9 | Bright |
| May | 6.0 | Intense |
| Jun | 6.4 | Intense |
| Jul | 6.3 | Intense |
| Aug | 5.6 | Bright |
| Sep | 4.0 | Moderate |
| Oct | 2.5 | Moderate |
| Nov | 1.3 | Dim |
| Dec | 1.0 | Dim |
Where is Odessa?
Odessa sits at 46.5°N, 30.7°E, 50 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Cheremushky, 6.0 km away.
What Odessa looks like
Topography around Odessa
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Odessa.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Odessa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m.
The land around Odessa is covered by artificial surfaces (46%) and water (40%) within 3 km, water (45%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and water (34%) within 80 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 Odessa (46.4857°, 30.7438°, elevation 50 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).