Akhtubinsk climate — normals and trends
Akhtubinsk (Russia) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 301 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 (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Akhtubinsk averages 131 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 70 rainy days per year.
Akhtubinsk has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 144 to 118 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.1 °C (on 7 August 1940) and the coldest -37.6 °C (on 9 January 1940).
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
AkhtubinskAstrakhan Oblast
- coords
- 48.28°, 46.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.1°C
Average daily high
13.6°C
Average daily low
4.7°C
Annual rainfall
301mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
20.7km/h
Seasonal range
32.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
131 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
50 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
70 d/yr
Annual snowfall
54.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
32 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
43.1 °C
7 August 1940
Coldest day
-37.6 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
38 mm
20 October 1963
Windiest day
56.2 km/h
26 March 1953
Strongest gust
94.7 km/h
26 April 2013
Hottest feels-like
41.8 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-43.0 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.8 cm
21 February 1999
Sunniest day
15.4 h
27 June 1940
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 | 2.3 °C | +6.6 °C | 16 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | -2.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 25 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 10.8 °C | +6.8 °C | 21 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 20 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 24.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 37 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 28.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 20 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 33.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 8 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 7 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 8 mm | -14 mm |
| Oct | 15.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 47 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 9.5 °C | +5.1 °C | 11 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 0.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 19 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Akhtubinsk?
Akhtubinsk has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 301 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Akhtubinsk?
The hottest day measured in Akhtubinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1940, reaching 43.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Akhtubinsk?
The coldest day measured in Akhtubinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -37.6 °C.
Does it snow in Akhtubinsk?
Yes. Akhtubinsk gets on average 54.0 cm of snow per year and has around 131 frost days.
Has the climate of Akhtubinsk warmed?
Yes: Akhtubinsk warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Akhtubinsk?
The wettest day measured in Akhtubinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1963, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Akhtubinsk?
The windiest day measured in Akhtubinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1953, with winds reaching 56.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Akhtubinsk?
The warmest month in Akhtubinsk is July (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Akhtubinsk?
Akhtubinsk receives on average 301 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 70 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Akhtubinsk?
Akhtubinsk gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Akhtubinsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Akhtubinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1999, with 17.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Akhtubinsk?
Yes: Akhtubinsk has on average 32 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Akhtubinsk?
In Akhtubinsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.8 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -43.0 °C on 9 January 1940.
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