Sukhumi climate — normals and trends
Sukhumi (Georgia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 1,523 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Sukhumi averages 19 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 168 rainy days per year.
Sukhumi has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 28 to 10 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -10.2 °C (on 9 February 1949).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
SukhumiAbkhazia
- coords
- 43.01°, 40.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.4°C
Average daily high
16.7°C
Average daily low
10.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,523mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
9.0km/h
Seasonal range
18.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
19 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
168 d/yr
Annual snowfall
86.8 cm
Average feels-like high
16.8 °C
Average feels-like low
9.8 °C
Average peak gust
22.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
36 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.3 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-10.2 °C
9 February 1949
Wettest day
109 mm
10 August 1994
Windiest day
28.2 km/h
16 October 2017
Strongest gust
75.6 km/h
28 October 1969
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-14.7 °C
9 February 1949
Snowiest day
25.8 cm
8 February 1975
Sunniest day
14.9 h
28 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 107 mm | -37 mm |
| Feb | 6.0 °C | -1.9 °C | 161 mm | +33 mm |
| Mar | 14.6 °C | +4.3 °C | 113 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 163 mm | +50 mm |
| May | 20.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 121 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | -0.5 °C | 88 mm | -39 mm |
| Jul | 28.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 67 mm | -67 mm |
| Aug | 28.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 63 mm | -57 mm |
| Sep | 23.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 187 mm | +70 mm |
| Oct | 19.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 174 mm | +52 mm |
| Nov | 18.7 °C | +4.6 °C | 37 mm | -86 mm |
| Dec | 10.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 175 mm | +29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sukhumi?
Sukhumi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 1,523 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sukhumi?
The hottest day measured in Sukhumi between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sukhumi?
The coldest day measured in Sukhumi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1949, at -10.2 °C.
Does it snow in Sukhumi?
Yes. Sukhumi gets on average 86.8 cm of snow per year and has around 19 frost days.
Has the climate of Sukhumi warmed?
Yes: Sukhumi warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sukhumi?
The wettest day measured in Sukhumi between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1994, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sukhumi?
The windiest day measured in Sukhumi between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 2017, with winds reaching 28.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sukhumi?
The warmest month in Sukhumi is August (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Sukhumi?
Sukhumi receives on average 1,523 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 168 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sukhumi?
Sukhumi gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sukhumi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sukhumi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1975, with 25.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sukhumi?
Yes: Sukhumi has on average 36 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sukhumi?
In Sukhumi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -14.7 °C on 9 February 1949.
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