Climate and average weather in Ternopil

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

Best: late May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ternopil typically varies from -5°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -16°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 Ternopil for warm-weather activities is from late May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-5°
Wettest
Jul
99 mm
Driest
Jan
35 mm
Rain / yr
688 mm
131 wet days
Daylight
7.9–16.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
320 m
49.6°N
Clearest
Aug
53% cloud

Ternopil is city of Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.

Density
3,818/km²
people per km²
Founded
1540

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

Ternopil 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 May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.2 months, from May 11 to September 16, with daily high temperatures above 19°C. The hottest month of the year in Ternopil is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.5 months, from November 21 to March 5, with daily high temperatures below 4°C. The coldest month of the year in Ternopil is January, with an average low of -5°C and high of -1°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-1-5
Feb1-5
Mar6-1
Apr144
May199
Jun2213
Jul2414
Aug2414
Sep199
Oct125
Nov60
Dec1-4

How hot and cold Ternopil 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 -12°C (around January 28), with roughly 168 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 54 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-1-1-11-5
Feb11-10-5
Mar66-5-1
Apr141414
May191989
Jun22221313
Jul24241414
Aug24241414
Sep191989
Oct121225
Nov56-40
Dec01-9-4

Average hourly temperature in Ternopil

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 24°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -5°C.

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

Ternopil 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-1° / -5°359.27.48.40.0
Feb / -5°369.47.39.80.0
Mar / -1°4511.24.911.50.6
Apr14° / 5211.31.213.43.7
May19° / 7313.6015.15.6
Jun22° / 13°8714.10166.0
Jul24° / 14°9914.4015.66.2
Aug24° / 14°7011.2014.26.8
Sep19° / 679.8012.45.9
Oct12° / 458.50.810.53.5
Nov / 408.83.78.90.5
Dec / -4°409.97.280.0

Chance of rain

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

Ternopil gets about 688 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 3.4 months, from around May 2 to Aug 12, peaking in June at about 49% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 8.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 99 mm over about 14 wet days; January is the driest, with 35 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 18 · 49%Oct 8 · 26%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan309
Feb339
Mar3611
Apr3811
May4314
Jun4814
Jul4714
Aug3611
Sep3210
Oct289
Nov299
Dec3210

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Ternopil collects about 688 mm of rain across 131 wet days — roughly 57 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 99 mm, while January is the driest at just 35 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 38% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec353645527387997067454040
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan3597
Feb3697
Mar45115
Apr52111
May73140
Jun87140
Jul99140
Aug70110
Sep67100
Oct4591
Nov4094
Dec40107

Snow in Ternopil

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.

Ternopil averages about 33 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 9 to Apr 25 — about 6.5 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 8 days of snow and an estimated 30 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 126 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 3
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan723
Feb730
Mar519
Apr16
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct14
Nov419
Dec725

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Ternopil, 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 6.2 months, ending around October 21. 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 October 22 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around April 14. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 83% 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 16 · 58%Dec 6 · 15%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1882
Feb2080
Mar2872
Apr3862
May4258
Jun4456
Jul5050
Aug5644
Sep4357
Oct3664
Nov2278
Dec1783

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 17, brings about 16 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around December 17, only 7 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 8 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.48:164:38
Feb9.87:395:26
Mar11.56:416:14
Apr13.45:337:02
May15.14:407:48
Jun16.04:178:19
Jul15.64:338:14
Aug14.25:147:29
Sep12.46:016:23
Oct10.56:485:17
Nov8.97:394:27
Dec8.08:154:12

Sunny days

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

Ternopil averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 11 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.7 months, from around Apr 14 to Nov 3. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 10 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is December, down near 3 sunny days — about 75% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 1611 daysDec 52 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan3Gloomy
Feb3Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May7Gloomy
Jun7Gloomy
Jul8Mixed
Aug10Mixed
Sep8Gloomy
Oct7Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
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 Ternopil, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.9 months, from around June 3 to August 30. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 29% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around August 31 to June 2, 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 27 · 64%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May90910
Jun5629141
Jul3734245
Aug4733173
Sep861210
Oct98200
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 Ternopil is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.4 months, from around Oct 5 to Apr 18. The windiest month is February, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 19 to Oct 4, with August the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 1 · 15 km/hAug 4 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan14light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May12calm
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep12light breeze
Oct13light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Best time to visit Ternopil

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 19 · 7.0

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
Mar0.7poor
Apr3.7fair
May5.6good
Jun6.0good
Jul6.2good
Aug6.8good
Sep5.9good
Oct3.4poor
Nov0.6poor
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 Ternopil 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 11 · 6.0

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 Ternopil, 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 24°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -1°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Ternopil sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Ternopil 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 Ternopil peaks around July 17 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 17UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Ternopil

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 3.5 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
May6.50
Jun83
Jul83.5
Aug72.5
Sep50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Ternopil typically lasts about 239 days, from around March 24 to November 17 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 19 to October 14.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 2450%Apr 1990%Oct 1490%Nov 1750%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1831
Feb2228
Mar4231
Apr8619
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct8717
Nov5330
Dec2431

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. Ternopil banks about 1,052 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
Apr11
May128
Jun224
Jul288
Aug273
Sep122
Oct6
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.

Ternopil receives about 3.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.7 and 5.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 17. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.5 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.7 kWh/m² — roughly 87% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 115.6 kWhDec 150.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.9Dim
Feb1.7Dim
Mar3.0Moderate
Apr4.4Bright
May5.3Bright
Jun5.6Bright
Jul5.3Bright
Aug4.7Bright
Sep3.2Moderate
Oct2.0Moderate
Nov1.1Dim
Dec0.7Dim

Where is Ternopil?

Ternopil sits at 49.6°N, 25.6°E, 320 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Volochysk, 44 km away.

HorodokKnyahynyn

Topography around Ternopil

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ternopil has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 332 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 323 m.

The land around Ternopil is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) within 16 km, and cropland (66%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
84 m
16 km
150 m
80 km
323 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Volochysk 44 km · Berezhany 49 km · Zolochiv 57 km · Kremenets 61 km · Chortkiv 62 km · Brody 67 km · Horodok 82 km · Knyahynyn 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 Ternopil (49.554°, 25.5907°, elevation 320 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).