Odessa (Odesa) weather by month

The best time to visit Odessa (Odesa) is July to September — 95/100 in August, 29°C and 4 rainy days. The best season is summer, June to August (91/100 on average).

The worst month is January at 34/100 — cold, a little rain, clean air. See January →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Ukraine →

Odessa🇺🇦 Ukraine · Eastern Europe · Beach95
  1. 34Jan
  2. 45Feb
  3. 57Mar
  4. 72Apr
  5. 77May
  6. 85Jun
  7. 93Jul
  8. 95Aug
  9. 89Sep
  10. 67Oct
  11. 47Nov
  12. 36Dec

Best season: June to August (91/100 on average) · worst January (34/100)

Days
29°C
Nights
20°C
Wet days
4
Sun
12.4 h
Humidity
57%
Daylight
14 h
Odessa, Ukraine
Photo: Diana Lozovska · Pexels

Odessa, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Odessa 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
Jan34F4°C7 d4 hBusy2
Feb45F5°C5 d6 hQuiet1
Mar57D9°C7 d8 hShoulder1
Apr72B14°C7 d10 hBusy1
May77B19°C8 d12 hShoulder2
Jun85A26°C8 d13 hShoulder2
Jul93S29°C4 d13 hBusy2
Aug95S29°C4 d12 hPeak2
Sep89A23°C5 d10 hBusy3
Oct67C17°C5 d7 hShoulder1
Nov47F10°C6 d4 hShoulder2
Dec36F6°C7 d3 hBusy2

What's on in Odessa through the year

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

April
  • Orthodox Easter10–13 AprHoliday
May
  • Beach season opens15 May – 15 Sep (usually)Opening
June
  • Sea warm enough to swim15 Jun – 20 Sep (usually)Season
September
  • Migration on the lagoons1 Sep – 15 Nov (usually)Nature
November
  • Coast shuts for winter1 Nov – 31 MarClosure
December
  • Christmas and New Year24 Dec – 2 JanHoliday

Everything on in Odessa through the year →

Crowds in Odessa in August

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.

Peak crowdstravelers describe it as peak season, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

Sourced from traveler notes: “…f Ukraine. Posters consistently name July-August as Odesa's high season, comparing the scene to Spain's party islands, with an acti…” — Tripadvisor community

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Traveller notes on Odessa

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

Regulars are specific this month counts as genuinely perfect beach weather, warm and settled, though the tradeoff is a city running overcrowded with events, parties and things going on. Our row backs that hot, genuinely dry read, 24.1C reading as a hot 29C, over 19.5C nights feeling 20C, with rain minimal at 26.2mm across just 4 days and humidity at 58.8 percent. Regulars are consistent the main beach scene here runs genuinely lively rather than quiet, described as heaving with sunbathers, clubs and eateries alongside a busy downtown restaurant strip, a week generally enough time rather than two unless a cultural itinerary is paired in. The sea sits at a warm, swimmable 23.2C. The record: 13.3 hours of sun, a 19.4 kph wind and AQI 46.
WarmPerfectForBeachButOvercrowded · July · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Forum posters describe August days in Odesa as reliably warm, around 30C, with rain genuinely exceptional - typically just 1-3 days seeing any rain across the whole month, a product of the region's more continental climate running hotter in July and August than the rest of Ukraine. Posters consistently name July-August as Odesa's high season, comparing the scene to Spain's party islands, with an active club and nightlife culture drawing large numbers of young visitors from across the region and accommodation getting genuinely hard to find. Posters generally still rate Odesa's Black Sea coast as worth the trip despite the crowds, with reliably hot, dry, sunny August weather the main appeal alongside the beach season itself.
Tripadvisor community · August · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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