Russia climate
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).
Temperature and rainfall across Russia
Annual mean temperatures in Russia range from −12 °C11 °F to 16 °C61 °F. The typical place (the median of all 169) has a year average of 4 °C39 °F. Annual precipitation ranges from 216 mm8.5 in to 1,287 mm51 in. The median place receives about 654 mm26 in in an average year.
In 165 places of 169, the coldest month has an average low below 0 °C (32 °F). In 19 places, the warmest month has an average high above 30 °C (86 °F). 1 place get less than 250 mm (10 in) of precipitation a year, which is very dry. None gets more than 2,000 mm (79 in) a year.
Averaged over all 169 places, July is the warmest month, with a mean of 20 °C68 °F. January is the coldest, with −13 °C9 °F. The wettest month on average is July (76 mm3.0 in). The driest is February (33 mm1.3 in). Single places can differ a lot from this average, so check the page of each city.
The table below lists the places sorted by population. The largest ones covered here are Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Novosibirsk. Each city page has a chart and a table for every month. It also shows the best time to visit and what to pack. The figures are 25-year averages for 2001–2025 from NASA POWER. They describe grid cells of roughly 50–70 km, not single weather stations.
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
| 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.