Kazan climate — normals and trends
Kazan (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 392 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 (21.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Kazan averages 101 frost days, 32 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.
Kazan has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 84 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 28 July 2025) and the coldest -27.0 °C (on 5 January 1942).
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
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- coords
- 40.23°, 32.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
16.3°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
392mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
12.8km/h
Seasonal range
22.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
101 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
32 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
79 d/yr
Annual snowfall
62.6 cm
Average feels-like high
13.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
32.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
40.1 °C
28 July 2025
Coldest day
-27.0 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
40 mm
19 November 1994
Windiest day
43.1 km/h
18 April 2012
Strongest gust
112.0 km/h
18 April 2012
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
27 July 2012
Coldest feels-like
-31.7 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
16.9 cm
12 January 1969
Sunniest day
14.2 h
17 June 1941
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 | 7.6 °C | +4.6 °C | 21 mm | -31 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 27 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | +6.7 °C | 5 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 80 mm | +35 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 44 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 23 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 33.4 °C | +4.6 °C | 5 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 4 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 15 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 17.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 29 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 15.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 17 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 39 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kazan?
Kazan has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 392 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kazan?
The hottest day measured in Kazan between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2025, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kazan?
The coldest day measured in Kazan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -27.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kazan?
Yes. Kazan gets on average 62.6 cm of snow per year and has around 101 frost days.
Has the climate of Kazan warmed?
Yes: Kazan warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kazan?
The wettest day measured in Kazan between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 1994, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kazan?
The windiest day measured in Kazan between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 2012, with winds reaching 43.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kazan?
The warmest month in Kazan is August (21.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kazan?
Kazan receives on average 392 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kazan?
Kazan gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kazan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kazan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1969, with 16.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kazan?
Yes: Kazan has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kazan?
In Kazan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 27 July 2012, and the lowest was -31.7 °C on 5 January 1942.
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