During the summer, Dnipropetrovsk is very warm (average day temperature in July is 24 to 28 �C (75 to 82 �F), even hot sometimes 32 to 36 �C (90 to 97 �F). Temperatures as high as 36 �C (97 �F) have been recorded in May. Winter is not so cold (average day temperature in January is -4 to 0 �C (25 to 32 �F), but when there is no snow and the wind blows hard, it feels extremely cold. A mix of snow and rain happens usually in December.
The best time for visiting the city is in late spring � late April and May, and early in autumn: September, October, when the city's trees turn yellow. Other times are mainly dry with a few showers.
The climate is a mixture of temperate and continental climates and sometimes in the winter it is very cold and snowy (sometimes dropping down to ?10 to ?15 �C), and in summer, the city is very hot (up to +40 �C), especially in late July and August.
"However, the city is characterized with significant pollution of air with industrial emissions." The "severely polluted air and water" and allegedly "vast areas of decimated landscape" of Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk that some consider an environmental crisis. Though exactly where in Dnipropetrovsk these areas might be found is not stated
