UA flag
Drohobych

Ukraine

vs
UA flag
Kharkiv

Ukraine

Climate

Drohobych logs 3 hot days a year to Kharkiv's 30 — Drohobych wins by 27. Kharkiv also leads on sunny days by 8.

DrohobychKharkiv
Sunny days
147155
Hot days
330
Frost days
102103
Rainy days
13885
Snow days
3328
Outdoor dinner months
3/123/12
Avg wind
3.2 m/s3.6 m/s
Sunshine hours
1,8001,870
Darkest month sun
42 hrs/mo21 hrs/mo
UV peak month
5.56.0

Drohobych

Feels-like °C

-10
-10
-2
6
15
22
23
23
16
7
-2
-9

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Kharkiv

Feels-like °C

-12
-10
-2
8
16
25
26
26
17
5
-4
-10

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Drohobych averages 13.6 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Kharkiv's 13.8 µg/m³ (moderate) — Drohobych breathes ~2% cleaner air (0.3 µg/m³ lower).

Drohobych

Kharkiv

13.6µg/m³
13.8µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Moderate
Moderate

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Drohobych (83K) and Kharkiv (1.3M) are 15x in population — Kharkiv is the larger metro, Drohobych the smaller; on land area Kharkiv spans roughly 15x more ground.

15x

Kharkiv is roughly 15x the scale of Drohobych

Combined population & area comparison

UA flagKharkiv
15x
UA flagDrohobych
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.UA flagKharkiv1.3M15x
2.UA flagDrohobych83K1x
Area
1.UA flagKharkiv232 km²15x
2.UA flagDrohobych16 km²1x
© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
6.3 km3.2 km

UA flagDrohobych

© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
22 km18 km

UA flagKharkiv

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.

Thrives in both
DrohobychKharkiv
Struggles in both
DrohobychKharkiv

Frequently asked about Drohobych vs Kharkiv

How does the climate compare between Drohobych and Kharkiv?
Sunny days: 147 vs 155 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 1,800 vs 1,870 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 42 vs 21 hrs/day — Drohobych higher Hot days (>30°C): 3 vs 30 d — Drohobych lower Frost days: 102 vs 103 d — Similar Rainy days: 138 vs 85 d — Kharkiv lower Snowy days: 33 vs 28 d — Kharkiv lower
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