Vilyuchinsk climate — normals and trends
Vilyuchinsk (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.4 °C and it receives 1,165 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 (13.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Vilyuchinsk averages 205 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Vilyuchinsk has warmed by +2.7 °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 222 to 188 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.2 °C (on 10 July 2022) and the coldest -31.7 °C (on 15 January 1965).
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
VilyuchinskKamchatka
- coords
- 52.93°, 158.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.4°C
Average daily high
3.7°C
Average daily low
-2.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,165mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
25.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
205 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
465.2 cm
Average feels-like high
0.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
29.2 °C
10 July 2022
Coldest day
-31.7 °C
15 January 1965
Wettest day
95 mm
24 January 1988
Windiest day
52.3 km/h
29 January 1989
Strongest gust
128.5 km/h
29 December 2018
Hottest feels-like
33.4 °C
10 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-36.9 °C
15 January 1965
Snowiest day
66.4 cm
24 January 1988
Sunniest day
16.7 h
25 June 1955
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 | -6.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 47 mm | -60 mm |
| Feb | -3.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 67 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | -3.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 204 mm | +100 mm |
| Apr | 4.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 90 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 9.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 83 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 14.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 87 mm | +30 mm |
| Jul | 17.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 84 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 17.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 137 mm | +47 mm |
| Sep | 14.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 85 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 6.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 116 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 0.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 137 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | -1.3 °C | +6.0 °C | 338 mm | +217 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vilyuchinsk?
Vilyuchinsk has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.4 °C and it receives 1,165 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vilyuchinsk?
The hottest day measured in Vilyuchinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2022, reaching 29.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vilyuchinsk?
The coldest day measured in Vilyuchinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1965, at -31.7 °C.
Does it snow in Vilyuchinsk?
Yes. Vilyuchinsk gets on average 465.2 cm of snow per year and has around 205 frost days.
Has the climate of Vilyuchinsk warmed?
Yes: Vilyuchinsk warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vilyuchinsk?
The wettest day measured in Vilyuchinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1988, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vilyuchinsk?
The windiest day measured in Vilyuchinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1989, with winds reaching 52.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vilyuchinsk?
The warmest month in Vilyuchinsk is August (13.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Vilyuchinsk?
Vilyuchinsk receives on average 1,165 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vilyuchinsk?
Vilyuchinsk gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vilyuchinsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vilyuchinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1988, with 66.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vilyuchinsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vilyuchinsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vilyuchinsk?
In Vilyuchinsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.4 °C on 10 July 2022, and the lowest was -36.9 °C on 15 January 1965.
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