Krasnoyarsk climate — normals and trends
Krasnoyarsk (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.5 °C and it receives 471 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-18.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Krasnoyarsk averages 204 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.
Krasnoyarsk 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 211 to 197 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 21 July 2002) and the coldest -47.7 °C (on 5 January 2001).
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
KrasnoyarskKrasnoyarsk Krai
- coords
- 56.04°, 92.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.5°C
Average daily high
5.3°C
Average daily low
-4.5°C
Annual rainfall
471mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
15.0km/h
Seasonal range
36.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
204 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
117 d/yr
Annual snowfall
113.2 cm
Average feels-like high
1.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-8.2 °C
Average peak gust
33.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
37.3 °C
21 July 2002
Coldest day
-47.7 °C
5 January 2001
Wettest day
83 mm
3 August 1969
Windiest day
45.4 km/h
5 April 2025
Strongest gust
100.1 km/h
5 April 2025
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
21 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-52.5 °C
6 January 2001
Snowiest day
10.1 cm
16 April 2001
Sunniest day
16.8 h
23 June 1951
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 | -7.1 °C | +6.7 °C | 25 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | -7.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 22 mm | +8 mm |
| Mar | 3.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 16 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 11.7 °C | +4.9 °C | 48 mm | +15 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 41 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 63 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 42 mm | -21 mm |
| Aug | 21.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 151 mm | +87 mm |
| Sep | 15.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 68 mm | +17 mm |
| Oct | 3.4 °C | -1.9 °C | 21 mm | -19 mm |
| Nov | -0.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 51 mm | +16 mm |
| Dec | -8.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 41 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Krasnoyarsk?
Krasnoyarsk has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.5 °C and it receives 471 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Krasnoyarsk?
The hottest day measured in Krasnoyarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2002, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Krasnoyarsk?
The coldest day measured in Krasnoyarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 2001, at -47.7 °C.
Does it snow in Krasnoyarsk?
Yes. Krasnoyarsk gets on average 113.2 cm of snow per year and has around 204 frost days.
Has the climate of Krasnoyarsk warmed?
Yes: Krasnoyarsk warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Krasnoyarsk?
The wettest day measured in Krasnoyarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1969, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Krasnoyarsk?
The windiest day measured in Krasnoyarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 2025, with winds reaching 45.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Krasnoyarsk?
The warmest month in Krasnoyarsk is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-18.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Krasnoyarsk?
Krasnoyarsk receives on average 471 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Krasnoyarsk?
Krasnoyarsk gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Krasnoyarsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Krasnoyarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 2001, with 10.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Krasnoyarsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Krasnoyarsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Krasnoyarsk?
In Krasnoyarsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 21 July 2002, and the lowest was -52.5 °C on 6 January 2001.
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