Lviv

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Numbeo's Safety Index puts Lviv at 63/100 for crime — that makes it read about the same as than Ukraine's national picture overall (39/100 vs 39/100).

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City page · part of Ukraine

The one number a country page can't give you

What people who actually live in Lviv report

Numbeo aggregates thousands of resident-submitted perception surveys into a per-city Crime Index (higher = worse) and its inverse, a Safety Index — the only real city-granularity crime signal feeding this page, alongside Ukraine's national advisory, political, health, and police-trust data.

Crime Index

37.1

Safety Index

62.9

Source: Numbeo, user-submitted →

Sub-scores

Same real inputs as Ukraine's national page, with crime swapped for Lviv's own Numbeo number above.

22advisoryConsensus
41Political Stability
36Police Trust
76Health
72Road Safety
69Natural Disaster
90LGBTQ+
63Crime

Local know-how

Staying safe in Lviv, specifically

  • • Wartime dangers in Lviv are low.
  • • To be notified of air raids and the type of possible incoming threat, download the Повитряна Тривога (Air Raid Alert) app (Google Play, Apple) and set the location to wherever you are in the country.
  • • If there is an air raid siren during the day in Lviv, it will almost certainly pass uneventfully (they are ordered across the country every time a certain type of Russian warplane starts flying).
  • • Petty crime is low in comparison to much of the rest of Europe, and it is generally easy to stay safe by exercising common sense, not getting too drunk, and being a civil and polite person.
  • • It is wise for men in particular to keep their passports or other proof that they are foreigners with them at all times during the war.
  • Curfew: To maintain wartime security, there is a curfew every day from 00:00 until 05:00.…
Source: Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) →

Legal status (national law)

Legal since 1991+ UN decl. sign.

Source: Wikipedia — LGBTQ rights by country →

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The little things that trip people up

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Plug & voltage

C / F · 230V

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Driving side

right

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Emergency

police: 102 / ambulance: 103 / fire: 101

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Tipping

Tipping at restaurants has been gaining "popularity" in Ukraine. About 6-10% is normal, but don't stress about the exact amount. Just rounding up is fine too.

SIM / Data

The biggest mobile phone operators Kyivstar, Vodafone (formerly MTS), Lifecell.

Cash vs. Card

The unit of currency is the hryvnia denoted by the abbreviation "грн" and symbol "₴". The ISO code is UAH. It is spelt гривня and pronounced hryvnia in Ukrainian. It is sometimes shown as "₴" both before and after the amount and with and without spaces. National Bank actual rates. On Wikivoyage, the notation грн is used, which you will see very often in Ukraine.

How this compares to Ukraine

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Lviv at 63/100 for crime — that makes it read about the same as than Ukraine's national picture overall (39/100 vs 39/100).

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