Ts'khinvali climate — normals and trends
Ts'khinvali (Georgia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 731 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 July (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Ts'khinvali averages 144 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Ts'khinvali has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 162 to 126 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 20 July 2021) and the coldest -24.6 °C (on 3 February 1967).
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
Ts'khinvaliShida Kartli
- coords
- 42.23°, 43.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.8°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
731mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
12.4km/h
Seasonal range
22.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
144 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
180.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
0.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
33.9 °C
20 July 2021
Coldest day
-24.6 °C
3 February 1967
Wettest day
51 mm
2 April 1946
Windiest day
33.4 km/h
31 January 2002
Strongest gust
109.8 km/h
31 January 2002
Hottest feels-like
35.4 °C
12 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-29.4 °C
3 February 1967
Snowiest day
35.6 cm
2 April 1946
Sunniest day
14.3 h
3 July 2017
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 34 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 0.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 69 mm | +9 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +5.7 °C | 54 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 11.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 138 mm | +60 mm |
| May | 17.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 105 mm | +29 mm |
| Jun | 19.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 60 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 25.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 29 mm | -25 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 20 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 108 mm | +64 mm |
| Oct | 14.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 53 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 12.7 °C | +5.6 °C | 1 mm | -59 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 68 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ts'khinvali?
Ts'khinvali has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 731 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ts'khinvali?
The hottest day measured in Ts'khinvali between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2021, reaching 33.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ts'khinvali?
The coldest day measured in Ts'khinvali between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1967, at -24.6 °C.
Does it snow in Ts'khinvali?
Yes. Ts'khinvali gets on average 180.5 cm of snow per year and has around 144 frost days.
Has the climate of Ts'khinvali warmed?
Yes: Ts'khinvali warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ts'khinvali?
The wettest day measured in Ts'khinvali between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1946, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ts'khinvali?
The windiest day measured in Ts'khinvali between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 2002, with winds reaching 33.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ts'khinvali?
The warmest month in Ts'khinvali is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Ts'khinvali?
Ts'khinvali receives on average 731 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ts'khinvali?
Ts'khinvali gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ts'khinvali?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ts'khinvali between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1946, with 35.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ts'khinvali?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ts'khinvali.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ts'khinvali?
In Ts'khinvali, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.4 °C on 12 July 2018, and the lowest was -29.4 °C on 3 February 1967.
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