The climate of Kyiv
Dfb Warm-summer humid continental. Warm summers and cold, snowy winters, with rain all year. A forest climate with four distinct seasons and a cold, snowy winter, but warm summers.
Kyiv is north of the equator, so summer falls in June to August and winter in December to February. The 1901 to 1930 map puts Kyiv in the same zone, Dfb.
Kyiv: then, now and by 2100
| Map | Climate zone | Compared with now |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 to 1930 | Dfb Warm-summer humid continental | Same as now |
| 1991 to 2020 (now) | Dfb Warm-summer humid continental | - |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP1-2.6 (low emissions) | Dfa Hot-summer humid continental | Different from now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP2-4.5 (middle of the road) | Dfa Hot-summer humid continental | Different from now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP5-8.5 (high emissions) | Cfa Humid subtropical | Different from now |
The 2071 to 2099 rows are model projections under three emissions scenarios, not forecasts. The 1901 to 1930 row is a reconstruction. All come from Beck et al. (2023).
Under the middle-of-the-road scenario (SSP2-4.5), the model puts Kyiv in Dfa (hot-summer humid continental) in 2071 to 2099, instead of Dfb now. Under the high-emissions scenario (SSP5-8.5) it is Cfa (humid subtropical).
Cities with the same climate as Kyiv
Other big cities that are Dfb (warm-summer humid continental) in 1991 to 2020, at most two per country:
Where Kyiv's future climate exists today
In the SSP2-4.5 map for 2071 to 2099, Kyiv is Dfa. These cities are Dfa in 1991 to 2020, so they give a rough idea of the future climate (the real conditions would differ in many ways).
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Population of Kyiv from GeoNames: 2,952,301 (rank 134 in our list of 1,000). Climate data: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0. Data sources and licences.