Syktyvkar climate — normals and trends
Syktyvkar (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.0 °C and it receives 616 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-15.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Syktyvkar averages 199 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Syktyvkar 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 208 to 190 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 9 July 2020) and the coldest -47.3 °C (on 30 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
SyktyvkarKomi
- coords
- 61.66°, 50.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.0°C
Average daily high
4.5°C
Average daily low
-2.9°C
Annual rainfall
616mm
Sunshine / day
6.2h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
32.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
199 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
162.5 cm
Average feels-like high
1.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
35.1 °C
9 July 2020
Coldest day
-47.3 °C
30 December 1978
Wettest day
54 mm
18 July 1983
Windiest day
37.7 km/h
1 April 1957
Strongest gust
86.0 km/h
23 April 1981
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
9 July 1954
Coldest feels-like
-52.9 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
20 October 1973
Sunniest day
18.9 h
16 June 1942
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 | -5.1 °C | +7.1 °C | 75 mm | +43 mm |
| Feb | -5.6 °C | +4.3 °C | 23 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 2.0 °C | +4.5 °C | 24 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 5.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 60 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 15.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 36 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 19.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 123 mm | +53 mm |
| Jul | 21.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 57 mm | -18 mm |
| Aug | 20.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 54 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 14.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 46 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 6.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 32 mm | -32 mm |
| Nov | 0.7 °C | +4.9 °C | 104 mm | +58 mm |
| Dec | -8.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 64 mm | +25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Syktyvkar?
Syktyvkar has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.0 °C and it receives 616 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Syktyvkar?
The hottest day measured in Syktyvkar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2020, reaching 35.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Syktyvkar?
The coldest day measured in Syktyvkar between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1978, at -47.3 °C.
Does it snow in Syktyvkar?
Yes. Syktyvkar gets on average 162.5 cm of snow per year and has around 199 frost days.
Has the climate of Syktyvkar warmed?
Yes: Syktyvkar warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Syktyvkar?
The wettest day measured in Syktyvkar between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1983, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Syktyvkar?
The windiest day measured in Syktyvkar between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 1957, with winds reaching 37.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Syktyvkar?
The warmest month in Syktyvkar is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Syktyvkar?
Syktyvkar receives on average 616 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Syktyvkar?
Syktyvkar gets on average 6.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,263 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Syktyvkar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Syktyvkar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1973, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Syktyvkar?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Syktyvkar.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Syktyvkar?
In Syktyvkar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 9 July 1954, and the lowest was -52.9 °C on 31 December 1978.
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