Khmelnytskyi Oblast · Ukraine
Khmelnytskyi travel guide
Khmelnytskyi is a city in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, home to about 274,000 people.
- Best months
- May and July to September
- Currency
- UAHhryvnia
- Time zone
- Europe/Kyiv
- Language
- Ukrainian
About
About Khmelnytskyi
Khmelnytskyi is a city in western Ukraine. Located on the Southern Bug, it serves as the administrative centre of Khmelnytskyi Oblast as well as Khmelnytskyi Raion within the oblast.
While the city is in western Ukraine, people in Khmelnytskyi don't speak Ukrainian exclusively (as is generally the case in the nearby city of Ternopil). Many in Khmelnytskyi speak Russian as their first language, or a mixture of the two languages known as surzhyk (суржик). It appears that both Ukrainian and Russian can be used interchangeably in Khmelnytskyi.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Khmelnytskyi
See
The city centre is relatively compact and can be easily explored on foot. If you want a tourist city with a multitude of attractions then Khmelnytskyi isn't for you, if you want an authentic Ukrainian city with generally friendly people, good prices and fewer rip offs than in the usual tourist centres then Khmelnytskyi is a good spot.
- Church of Christ of King of Universe
- Nativity of the Virgin Church
- Temple of Michael
- Sviato-Pokrovskyi Cathedral
- Church of Saint George
- Church of Immaculate heart of the Blessed Virgin Maria
- Cathedral of Saint Andrew
- Regional Museum
- City History Museum
- Art Museum
- Museum of Proskurivs'koho Underground
- Fountain "Baron Munchausen"
Do
- Dendropark Podillia
- Mykhailo Chekman Park
- Park of Taras Shevchenko
- Pioneerskiy garden
- Park of Ivan Franko
- Park of Tank Crew
- Khmelnytskyi Puppet Theatre
- Cinema Shevchenka
- City Culture House
- Izyaslav village
- Orlovskis' estate, Maliivtsi village
- Medzhybizh Castle
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When to go
The best time to visit Khmelnytskyi
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Khmelnytskyi are May and July to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26 °C; June is the wettest, with about 81 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Khmelnytskyi
Getting in
There are frequent trains from Kyiv to Khmelnytskyi, keep alert because Khmelnytskyi isn't the final destination but rather one stop along the way and you don't want to end up in Ternopil or Lviv by accident. However the carriage attendant should inform you (in Russian or Ukrainian) when the train is approaching your stop. A good idea is to know your time of arrival and set your phone's alarm 30 minutes beforehand.
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Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Khmelnytskyi
Eat
In the basement of Hotel Central (Hotel Centralny) there is an eatery open to guests and non-guests alike offering nice, simple food at very good prices. There are numerous restaurants throughout the city.
Drink
There are a number of cafes, bars and nightclubs in the city. If you are a foreigner people may wonder what you are doing in their city (as it is not a tourist city) and may view you with some amusement. Be friendly, polite, try your hand at speaking a few words of Russian or Ukrainian and things should go ok. Keep an eye on what you drink and how much you drink, it's quite possible the locals are used to drinking more than you are! In a bar/pub a vodka (Ukrainian brand but just as good as any imported brand) should cost a maximum of 10 грн, most likely this price is for 100 ml. Prices tend to be a little higher in nightclubs but not excessively.
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Questions
Khmelnytskyi: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Khmelnytskyi?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Khmelnytskyi are May and July to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26 °C; June is the wettest, with about 81 mm of rain.
What currency is used in Khmelnytskyi?
hryvnia (UAH).
Nearby
Destinations near Khmelnytskyi
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.