Climate in Russia
214 cities in Russia, compared on thirty-year climate normals. Open any city for its month-by-month record, or take the quiz to see which of them fits the weather you actually like.
- Hottest summers
- Grozny
average high 90°F (32°C) in the warmest month
- Mildest winters
- Sochi
coldest-month lows near 38°F (3°C)
- Driest
- Astrakhan
7.8 in (198 mm) of rain a year
- Wettest
- Sochi
60.7 in (1542 mm) of rain a year
The 40 largest cities
| City | Warmest-month high | Coldest-month low | Rain a year | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | 76°F (25°C) | 17°F (-9°C) | 25.4 in (645 mm) | 10.4M people |
| Saint PetersburgSt.-Petersburg | 74°F (23°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 26.7 in (679 mm) | 5.4M people |
| NovosibirskNovosibirsk Oblast | 78°F (26°C) | -5°F (-20°C) | 17.7 in (450 mm) | 1.6M people |
| YekaterinburgSverdlovsk Oblast | 75°F (24°C) | 3°F (-16°C) | 20.1 in (511 mm) | 1.5M people |
| Nizhniy NovgorodNizhny Novgorod Oblast | 75°F (24°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 22.7 in (576 mm) | 1.3M people |
| KazanTatarstan Republic | 78°F (26°C) | 8°F (-13°C) | 19.1 in (486 mm) | 1.2M people |
| Chelyabinsk | 78°F (26°C) | 4°F (-16°C) | 16.5 in (419 mm) | 1.2M people |
| OmskOmsk Oblast | 78°F (26°C) | -6°F (-21°C) | 15.5 in (394 mm) | 1.2M people |
| SamaraSamara Oblast | 82°F (28°C) | 6°F (-14°C) | 18.8 in (477 mm) | 1.2M people |
| Rostov-on-DonRostov | 87°F (31°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 21.4 in (545 mm) | 1.1M people |
| UfaBashkortostan Republic | 79°F (26°C) | 2°F (-16°C) | 21 in (534 mm) | 1.1M people |
| KrasnoyarskKrasnoyarsk Krai | 79°F (26°C) | -7°F (-21°C) | 18.2 in (461 mm) | 1.1M people |
| VoronezhVoronezh Oblast | 81°F (27°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 20.1 in (511 mm) | 1.0M people |
| VolgogradVolgograd Oblast | 87°F (30°C) | 17°F (-9°C) | 14.2 in (362 mm) | 1.0M people |
| PermPerm Krai | 74°F (24°C) | 4°F (-16°C) | 23.5 in (597 mm) | 982k people |
| KrasnodarKrasnodar Krai | 88°F (31°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 27.6 in (702 mm) | 900k people |
| SaratovSaratov Oblast | 82°F (28°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 15.9 in (405 mm) | 845k people |
| TyumenTyumen Oblast | 77°F (25°C) | -2°F (-19°C) | 17.5 in (445 mm) | 768k people |
| TolyattiSamara Oblast | 81°F (27°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 18.2 in (462 mm) | 703k people |
| IzhevskUdmurtiya Republic | 77°F (25°C) | 6°F (-15°C) | 19.4 in (492 mm) | 648k people |
| BarnaulAltai Krai | 80°F (27°C) | -5°F (-21°C) | 17.4 in (443 mm) | 632k people |
| Ulyanovsk | 79°F (26°C) | 6°F (-15°C) | 16.8 in (428 mm) | 627k people |
| IrkutskIrkutsk Oblast | 78°F (26°C) | -9°F (-23°C) | 15.9 in (405 mm) | 624k people |
| Khabarovsk | 80°F (27°C) | -12°F (-24°C) | 26.8 in (681 mm) | 618k people |
| YaroslavlYaroslavl Oblast | 76°F (25°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 22.2 in (564 mm) | 609k people |
| VladivostokPrimorye | 75°F (24°C) | 6°F (-15°C) | 27.8 in (705 mm) | 605k people |
| MakhachkalaDagestan | 85°F (29°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 13.5 in (342 mm) | 596k people |
| TomskTomsk Oblast | 77°F (25°C) | -6°F (-21°C) | 20.9 in (530 mm) | 574k people |
