Kyzyl-Suu climate — normals and trends
Kyzyl-Suu (Kyrgyzstan) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.8 °C and it receives 1,568 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 (12.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kyzyl-Suu averages 189 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 192 rainy days per year.
Kyzyl-Suu has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 193 to 185 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 23.1 °C (on 31 July 1983) and the coldest -21.7 °C (on 21 January 2012).
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
Kyzyl-SuuIssyk-Kul
- coords
- 42.34°, 78.01°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.8°C
Average daily high
4.9°C
Average daily low
-1.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,568mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
10.9km/h
Seasonal range
21.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
189 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
192 d/yr
Annual snowfall
338.7 cm
Average feels-like high
2.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.8 °C
Average peak gust
27.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · 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
23.1 °C
31 July 1983
Coldest day
-21.7 °C
21 January 2012
Wettest day
97 mm
10 August 1943
Windiest day
36.8 km/h
29 October 1942
Strongest gust
85.3 km/h
29 October 1942
Hottest feels-like
25.2 °C
22 July 1956
Coldest feels-like
-27.1 °C
21 January 2012
Snowiest day
29.5 cm
5 November 1946
Sunniest day
14.4 h
11 June 2014
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 147 mm | +83 mm |
| Feb | -2.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 70 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 0.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 99 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 6.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 51 mm | -50 mm |
| May | 12.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 182 mm | +18 mm |
| Jun | 14.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 341 mm | +170 mm |
| Jul | 17.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 127 mm | -54 mm |
| Aug | 16.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 163 mm | -69 mm |
| Sep | 13.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 224 mm | +29 mm |
| Oct | 7.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 109 mm | -43 mm |
| Nov | 1.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 68 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | -1.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 93 mm | +30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kyzyl-Suu?
Kyzyl-Suu has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.8 °C and it receives 1,568 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kyzyl-Suu?
The hottest day measured in Kyzyl-Suu between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1983, reaching 23.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kyzyl-Suu?
The coldest day measured in Kyzyl-Suu between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2012, at -21.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kyzyl-Suu?
Yes. Kyzyl-Suu gets on average 338.7 cm of snow per year and has around 189 frost days.
Has the climate of Kyzyl-Suu warmed?
Yes: Kyzyl-Suu warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kyzyl-Suu?
The wettest day measured in Kyzyl-Suu between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1943, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kyzyl-Suu?
The windiest day measured in Kyzyl-Suu between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1942, with winds reaching 36.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kyzyl-Suu?
The warmest month in Kyzyl-Suu is July (12.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kyzyl-Suu?
Kyzyl-Suu receives on average 1,568 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 192 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kyzyl-Suu?
Kyzyl-Suu gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kyzyl-Suu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kyzyl-Suu between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1946, with 29.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kyzyl-Suu?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kyzyl-Suu.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kyzyl-Suu?
In Kyzyl-Suu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 25.2 °C on 22 July 1956, and the lowest was -27.1 °C on 21 January 2012.
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