Karachayevsk climate — normals and trends
Karachayevsk (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 1,375 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 (15.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Karachayevsk averages 168 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 172 rainy days per year.
Karachayevsk has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 181 to 155 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.2 °C (on 31 July 2000) and the coldest -30.3 °C (on 31 January 2017).
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
KarachayevskKarachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic
- coords
- 43.77°, 41.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.2°C
Average daily high
11.0°C
Average daily low
0.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,375mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
9.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
168 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
172 d/yr
Annual snowfall
201.3 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.8 °C
Average peak gust
28.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
32.2 °C
31 July 2000
Coldest day
-30.3 °C
31 January 2017
Wettest day
73 mm
4 July 1966
Windiest day
29.9 km/h
21 February 2023
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
17 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
35.2 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-35.4 °C
31 January 2017
Snowiest day
29.1 cm
24 March 1998
Sunniest day
14.9 h
28 June 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.2 °C | +5.9 °C | 22 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | -0.6 °C | -2.1 °C | 64 mm | +13 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +5.9 °C | 73 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 11.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 146 mm | +23 mm |
| May | 17.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 219 mm | +35 mm |
| Jun | 18.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 130 mm | -77 mm |
| Jul | 23.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 101 mm | -101 mm |
| Aug | 23.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 96 mm | -72 mm |
| Sep | 17.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 164 mm | +48 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 137 mm | +53 mm |
| Nov | 13.2 °C | +6.0 °C | 12 mm | -46 mm |
| Dec | 3.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 59 mm | +8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karachayevsk?
Karachayevsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 1,375 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karachayevsk?
The hottest day measured in Karachayevsk between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2000, reaching 32.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karachayevsk?
The coldest day measured in Karachayevsk between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 2017, at -30.3 °C.
Does it snow in Karachayevsk?
Yes. Karachayevsk gets on average 201.3 cm of snow per year and has around 168 frost days.
Has the climate of Karachayevsk warmed?
Yes: Karachayevsk warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karachayevsk?
The wettest day measured in Karachayevsk between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1966, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karachayevsk?
The windiest day measured in Karachayevsk between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2023, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karachayevsk?
The warmest month in Karachayevsk is July (15.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Karachayevsk?
Karachayevsk receives on average 1,375 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 172 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karachayevsk?
Karachayevsk gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Karachayevsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karachayevsk between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1998, with 29.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karachayevsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Karachayevsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karachayevsk?
In Karachayevsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -35.4 °C on 31 January 2017.
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