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Can you drink tap water in Ukraine?
NoNo, drink bottled
Can you drink the tap water in Ukraine?
Don't drink the tap water. Locals boil or filter tap water. Strikes on infrastructure can cut supply, so keep bottled water at home.
Key facts
- Safely managed drinking water: 88% of people (2024, WHO/UNICEF JMP).
Tap water by place in Ukraine
| Place | Verdict | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Kyiv | No, drink bottled | Locals boil or filter tap water. Strikes on infrastructure can cut supply, so keep bottled water at home. |
| Lviv | No, drink bottled | Locals boil or filter tap water. Strikes on infrastructure can cut supply, so keep bottled water at home. |
| Odesa | No, drink bottled | Locals boil or filter tap water. Strikes on infrastructure can cut supply, so keep bottled water at home. |
| Ivano-Frankivsk | No, drink bottled | Locals boil or filter tap water. Strikes on infrastructure can cut supply, so keep bottled water at home. |
Tap water by place
Sources
- World Bank: safely managed drinking water
- US State Department travel advisory
- UK FCDO travel advice: Ukraine
- Speedtest Global Index: Ukraine
- State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
- Ukrzaliznytsia
- World Bank open data
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