Kyzyl climate — normals and trends
Kyzyl (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -0.7 °C and it receives 291 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 (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-22.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kyzyl averages 216 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 74 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Kyzyl between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 20 June 2025) and the coldest -47.5 °C (on 26 January 1969).
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
KyzylRepublic of Tyva
- coords
- 51.71°, 94.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-0.7°C
Average daily high
5.4°C
Average daily low
-6.4°C
Annual rainfall
291mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
10.7km/h
Seasonal range
40.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
216 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
74 d/yr
Annual snowfall
44.7 cm
Average feels-like high
2.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-10.0 °C
Average peak gust
26.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
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
37.2 °C
20 June 2025
Coldest day
-47.5 °C
26 January 1969
Wettest day
45 mm
31 July 2020
Windiest day
37.7 km/h
13 March 2021
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
24 April 1984
Hottest feels-like
37.4 °C
15 July 2004
Coldest feels-like
-52.6 °C
26 January 1969
Snowiest day
9.6 cm
6 September 1968
Sunniest day
16.0 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 | -15.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 10 mm | +6 mm |
| Feb | -10.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | -1.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 12.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 28 mm | +12 mm |
| May | 17.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 43 mm | +12 mm |
| Jun | 26.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 40 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 26.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 44 mm | -21 mm |
| Aug | 23.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 48 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 16.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 35 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 3.6 °C | -2.5 °C | 11 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | -6.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 25 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | -16.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 11 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kyzyl?
Kyzyl has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -0.7 °C and it receives 291 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kyzyl?
The hottest day measured in Kyzyl between 1940 and 2025 was 20 June 2025, reaching 37.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kyzyl?
The coldest day measured in Kyzyl between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1969, at -47.5 °C.
Does it snow in Kyzyl?
Yes. Kyzyl gets on average 44.7 cm of snow per year and has around 216 frost days.
Has the climate of Kyzyl warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Kyzyl.
What is the wettest day in Kyzyl?
The wettest day measured in Kyzyl between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2020, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kyzyl?
The windiest day measured in Kyzyl between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2021, with winds reaching 37.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kyzyl?
The warmest month in Kyzyl is July (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-22.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kyzyl?
Kyzyl receives on average 291 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 74 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kyzyl?
Kyzyl gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kyzyl?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kyzyl between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1968, with 9.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kyzyl?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kyzyl.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kyzyl?
In Kyzyl, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 15 July 2004, and the lowest was -52.6 °C on 26 January 1969.
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