Nakhodka climate — normals and trends
Nakhodka (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 760 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 August (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Nakhodka averages 147 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.
Nakhodka has warmed by +2.4 °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 156 to 138 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.9 °C (on 3 August 1988) and the coldest -27.0 °C (on 6 January 1951).
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
NakhodkaPrimorskiy (Maritime) Kray
- coords
- 42.84°, 132.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.5°C
Average daily high
9.0°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
760mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
19.6km/h
Seasonal range
31.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
147 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
89 d/yr
Annual snowfall
65.1 cm
Average feels-like high
6.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
30.9 °C
3 August 1988
Coldest day
-27.0 °C
6 January 1951
Wettest day
128 mm
6 September 2022
Windiest day
55.4 km/h
14 September 1954
Strongest gust
113.8 km/h
14 September 1954
Hottest feels-like
35.9 °C
23 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-35.7 °C
19 January 1966
Snowiest day
24.5 cm
14 February 2007
Sunniest day
14.4 h
2 July 1960
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 10 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | -1.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 4 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 4.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 22 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 9.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 72 mm | +22 mm |
| May | 14.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 134 mm | +69 mm |
| Jun | 20.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 136 mm | +61 mm |
| Jul | 25.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 61 mm | -59 mm |
| Aug | 26.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 207 mm | +56 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 79 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 13.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 38 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 6.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 38 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | -2.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 34 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nakhodka?
Nakhodka has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 760 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nakhodka?
The hottest day measured in Nakhodka between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1988, reaching 30.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nakhodka?
The coldest day measured in Nakhodka between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1951, at -27.0 °C.
Does it snow in Nakhodka?
Yes. Nakhodka gets on average 65.1 cm of snow per year and has around 147 frost days.
Has the climate of Nakhodka warmed?
Yes: Nakhodka warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nakhodka?
The wettest day measured in Nakhodka between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 2022, with 128 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nakhodka?
The windiest day measured in Nakhodka between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1954, with winds reaching 55.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nakhodka?
The warmest month in Nakhodka is August (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Nakhodka?
Nakhodka receives on average 760 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nakhodka?
Nakhodka gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nakhodka?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nakhodka between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2007, with 24.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nakhodka?
Yes: Nakhodka has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nakhodka?
In Nakhodka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.9 °C on 23 July 2021, and the lowest was -35.7 °C on 19 January 1966.
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