Russia climate

Q: Where does it rain the most in Russia?

Sochi gets the most precipitation, 1,287 mm in an average year. The driest place is Astrakhan with 216 mm.

Places covered

169

with monthly data

Warmest place

Sochi

year average 16 °C61 °F

Coolest place

Tiksi

year average −12 °C11 °F

Wettest place

Sochi

1,287 mm51 in a year

World Climates covers 169 places in Russia. By annual mean temperature, the warmest is Sochi (16 °C61 °F) and the coolest is Tiksi (−12 °C11 °F). The wettest is Sochi with 1,287 mm51 in of precipitation per year, the driest Astrakhan with 216 mm8.5 in.

The most common climate types (Köppen classification computed from these averages) are warm-summer humid continental (Dfb, 87 places), subarctic (Dfc, 30 places), hot-summer humid continental (Dfa, 28 places) and humid subtropical (Cfa, 8 places).

The highest monthly average high is in Astrakhan (35 °C94 °F in July); the lowest monthly average low is in Yakutsk (−40 °C−40 °F in January).

Across the places in Russia, the months that most often rank as the most comfortable are June, July and August (134, 139 and 122 of 169 places respectively).

Frequently asked questions

Which is the warmest place in Russia?

By annual mean temperature, the warmest place in Russia is Sochi at 16 °C61 °F. The coolest is Tiksi at −12 °C11 °F.

Where does it rain the most in Russia?

Sochi gets the most precipitation, 1,287 mm51 in in an average year. The driest place is Astrakhan with 216 mm8.5 in.

How many places in Russia does this site cover?

World Climates has climate data for 169 places in Russia. Each one has a page with monthly averages for temperature, rainfall, humidity and daylight.

When is the best time to visit Russia?

It depends on the place. Across Russia, the months that most often rank as the most comfortable are June, July and August. Check the page of each city for its own best months.

