page_title: Poltava
section_title: Climate
hierarchical_section_title: Poltava / Geography / Climate
caption_attribution_description: October Parc in Poltava, with the Column of Glory commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Poltava
context_page_description: Poltava is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast and of the surrounding Poltava Raion of the oblast. Poltava is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. It has a population of 289,000.
context_section_description: Poltava has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).
caption: The Column of Glory commemorates the centenary of the Battle of Poltava (1709).
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