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Ukraine
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Ukraine at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Photo: Juan Antonio Segal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Kyiv
- Currency
- UAH
- Ukrainian Hryvnia
- Local time
- Eastern European Summer TimeUTC+03:00
- 1 more
- Calling code
- +380
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and F
Facts
Ukraine in figures
- Capital
- Kyiv
- Currency
- Ukrainian Hryvnia UAHToday's indicative rate: UAH 10 ≈ USD 0.223Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: Ukrainian and RussianSpoken: Ukrainian, Russian, Romany, Polish and Hungarian
- Time zones
- Eastern European Summer TimeUTC+03:00Moscow Standard TimeUTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +380
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and F230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 101fire102police103ambulance112general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 38,980,376 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 603,700 km²
- Internet domain
- .ua
When to go
Climate across Ukraine
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyiv | -3° | -1° | 6° | 14° | 21° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 21° | 13° | 5° | -1° |
| Odesa | 2° | 3° | 8° | 15° | 22° | 26° | 29° | 29° | 23° | 16° | 9° | 4° |
| Lviv | -1° | 1° | 7° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 20° | 13° | 7° | 1° |
| Kharkiv | -4° | -2° | 5° | 14° | 21° | 25° | 29° | 29° | 22° | 13° | 4° | -2° |
| Sevastopol | 5° | 5° | 8° | 13° | 19° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 22° | 16° | 11° | 7° |
| Donetsk | -2° | 0° | 7° | 15° | 22° | 27° | 30° | 30° | 23° | 15° | 6° | 0° |
| Dnipro | -2° | 0° | 7° | 15° | 22° | 27° | 30° | 30° | 23° | 14° | 6° | 0° |
| Zaporizhzhya | -1° | 1° | 8° | 16° | 23° | 27° | 30° | 30° | 23° | 15° | 7° | 1° |
| Luhansk | -3° | -1° | 6° | 15° | 23° | 27° | 31° | 30° | 23° | 14° | 6° | 0° |
| Simferopol | 3° | 4° | 9° | 15° | 21° | 26° | 29° | 29° | 23° | 16° | 10° | 5° |
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
Cities
Cities in Ukraine
- KyivCapitalKyiv City2,952,301
- KharkivKharkiv Oblast1,421,125
- OdesaOdesa Oblast1,010,537
- DniproDnipropetrovsk Oblast968,502
- DonetskDonetsk Oblast901,645
- LvivLviv Oblast717,273
- ZaporizhzhyaZaporizhzhia Oblast710,052
- Kryvyy RihDnipropetrovsk Oblast603,904
- SevastopolSevastopol City547,820
- MykolayivMykolaiv Oblast470,011
- VinnytsyaVinnytsia Oblast430,091
- LuhanskLuhansk Oblast397,677
- MakiyivkaDonetsk Oblast338,968
- SimferopolCrimea336,460
Photographs
Ukraine in pictures
KyivPhoto: Francisco Anzola · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
OdesaPhoto: Alexey M. · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
LvivPhoto: Lestat (Jan Mehlich) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
KharkivPhoto: Ekaterina Polischuk · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
SevastopolChersonesus · Photo: Dmitry A. Mottl · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
DonetskPhoto: Валерий Дед · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Ukraine at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)