UA flag
Kharkiv

Ukraine

vs
UA flag
Sevastopol

Ukraine

Climate

Kharkiv logs 30 hot days a year to Sevastopol's 1 — Sevastopol wins by 29. Sevastopol also leads on frost days by 93.

KharkivSevastopol
Sunny days
155204
Hot days
301
Frost days
10310
Rainy days
8594
Snow days
282
Outdoor dinner months
3/125/12
Avg wind
3.6 m/s4.3 m/s
Sunshine hours
1,8702,475
Darkest month sun
21 hrs/mo68 hrs/mo
UV peak month
6.07.1

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

Sevastopol

Feels-like °C

-1
1
6
11
19
25
29
28
24
13
6
3

Dinner outside

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

Air Quality

Kharkiv averages 13.8 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Sevastopol's 11.5 µg/m³ (moderate) — Sevastopol breathes ~16% cleaner air (2.3 µg/m³ lower).

Kharkiv

Sevastopol

13.8µg/m³
11.5µg/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.

Kharkiv (1.3M) and Sevastopol (221K) are 5.8x in population — Kharkiv is the larger metro, Sevastopol the smaller; on land area Kharkiv spans roughly 2.8x more ground.

4.0x

Kharkiv is roughly 4.0x the scale of Sevastopol

Combined population & area comparison

UA flagKharkiv
4.0x
UA flagSevastopol
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.UA flagKharkiv1.3M5.8x
2.UA flagSevastopol221K1x
Area
1.UA flagKharkiv232 km²2.8x
2.UA flagSevastopol84 km²1x
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22 km18 km

UA flagKharkiv

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13 km11 km

UA flagSevastopol

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.

Thrives in both
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Struggles in both
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Frequently asked about Kharkiv vs Sevastopol

How does the climate compare between Kharkiv and Sevastopol?
Sunny days: 155 vs 204 d — Sevastopol higher Annual sunshine: 1,870 vs 2,475 hrs — Sevastopol higher Winter sunshine: 21 vs 68 hrs/day — Sevastopol higher Hot days (>30°C): 30 vs 1 d — Sevastopol lower Frost days: 103 vs 10 d — Sevastopol lower Rainy days: 85 vs 94 d — Similar Snowy days: 28 vs 2 d — Sevastopol lower
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