Nizhny Tagil climate — normals and trends
Nizhny Tagil (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.4 °C and it receives 562 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-15.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Nizhny Tagil averages 194 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
Nizhny Tagil has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 204 to 184 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.1 °C (on 16 July 2020) and the coldest -45.8 °C (on 31 December 1978).
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
Nizhny TagilSverdlovsk Oblast
- coords
- 57.92°, 59.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.4°C
Average daily high
5.4°C
Average daily low
-2.7°C
Annual rainfall
562mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
32.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
194 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
121.9 cm
Average feels-like high
1.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.6 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
37.1 °C
16 July 2020
Coldest day
-45.8 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
72 mm
28 July 2004
Windiest day
43.6 km/h
21 October 1973
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
20 October 1973
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
15 July 1947
Coldest feels-like
-52.0 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
21.3 cm
2 May 2000
Sunniest day
17.4 h
20 June 2016
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 | -5.3 °C | +6.9 °C | 34 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | -5.1 °C | +4.4 °C | 10 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 2.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 21 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 9.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 85 mm | +47 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 81 mm | +26 mm |
| Jun | 23.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 42 mm | -37 mm |
| Jul | 21.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 78 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 21.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 37 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 14.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 65 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 7.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 34 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 1.2 °C | +5.6 °C | 44 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | -8.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 48 mm | +22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nizhny Tagil?
Nizhny Tagil has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.4 °C and it receives 562 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nizhny Tagil?
The hottest day measured in Nizhny Tagil between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2020, reaching 37.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nizhny Tagil?
The coldest day measured in Nizhny Tagil between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -45.8 °C.
Does it snow in Nizhny Tagil?
Yes. Nizhny Tagil gets on average 121.9 cm of snow per year and has around 194 frost days.
Has the climate of Nizhny Tagil warmed?
Yes: Nizhny Tagil warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nizhny Tagil?
The wettest day measured in Nizhny Tagil between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2004, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nizhny Tagil?
The windiest day measured in Nizhny Tagil between 1940 and 2025 was 21 October 1973, with winds reaching 43.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nizhny Tagil?
The warmest month in Nizhny Tagil is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Nizhny Tagil?
Nizhny Tagil receives on average 562 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nizhny Tagil?
Nizhny Tagil gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nizhny Tagil?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nizhny Tagil between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2000, with 21.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nizhny Tagil?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nizhny Tagil.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nizhny Tagil?
In Nizhny Tagil, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 15 July 1947, and the lowest was -52.0 °C on 31 December 1978.
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