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Ukraine: summer heat truck ban

(Europe/Kyiv)

No — today (11 ביולי 2026) there is no heat driving ban for trucks in Ukraine.

Applies to trucks over 24 t (or 7 t axle load), 10:00–22:00, when air temperature exceeds +28°C, on state-significance roads.

How the heat ban works

Ukraine restricts heavy-truck traffic during summer heat to protect the asphalt on state-significance roads. When the forecast air temperature exceeds +28 °C, trucks over 24 t (or with an axle load over 7 t) may not drive between 10:00 and 22:00. There is no official daily feed, so nakordoni.eu computes the status for each oblast from live weather forecasts and refreshes it several times a day.

Exemptions: military vehicles, perishable goods, hazardous cargo (ADR), live-animal transport, and emergency or recovery vehicles.

Ban status by oblast

Oblast °C 10:00–22:00
Luhansk 26
Mykolaiv 24.5
Odesa 24.4
Kherson 24.4
Kyiv 24.1
Donetsk 23.8
Zaporizhzhia 23.6
Kirovohrad 23
Dnipropetrovsk 22.8
Cherkasy 22.6
Zakarpattia 22.3
Kyiv Oblast 22.2
Kharkiv 21.6
Chernihiv 21
Sumy 20.7
Poltava 20.5
Vinnytsia 20.4
Chernivtsi 20.2
Volyn 19.1
Zhytomyr 18.9
Ivano-Frankivsk 18.9
Lviv 18.6
Rivne 18.4
Ternopil 18.2
Khmelnytskyi 18.1

Computed from the weather forecast — verify with the local road service (Служба автомобільних доріг). restoration.gov.ua

Frequently asked questions

Is there a truck ban in Ukraine today?

The ban is active in any oblast where the forecast air temperature exceeds +28 °C. See the per-oblast table above for today's status; it is refreshed several times a day.

At what temperature does the ban start?

Above +28 °C air temperature. At or below +28 °C there is no heat restriction.

Which trucks and hours are affected?

Trucks with an actual mass over 24 t or an axle load over 7 t, from 10:00 to 22:00, on roads of state significance.

Which vehicles are exempt?

Military vehicles, perishable goods, hazardous cargo (ADR), live-animal transport, and emergency or recovery vehicles.

Truck driving bans in Europe → 🇩🇪 Germany — Ferienreiseverordnung → 🇵🇱 Poland 2026 → 🇭🇺 Hungary 2026 →