Chelyabinsk climate — normals and trends
Chelyabinsk (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.5 °C and it receives 491 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 (19.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-15.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Chelyabinsk averages 182 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.
Chelyabinsk has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 193 to 171 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -42.3 °C (on 1 January 1979).
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
ChelyabinskChelyabinsk Oblast
- coords
- 55.16°, 61.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.5°C
Average daily high
6.7°C
Average daily low
-1.7°C
Annual rainfall
491mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
18.1km/h
Seasonal range
34.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
182 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
102 d/yr
Annual snowfall
98.6 cm
Average feels-like high
3.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.6 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
39.4 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-42.3 °C
1 January 1979
Wettest day
63 mm
27 July 1946
Windiest day
49.5 km/h
30 April 2012
Strongest gust
94.3 km/h
30 April 2012
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
29 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-47.9 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
29.7 cm
3 May 1941
Sunniest day
16.1 h
18 June 2024
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 | -5.4 °C | +6.7 °C | 27 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | -4.6 °C | +5.1 °C | 4 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 3.4 °C | +5.5 °C | 37 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 14.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 51 mm | +20 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 40 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 98 mm | +36 mm |
| Jul | 22.8 °C | -0.8 °C | 91 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 21.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 73 mm | +10 mm |
| Sep | 16.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 45 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 8.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 17 mm | -23 mm |
| Nov | 2.8 °C | +5.9 °C | 36 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | -7.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 34 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chelyabinsk?
Chelyabinsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.5 °C and it receives 491 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chelyabinsk?
The hottest day measured in Chelyabinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chelyabinsk?
The coldest day measured in Chelyabinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1979, at -42.3 °C.
Does it snow in Chelyabinsk?
Yes. Chelyabinsk gets on average 98.6 cm of snow per year and has around 182 frost days.
Has the climate of Chelyabinsk warmed?
Yes: Chelyabinsk warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chelyabinsk?
The wettest day measured in Chelyabinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1946, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chelyabinsk?
The windiest day measured in Chelyabinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2012, with winds reaching 49.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chelyabinsk?
The warmest month in Chelyabinsk is July (19.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Chelyabinsk?
Chelyabinsk receives on average 491 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chelyabinsk?
Chelyabinsk gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chelyabinsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chelyabinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1941, with 29.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chelyabinsk?
Yes: Chelyabinsk has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chelyabinsk?
In Chelyabinsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 29 July 1952, and the lowest was -47.9 °C on 1 January 1979.
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