Kyiv
Capital of Ukraine: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kyiv (234807751): Francisco Anzola, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine, in Kyiv City. About 3.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Ukraine in our atlas.
It lies at 50.45° N, 30.52° E, about 187 m (614 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Kyiv time zone.
Location
Red dot: Kyiv. Green dots: other major cities of Ukraine. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kyiv has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 27°C (81°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -9°C (15°F). Around 615 mm (24 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in UkraineNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Vinnytsya · 199 km
- Kryvyy Rih · 348 km
- Dnipro · 388 km
- Mykolayiv · 400 km
- Kharkiv · 408 km
- Zaporizhzhya · 435 km
- Odesa · 441 km
- Lviv · 464 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 703448 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1899 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kyiv (234807751): Francisco Anzola, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Маріїнський палац в Києві (cropped): Roman Naumov, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Владимирская 54 Киев 2010 01: AMY, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Національний художній музей України, Київ: Fotoswetik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2017-05-13 Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. Вернадського: Maksym Kozlenko, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Paton's Bridge, Kiev: Fastboy, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kiev Metro bridge 1: Halibutt, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum (8600678579): Jorge Láscar from Australia, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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