Tuapse climate — normals and trends
Tuapse (Russia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,221 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is February (5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Tuapse averages 13 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Tuapse has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 18 to 8 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -14.2 °C (on 10 January 1940).
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
TuapseKrasnodar Krai
- coords
- 44.10°, 39.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.4°C
Average daily high
16.1°C
Average daily low
12.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,221mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
22.5km/h
Seasonal range
18.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
13 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
23.1 cm
Average feels-like high
15.2 °C
Average feels-like low
10.6 °C
Average peak gust
32.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
78 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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
35.4 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-14.2 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
156 mm
1 October 1989
Windiest day
65.1 km/h
14 January 1971
Strongest gust
104.4 km/h
14 January 1971
Hottest feels-like
39.5 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-24.7 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.5 cm
30 January 1993
Sunniest day
15.0 h
15 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 | 10.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 79 mm | -67 mm |
| Feb | 4.9 °C | -2.6 °C | 64 mm | -46 mm |
| Mar | 11.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 31 mm | -61 mm |
| Apr | 12.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 64 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 17.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 64 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 21.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 173 mm | +97 mm |
| Jul | 27.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 19 mm | -44 mm |
| Aug | 28.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 23 mm | -47 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 124 mm | +22 mm |
| Oct | 18.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 326 mm | +209 mm |
| Nov | 17.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 15 mm | -126 mm |
| Dec | 10.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 189 mm | +28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tuapse?
Tuapse has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,221 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tuapse?
The hottest day measured in Tuapse between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tuapse?
The coldest day measured in Tuapse between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -14.2 °C.
Does it snow in Tuapse?
Yes. Tuapse gets on average 23.1 cm of snow per year and has around 13 frost days.
Has the climate of Tuapse warmed?
Yes: Tuapse warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tuapse?
The wettest day measured in Tuapse between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1989, with 156 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tuapse?
The windiest day measured in Tuapse between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1971, with winds reaching 65.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tuapse?
The warmest month in Tuapse is August (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is February (5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Tuapse?
Tuapse receives on average 1,221 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tuapse?
Tuapse 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 Tuapse?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tuapse between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1993, with 14.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tuapse?
Yes: Tuapse has on average 78 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tuapse?
In Tuapse, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -24.7 °C on 10 January 1940.
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