Ukraine
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Ukraine
Official name: | Ukraine |
Capital: | Kiev (Kyyiv) |
Area: | total: 603,700 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 603,700 sq km |
Climate: | temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south |
Location: | Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland and Russia |
Geographic coordinates: | 49 00 N, 32 00 E |
Comparative Area: | slightly smaller than Texas |
Land boundaries: | total: 4,663 km border countries: Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 526 km, Romania (south) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 97 km |
Coastline: | 2,782 km |
Terrain: | most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Black Sea 0 m highest point: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m |
Map of Ukraine