Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy climate — normals and trends
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.5 °C and it receives 1,253 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 (12.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy averages 184 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 195 to 173 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 25.8 °C (on 10 July 2022) and the coldest -22.6 °C (on 11 February 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
Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiyKamchatka
- coords
- 53.06°, 158.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.5°C
Average daily high
3.4°C
Average daily low
-0.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,253mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
21.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
184 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
450.5 cm
Average feels-like high
-0.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
25.8 °C
10 July 2022
Coldest day
-22.6 °C
11 February 1978
Wettest day
94 mm
24 January 1988
Windiest day
67.1 km/h
29 January 1989
Strongest gust
118.8 km/h
29 January 1989
Hottest feels-like
29.6 °C
10 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-31.8 °C
12 January 1979
Snowiest day
65.2 cm
24 January 1988
Sunniest day
16.6 h
23 June 1940
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 | -4.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 51 mm | -63 mm |
| Feb | -3.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 71 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | -3.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 224 mm | +117 mm |
| Apr | 2.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 85 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 6.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 88 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 11.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 96 mm | +34 mm |
| Jul | 15.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 93 mm | +11 mm |
| Aug | 15.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 167 mm | +62 mm |
| Sep | 12.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 92 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 6.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 126 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 0.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 142 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | -0.2 °C | +4.8 °C | 352 mm | +224 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy?
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.5 °C and it receives 1,253 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy?
The hottest day measured in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2022, reaching 25.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy?
The coldest day measured in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1978, at -22.6 °C.
Does it snow in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy?
Yes. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy gets on average 450.5 cm of snow per year and has around 184 frost days.
Has the climate of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy warmed?
Yes: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy?
The wettest day measured in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1988, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy?
The windiest day measured in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1989, with winds reaching 67.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy?
The warmest month in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy is August (12.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy?
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy receives on average 1,253 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy?
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1988, with 65.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy?
In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.6 °C on 10 July 2022, and the lowest was -31.8 °C on 12 January 1979.
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