| OrenburgOrenburg Oblast | 85°F (30°C) | 4°F (-16°C) | 13.7 in (348 mm) | 565k people |
| KemerovoKuzbass | 79°F (26°C) | -6°F (-21°C) | 19.3 in (490 mm) | 559k people |
| NovokuznetskKuzbass | 80°F (26°C) | -3°F (-19°C) | 23.8 in (605 mm) | 540k people |
| Ryazan’Ryazan Oblast | 78°F (26°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 21.2 in (537 mm) | 539k people |
| AstrakhanAstrakhan Oblast | 90°F (32°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 7.8 in (198 mm) | 534k people |
| PenzaPenza Oblast | 81°F (27°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 19.7 in (502 mm) | 524k people |
| Naberezhnyye ChelnyTatarstan Republic | 78°F (26°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 19.2 in (487 mm) | 510k people |
| LipetskLipetsk Oblast | 80°F (26°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 19.7 in (502 mm) | 510k people |
| KirovKirov Oblast | 76°F (24°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 23.3 in (592 mm) | 507k people |
| KalininskiySt.-Petersburg | 74°F (23°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 25.3 in (643 mm) | 505k people |
| CheboksaryChuvash Republic | 76°F (24°C) | 8°F (-13°C) | 19.3 in (491 mm) | 492k people |
| TulaTula Oblast | 79°F (26°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 21.3 in (540 mm) | 483k people |
More cities in Russia
Adygeya Republic
Amur Oblast
Arkhangelskaya
Bashkortostan Republic
Belgorod Oblast
Bryansk Oblast
Buryatiya Republic
Chechnya
Chelyabinsk
Chuvash Republic
Dagestan
Ingushetiya Republic
Irkutsk Oblast
Ivanovo Oblast
Kabardino-Balkariya Republic
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kalmykiya Republic
Kamchatka
Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic
Karelia
Khabarovsk
Khakasiya Republic
Khanty-Mansia
Kostroma Oblast
Krasnodar Krai
Kurgan Oblast
Kursk Oblast
Kuzbass
Leningradskaya Oblast'
Lipetsk Oblast
Mariy-El Republic
Mordoviya Republic
Moscow
Mar’ino, Vykhino-Zhulebino, Zelenograd, Severnyy, Yasenevo, Lyublino, Khoroshëvo-Mnevniki, Bibirevo, Gol’yanovo, Strogino, Zhulebino, Kuntsevo, Biryulëvo, Orekhovo-Borisovo, Novyye Kuz’minki, Kuz’minki, Chertanovo Yuzhnoye, Ramenki, Zyablikovo, Orekhovo-Borisovo Severnoye, Ivanovskoye, Tyoply Stan, Tsaritsyno, Veshnyaki, Presnenskiy, Zyuzino, Solntsevo, Troparëvo, Taganskiy, Novo-Peredelkino, Ochakovo-Matveyevskoye, Cherëmushki, Izmaylovo, Bogorodskoye, Shchukino, Brateyevo, Ryazanskiy, Novyye Cherëmushki, Tekstil’shchiki
Moscow Oblast
Khimki, Podolsk, Mytishchi, Lyubertsy, Balashikha, Kolomna, Elektrostal’, Zheleznodorozhnyy, Korolev, Odintsovo, Serpukhov, Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Noginsk, Shchyolkovo, Sergiyev Posad, Pushkino
Murmansk
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
North Ossetia–Alania
Novgorod Oblast
Orenburg Oblast
Oryol oblast
Pskov Oblast
Republic of Tyva
Rostov
Sakha
Sakhalin Oblast
Samara Oblast
Smolensk Oblast
St.-Petersburg
Krasnogvargeisky, Centralniy, Vasyl'evsky Ostrov, Admiralteisky, Kolpino, Petrogradka
Stavropol Kray
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Tambov Oblast
Tatarstan Republic
Tomsk Oblast
Tula Oblast
Tver Oblast
Tyumen Oblast
Udmurtiya Republic
Ulyanovsk
Vologda Oblast
Yamalo-Nenets
Yaroslavl Oblast
Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray
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