Climate of every place in Russia

Annual averages, 2001–2025
Place	Year	Max high	Min low	Precip.
Moscow	4	24	−14	765
Saint Petersburg	5	22	−11	800
Novosibirsk	1	25	−23	515
Yekaterinburg	1	23	−20	623
Nizhniy Novgorod	4	24	−16	721
Kazan	3	25	−17	646
Chelyabinsk	2	25	−20	499
Omsk	2	25	−23	425
Samara	5	28	−17	505
Rostov-on-Don	11	32	−7	518
Ufa	3	25	−18	686
Krasnoyarsk	1	25	−23	542
Voronezh	7	28	−13	582
Volgograd	9	32	−11	370
Perm	1	23	−19	776
Krasnodar	13	33	−3	720
Saratov	7	29	−15	460
Tyumen	1	24	−23	503
Tolyatti	5	28	−17	535
Izhevsk	2	23	−18	698
Barnaul	2	26	−23	480
Ulyanovsk	4	25	−17	575
Irkutsk	1	27	−25	418
Khabarovsk	2	27	−27	693
Yaroslavl	4	23	−15	739
Vladivostok	6	24	−12	765
Makhachkala	14	30	1	378
Tomsk	0	23	−24	604
Orenburg	5	29	−18	431
Kemerovo	1	24	−23	700
Novokuznetsk	2	25	−22	674
Ryazan	5	25	−14	658
Astrakhan	11	35	−8	216
Penza	5	27	−15	586
Naberezhnyye Chelny	3	24	−18	600
Lipetsk	6	27	−13	602
Kirov	2	23	−18	799
Cheboksary	3	24	−17	656
Tula	5	24	−13	678
Kaliningrad	8	23	−6	744
Kursk	7	27	−12	654
Stavropol	10	30	−6	578
Bryansk	6	25	−13	706
Tver	4	24	−13	809
Magnitogorsk	3	26	−19	447
Ivanovo	3	24	−15	729
Nizhny Tagil	1	23	−20	701
Ulan-Ude	1	28	−25	310
Vladimir	4	24	−15	683
Arkhangelsk	1	20	−16	813
Chita	0	27	−28	374
Belgorod	7	28	−11	601
Kaluga	5	24	−13	712
Smolensk	5	23	−12	842
Sochi	16	30	4	1,287
Volzhsky	9	32	−12	372
Saransk	4	25	−15	613
Cherepovets	3	22	−15	887
Vologda	3	23	−15	811
Kurgan	2	26	−22	446
Vladikavkaz	12	28	−4	790
Orël	6	25	−12	683
Surgut	−3	21	−26	795
Grozny	13	33	−3	558
Murmansk	0	17	−15	795
Tambov	6	27	−14	584
Petrozavodsk	3	21	−15	792
Taganrog	12	30	−3	510
Kostroma	3	23	−15	785
Komsomolsk-on-Amur	1	26	−27	658
Yoshkar-Ola	3	25	−17	699
Sterlitamak	4	27	−18	622
Bratsk	−1	24	−26	525
Orsk	5	30	−19	344
Syktyvkar	0	22	−19	872
Nizhnevartovsk	−3	21	−27	780
Angarsk	1	27	−24	457
Novorossiysk	15	28	4	736
Nalchik	12	28	−4	733
Yakutsk	−8	26	−40	395
Nizhnekamsk	3	24	−18	608
Dzerzhinsk	4	24	−15	704
Staryy Oskol	7	27	−12	622
Blagoveshchensk	1	27	−29	583
Velikiy Novgorod	5	23	−12	876
Shakhty	10	32	−8	510
Prokopyevsk	1	24	−22	674
Rybinsk	4	23	−14	823
Zelenograd	4	23	−14	774
Biysk	4	27	−20	559
Pskov	5	23	−10	863
Balakovo	6	29	−16	482
Armavir	12	31	−4	624
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	4	22	−14	905
Engels	7	30	−15	460
Severodvinsk	1	20	−15	775
Zlatoust	2	23	−18	646
Syzran	6	28	−17	491
Khakasskaya (Abakan)	3	26	−21	478
Kamensk-Uralskiy	2	24	−21	557
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky	2	17	−12	1,183
Podolsk	5	24	−14	733
Berezniki	0	22	−20	937
Volgodonsk	10	32	−8	456
Miass	2	25	−19	504
Nazran	13	29	−3	739
Rubtsovsk	4	28	−21	413
Salavat	4	27	−18	573
Ussuriysk	5	29	−21	637
Lyubertsy	5	24	−14	706
Kovrov	4	24	−15	712
Balashikha	4	24	−14	741
Kolomna	5	24	−14	674
Nakhodka	6	27	−17	749
Elektrostal	4	24	−14	710
Pyatigorsk	11	28	−5	565
Maykop	13	31	−3	937
Zheleznodorozhnyy	5	24	−14	706
Norilsk	−9	17	−31	650
Almetyevsk	4	25	−17	580
Nevinnomyssk	12	30	−4	641
Pervouralsk	1	22	−20	661
Kislovodsk	10	27	−6	643
Dimitrovgrad	5	27	−17	550
Novomoskovsk	5	24	−14	661
Kamyshin	8	31	−13	395
Serpukhov	5	24	−14	699
Murom	4	25	−15	665
Khasavyurt	14	33	−2	422
Neftekamsk	3	24	−19	637
Cherkessk	12	29	−4	742
Achinsk	0	23	−24	617
Kyzyl	3	29	−23	290
Yelets	6	27	−13	624
Tobolsk	0	23	−25	582
Nefteyugansk	−2	21	−26	774
Novokuybyshevsk	5	28	−17	505
Noyabrsk	−4	20	−28	819
Arzamas	4	24	−15	678
Sergiyev Posad	4	23	−14	759
Leninsk-Kuznetsky	1	24	−23	634
Oktyabrsky	4	26	−17	561
Obninsk	5	24	−13	716
Elista	11	33	−8	381
Novotroitsk	5	30	−18	359
Derbent	15	32	1	404
Velikiye Luki	5	23	−11	849
Artëm	5	27	−20	719
Ukhta	−1	21	−21	831
Kansk	1	25	−23	568
Khanty-Mansiysk	−2	21	−26	724
Mezhdurechensk	2	25	−20	921
Glazov	2	23	−18	774
Ust-Ilimsk	−2	24	−26	554
Magadan	−3	15	−21	770
Azov	11	31	−5	520
Birobidzhan	1	27	−27	771
Sunzha (Ordzhonikidzevskaya)	12	30	−5	669
Salekhard	−6	19	−27	642
Kudymkar	1	22	−19	800
Dudinka	−9	17	−32	728
Naryan-Mar	−3	18	−22	731
Aginskoye	1	27	−25	363
Anadyr	−6	15	−25	646
Ust-Ordynskiy	0	27	−26	347
Tiksi	−12	11	−33	420
Turochak	2	25	−20	855
Tura	−7	21	−33	634
Palana	0	16	−17	682

Year = annual mean temperature; max high = average high of the warmest month; min low = average low of the coldest month; precip. = annual total. Temperatures in °C°F, precipitation in mminches. Sorted by population.

Other cities over 100,000 people

These cities share a NASA POWER grid cell with a larger place, so their averages are shown on that page:

Khimki → data of Moscow
Novocherkassk → data of Shakhty
Mytishchi → data of Moscow
Korolev → data of Balashikha
Kolpino → data of Saint Petersburg
Odintsovo → data of Podolsk
Novocheboksarsk → data of Cheboksary
Orekhovo-Zuyevo → data of Elektrostal
Noginsk → data of Elektrostal
Novo-Peredelkino → data of Podolsk
Shchyolkovo → data of Balashikha
Bataysk → data of Rostov-on-Don
Seversk → data of Tomsk
Cherëmushki → data of Podolsk
Kiselëvsk → data of Prokopyevsk
Pushkino → data of Balashikha
Solikamsk → data of Berezniki

Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2025 (MERRA-2 reanalysis, CERES satellite data) — grid-cell averages, not station records. Sources and method.