Yaroslavl climate — normals and trends
Yaroslavl (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.9 °C and it receives 655 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yaroslavl averages 167 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Yaroslavl has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 179 to 155 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.2 °C (on 22 July 1981) and the coldest -44.5 °C (on 16 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
YaroslavlYaroslavl Oblast
- coords
- 57.63°, 39.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.9°C
Average daily high
7.4°C
Average daily low
0.1°C
Annual rainfall
655mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.3km/h
Seasonal range
28.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
167 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
140.5 cm
Average feels-like high
4.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
36.2 °C
22 July 1981
Coldest day
-44.5 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
52 mm
20 July 1962
Windiest day
43.2 km/h
3 October 2015
Strongest gust
91.1 km/h
23 October 1989
Hottest feels-like
39.1 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-50.0 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.8 cm
28 September 1993
Sunniest day
17.0 h
11 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.0 °C | +7.8 °C | 48 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | -3.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 10 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 6.1 °C | +6.2 °C | 46 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 10.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 44 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 82 mm | +21 mm |
| Jun | 19.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 96 mm | +20 mm |
| Jul | 25.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 53 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 20.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 79 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 17.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 17 mm | -45 mm |
| Oct | 8.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 61 mm | -0 mm |
| Nov | 3.9 °C | +4.5 °C | 60 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | -0.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 54 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yaroslavl?
Yaroslavl has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.9 °C and it receives 655 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yaroslavl?
The hottest day measured in Yaroslavl between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1981, reaching 36.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yaroslavl?
The coldest day measured in Yaroslavl between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -44.5 °C.
Does it snow in Yaroslavl?
Yes. Yaroslavl gets on average 140.5 cm of snow per year and has around 167 frost days.
Has the climate of Yaroslavl warmed?
Yes: Yaroslavl warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yaroslavl?
The wettest day measured in Yaroslavl between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1962, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yaroslavl?
The windiest day measured in Yaroslavl between 1940 and 2025 was 3 October 2015, with winds reaching 43.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yaroslavl?
The warmest month in Yaroslavl is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Yaroslavl?
Yaroslavl receives on average 655 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yaroslavl?
Yaroslavl gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yaroslavl?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yaroslavl between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1993, with 17.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yaroslavl?
Yes: Yaroslavl has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yaroslavl?
In Yaroslavl, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -50.0 °C on 16 January 1940.
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