Vladivostok climate — normals and trends
Vladivostok (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 739 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 (21.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Vladivostok averages 137 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.
Vladivostok has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 143 to 131 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.8 °C (on 28 July 2025) and the coldest -25.6 °C (on 25 January 1990).
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
VladivostokPrimorskiy (Maritime) Kray
- coords
- 43.11°, 131.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.8°C
Average daily high
8.0°C
Average daily low
3.9°C
Annual rainfall
739mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
22.7km/h
Seasonal range
31.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
137 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
88 d/yr
Annual snowfall
60.6 cm
Average feels-like high
5.5 °C
Average feels-like low
0.2 °C
Average peak gust
37.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
18 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
29.8 °C
28 July 2025
Coldest day
-25.6 °C
25 January 1990
Wettest day
143 mm
3 August 1962
Windiest day
63.3 km/h
2 January 1981
Strongest gust
112.7 km/h
1 January 1997
Hottest feels-like
35.5 °C
28 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-33.8 °C
19 January 1966
Snowiest day
27.4 cm
5 December 2009
Sunniest day
14.7 h
2 July 1944
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 | -3.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 15 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | -2.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 2 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 2.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 21 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 6.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 60 mm | +12 mm |
| May | 12.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 71 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 19.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 128 mm | +49 mm |
| Jul | 25.0 °C | +5.1 °C | 104 mm | -22 mm |
| Aug | 25.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 228 mm | +77 mm |
| Sep | 22.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 75 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 12.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 33 mm | -23 mm |
| Nov | 6.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 19 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | -2.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 18 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vladivostok?
Vladivostok has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 739 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vladivostok?
The hottest day measured in Vladivostok between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2025, reaching 29.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vladivostok?
The coldest day measured in Vladivostok between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, at -25.6 °C.
Does it snow in Vladivostok?
Yes. Vladivostok gets on average 60.6 cm of snow per year and has around 137 frost days.
Has the climate of Vladivostok warmed?
Yes: Vladivostok warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vladivostok?
The wettest day measured in Vladivostok between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1962, with 143 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vladivostok?
The windiest day measured in Vladivostok between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1981, with winds reaching 63.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vladivostok?
The warmest month in Vladivostok is August (21.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Vladivostok?
Vladivostok receives on average 739 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vladivostok?
Vladivostok gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vladivostok?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vladivostok between 1940 and 2025 was 5 December 2009, with 27.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vladivostok?
Yes: Vladivostok has on average 18 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vladivostok?
In Vladivostok, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.5 °C on 28 July 2025, and the lowest was -33.8 °C on 19 January 1966.
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