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Dzharylhach

43.6 km² of land in the Black Sea.

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Dzharylhach seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
N 5 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

43.6km²

Area

120km

Coastline

2m

Highest point

0

People

24°C

Warmest sea

August

5km

To the mainland

When to go to Dzharylhach

Best for the beach from July to August.

The sea is warmest in August (24 °C) and coolest in February (4 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from July to August.

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Ukraine

Dzharylhach is an island in Ukraine. It covers 43.6 km², with 120 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 2 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 5 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

  • Chişinău International Airport (RMO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 311 km in a straight lineCar hire at ODS airport (Odesa)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • FerriesSkadovsk - Dzharylhach, Skadovsk - Dzharylhach lighthouse
  • 5 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
  • From July to Augustbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Dzharylhach.

  • 4beachesSmall nudist place, A real nudist beach and 2 more
  • 1viewpoints
  • 1lighthousesLeuchtturm Dscharylhatsch
  • 1marinasSeebrücke
  • 2campsitesHome at the sea
  • 1hotels, guesthouses and apartments
  • 2restaurants, cafés and bars

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 1 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 100 %0–50 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Dzharylhach44 km²
Santorini76 km²
Manhattan54 km²

10 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)34814212629292316106
Night low (°C)-1-12613182121161051
Sea (°C)6459152123242016128
Rain (mm)403231273844332635403435
Wet days867689656778
Sun h/day1.83.45.27.99.410.010.49.97.75.02.21.3
Wind (km/h)202119171515151517181920

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020+0.6±0.0+2.0+0.8−0.3±0.0+0.5+0.1+2.5+3.9+4.0+3.3
2021+3.1+2.4+0.4−0.2−0.5−0.9+0.8+0.4+0.3−0.6−0.5±0.0
2022−1.1−0.3−0.8±0.0−0.5+0.5−0.1+0.9+0.2±0.0−0.2−0.1
2023+0.2±0.0+1.9+1.7+0.1−0.1+0.5+1.7+2.2+1.4+1.8−0.3
2024−0.3+0.1+1.5+4.3+0.4+1.7+2.7+1.3+1.8+2.1−0.4−1.1
2025+0.6±0.0+0.7+1.6−0.2±0.0+1.4+0.1+0.7−0.6+0.9+1.3

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Djarylgac
Askad.skynet Иванюк Андрей · CC BY-SA 3.0
Dzharylhach 0265
Anntinomy · CC BY-SA 4.0

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q2662500) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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