Lviv weather by month

The best time to visit Lviv is June to August — 92/100 in June, 25°C and 14 rainy days. The best season is summer, June to August (89/100 on average).

The worst month is January at 38/100 — freezing, a little rain, clean air. See January →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Ukraine →

Lviv🇺🇦 Ukraine · Eastern Europe · City92
  1. 38Jan
  2. 48Feb
  3. 63Mar
  4. 75Apr
  5. 82May
  6. 92Jun
  7. 86Jul
  8. 90Aug
  9. 80Sep
  10. 69Oct
  11. 55Nov
  12. 41Dec

Best season: June to August (89/100 on average) · worst January (38/100)

Days
25°C
Nights
13°C
Wet days
14
Sun
11.9 h
Humidity
73%
Daylight
16 h
Lviv, Ukraine
Photo: Denys Novikov · Pexels

Lviv, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Lviv is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan38F2°C12 d4 hQuiet2
Feb48F5°C12 d5 hQuiet1
Mar63C9°C12 d7 hShoulder2
Apr75B15°C11 d10 hPeak5
May82A20°C16 d11 hBusy5
Jun92S25°C14 d12 hBusy2
Jul86A26°C15 d12 hBusy2
Aug90S26°C10 d11 hBusy2
Sep80A21°C10 d8 hShoulder2
Oct69C14°C10 d6 hShoulder1
Nov55D7°C11 d4 hShoulder1
Dec41F4°C14 d3 hQuiet2

What's on in Lviv through the year

Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.

January
  • Martial law and curfew1 Jan – 31 DecRule
March
  • Rynok Square farmers' fair29 Mar – 30 Sep (usually)Opening
April
  • Lviv City Day24 Apr – 9 May (usually)Festival
  • Sakura and magnolia5 Apr – 5 May (usually)Nature
  • Easter11–13 AprHoliday
December
  • Christmas and vertep19 Dec – 8 Jan (usually)Festival

Everything on in Lviv through the year →

Crowds in Lviv in June

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

Busyschool holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather(estimated)

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Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet

Traveller notes on Lviv

What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.

Forum posters describe June as one of the wetter months in the wider Carpathian region near Lviv, with 15-16 rainy days and over 100mm of rain typical in the mountains during June and July - a real feature to plan around for anyone combining Lviv with a Carpathian side trip. Posters discussing Ukraine's climate more broadly note the first half of June, along with April, May and early autumn, are generally recommended over the hotter late-June-through-early-August stretch that can turn genuinely too hot for comfortable sightseeing. Posters consistently rate Lviv itself highly for its food, drink and museum scene regardless of a rainy day, with plenty of indoor options to fall back on if the weather doesn't cooperate.
Tripadvisor community · June · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Forum posters describe December temperatures in Lviv as generally hovering around -5C, with typical daytime highs near 0C and lows around -10C, though posters cite historical extremes as wide as +16.5C to -28.5C for the December-January window. Posters are consistent that predicting exact December weather here is genuinely difficult - some years bring manageable, if cold, conditions, others turn properly snowy and harsh, with sleet or clear days both possible. Posters flag mid-December through the second week of March as a period with a very high probability of frost. Posters generally recommend dressing warmly as the main preparation needed, describing the cold itself as manageable with the right layers regardless of which version of December weather shows up.
Tripadvisor community · December · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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