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City Pairings
close match
Frankfurt, Germany and Kyiv, Ukraine are a close climate match — 1,547 km (961 mi) apart. Frankfurt is Köppen zone Cfb; Kyiv is Dfb.
See Frankfurt on the interactive map →Frankfurt is classed oceanic (Cfb) while Kyiv is warm-summer continental (Dfb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They sit only about 1,547 km (961 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Kyiv should feel familiar if you know Frankfurt. January means differ by 6°C (Kyiv cooler); July by 1°C (Kyiv warmer). Monthly rainfall stays within 5 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Kyiv at 7.7 h/day on average versus 7.8 h/day in Frankfurt (January 2.6 h / 3.5 h, July 12.8 h / 12.2 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (11 µg/m³ in Kyiv, 8 in Frankfurt). Humidity: dew point in Kyiv runs about 7°C lower in January (-8°C vs -1°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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See Kyiv's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Kyiv, Ukraine is the closest distant match for Frankfurt, Germany — scored close, about 1,547 km (961 mi) away.
Frankfurt and Kyiv are separated by roughly 1,547 km (961 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
No — Frankfurt is oceanic (Cfb) and Kyiv is warm-summer continental (Dfb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Frankfurt has a oceanic climate (Cfb). January averages a high of 5°C and a low of 0°C with 45 mm of rain; July averages 26°C / 15°C and 65 mm.
Frankfurt averages about 3.5 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.2 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 9.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 46); July averages 6.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 40).
Other close climate matches for Frankfurt: Rostov-on-Don (fair), Warsaw (very close), Odesa (fair).
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