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Climate
Under the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system, the Dnipropetrovsk has been variously categorized as having either a semi-arid climate (BSk in the original classification  and BSkn in modified Köppen classification) or a Mediterranean climate (Csa). During the summer, Dnipropetrovsk is very warm (average day temperature in July is 24 to 28 C, even hot sometimes 32 to 36 C. Temperatures as high as 36 °C have been recorded in May. Winter is not so cold (average day temperature in January is -4 to 0 C, 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.

As the city exemplifies the urban heat island effect, temperatures in commercial areas and in the industrialized areas along interstates are often higher than in the suburbs, often as much as 5 F-change.The city lies in the USDA plant hardiness zones 7a and 7b (Downtown).

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.



Owing to geography, heavy reliance on automobiles, and the coal-using industries, such as metallurgical coke-chemical plants, Dnipropetrovsk suffers from air pollution in the form of smog. "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 are considered by some to be an environmental crisis. Though exactly where in Dnipropetrovsk these areas might be found is not stated.

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