Vitamin D from sunlight in Ukraine
How long you need in the sun to make vitamin D, and when the sun is too low to make any at all, for 14 cities in Ukraine.
| City | Latitude | Elevation | Vitamin D winter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyiv | 50.45°N | 179 m | 29 Sep – 24 Mar (177 days) |
| Kharkiv | 49.98°N | 94 m | 2 Oct – 22 Mar (172 days) |
| Odesa | 46.49°N | 50 m | 12 Oct – 11 Mar (151 days) |
| Dnipro | 48.47°N | 120 m | 6 Oct – 17 Mar (163 days) |
| Donetsk | 48.02°N | 223 m | 8 Oct – 14 Mar (158 days) |
| Lviv | 49.84°N | 284 m | 1 Oct – 22 Mar (173 days) |
| Zaporizhzhya | 47.85°N | 105 m | 8 Oct – 14 Mar (158 days) |
| Kryvyy Rih | 47.91°N | 84 m | 8 Oct – 15 Mar (159 days) |
| Chernihiv | 51.51°N | 106 m | 26 Sep – 28 Mar (184 days) |
| Zhytomyr | 50.26°N | 236 m | 30 Sep – 23 Mar (175 days) |
| Sumy | 50.92°N | 171 m | 29 Sep – 25 Mar (178 days) |
| Rivne | 50.62°N | 175 m | 28 Sep – 25 Mar (179 days) |
| Lutsk | 50.76°N | 177 m | 28 Sep – 26 Mar (180 days) |
| Brovary | 50.51°N | 123 m | 29 Sep – 24 Mar (177 days) |
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