of November). The average temperature of the coldest month (January ) is , the average temperature in July . The winter 2013-2014 was extremely warm. The average temperature in December stood at , minimum , and maximum . Also, the snow cover at all this month was observed. Time zone In Sambir and throughout Ukraine there's one time zone: the official Kyiv time. Every year there is a transition to summer and winter time on the last Sunday of March at 3:00, which is 1 hour ahead and the last Sunday of October at 4:00 on 1 hour ago. International relations Twin towns — Sister cities Sambir is twinned with: Sloviansk; Brzozów; Kostrzyn nad Odrą; Oświęcim; Breisach am Rhein Kerpen Küstriner Vorland Notable people Wladyslaw Abraham (1860 - 1941) - Polish lawyer and scientist, father of Roman Abraham, Wiktor Biegański (1892 – 1974) - Polish actor, film director and screenwriter, Valeriy Borzov (born 1949) - Ukrainian sprint athlete, Wladyslaw Byrka (1878 - 1945) - Polish lawyer, economist and politician. Chairman of PKO Bank Polski, deputy speaker of the Sejm, Ernst Eichel (1907 - ca. 1956) - violinist, as a conductor assumed the name of 'Ernest Borsamsky', Maria Wanda Jastrzębska (1924 – 1988) Polish electronics engineer and academic Stefan Kaczmarz (1895 - 1939) - Polish mathematician Mykola Kolessa (1903 - 2006) - Ukrainian composer Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny Les Kurbas (1887–1937) - Ukrainian movie and theater director Henry Lehrman (1881–1946) - motion picture director Juliusz Makarewicz (1872 - 1955) - senator in the Second Polish Republic, legal expert, professor of Lwow University Tadeusz Pankiewicz (1908 - 1993) - Polish Pharmacist - Holocaust Rescue - awarded recognition as a "Righteous Among the Nations" for his wartime activities in rescuing Jews Jozef Skowyra (born 1941) - Polish politician, deputy to the Sejm Eduard Steuermann (1892 - 1964) - pianist, pupil of Ferruccio Busoni Zygmunt Steuermann (1899–1941), football player Kasper Twardowski (1583 - 1641) - Polish poet Salka Viertel (1889-1978) - Hollywood screenwriter and memoirist. References External links Sambor in Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1889) Sambor history Sambor history and photos (in Polish) The Book of Sambor and Stari Sambor; a Memorial to the Jewish Communities Cities in Lviv Oblast Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Lwów Voivodeship Ruthenian Voivodeship Shtetls Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Populated places on the Dniester River in Ukraine Sambir Raion History of Lviv Oblast Holocaust locations in