Температура — нуль градусів.

In Ukrainian, the verb to be is usually not expressed in the present tense in sentences like this.

So where English says:

• The temperature is zero degrees

Ukrainian often says literally:

• Temperature — zero degrees

The dash marks the link between the subject and what is being said about it. This is very common in definitions, statements, and factual descriptions.

So:

• Температура — нуль градусів. = The temperature is zero degrees.

You would not normally add є here.

Because numbers in Ukrainian affect the form of the noun that follows them.

After нуль (zero), the noun usually goes in the genitive plural:

• нуль градусів
• нуль хвилин
• нуль балів

So градусів is the correct form here.

A useful shortcut:

• 1 → nominative singular
• 2, 3, 4 → a special counting form that often looks like genitive singular
• 5 and higher, and also 0 → genitive plural

That is why it is:

• один градус
• два / три / чотири градуси
• п’ять градусів
• нуль градусів

Температура is in the nominative singular.

It is the subject of the sentence — the thing being talked about.

So the structure is:

• Температура — subject, nominative
• нуль градусів — predicate expression describing the subject

This is similar to English Temperature — zero degrees, where temperature is also the subject.

Yes, very often.

In real life, especially when talking about weather, Ukrainian speakers often simply say:

• Нуль градусів.

That is a complete natural sentence in context.

Adding Температура makes it more explicit, formal, or dictionary-like:

• Температура — нуль градусів.

So both are possible, but нуль градусів is often what you would hear in everyday speech.

Yes, sometimes, if the unit is obvious from context.

For example, in casual conversation about the weather, Нуль may be understood as zero degrees.

But нуль градусів is clearer and more complete, especially for learners or in neutral written language.

So:

• Температура — нуль. = possible, more context-dependent
• Температура — нуль градусів. = clearer and fully explicit

Yes. Нуль is the standard Ukrainian word for zero.

In this sentence, it is a noun/number word meaning zero:

• нуль градусів = zero degrees

Do not use нульовий here.
Нульовий is an adjective meaning things like:

• zero
• null
• zeroth
• at the zero level

For example:

• нульовий кілометр = kilometer zero
• нульовий рівень = zero level

But for temperature, you want:

• нуль градусів

not

• нульовий градус in this meaning

A helpful pronunciation guide is:

• температу́ра — нуль гра́дусів

Approximate English-style pronunciation:

• tem-pe-ra-TOO-ra — nool HRA-doo-siv

A few important notes:

• The stress is on -ту́- in температу́ра
• The stress is on гра́- in гра́дусів
• Ukrainian г is usually pronounced like a soft voiced h sound, not like a hard English g

So градусів begins more like hra- than gra-.

Usually, yes — especially in everyday speech about weather.

If someone says:

• нуль градусів

people normally understand it as zero degrees Celsius unless another scale is mentioned.

If you want to be fully explicit, you can say:

• нуль градусів за Цельсієм = zero degrees Celsius

But in ordinary conversation, that is often unnecessary.

Yes, but this version is very natural and straightforward.

• Температура — нуль градусів.

You may also hear:

• Нуль градусів.
• Температура нуль градусів. — less standard in punctuation, more speech-like
• На вулиці нуль градусів. = It’s zero degrees outside.

Word order in Ukrainian is more flexible than in English, but the given sentence is a clear neutral pattern.

It is natural, but it sounds a little neutral/formal because it explicitly names температура.

In everyday conversation, people often prefer shorter versions such as:

• Нуль градусів.
• Зараз нуль.
• На вулиці нуль градусів.

So the given sentence is perfectly correct and natural, but it has a slightly more measured, statement-like feel than casual everyday speech.