Yekaterinburg climate — normals and trends
Yekaterinburg (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.8 °C and it receives 536 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-14.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yekaterinburg averages 191 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.
Yekaterinburg has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 201 to 181 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 16 July 2020) and the coldest -44.2 °C (on 31 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
YekaterinburgSverdlovsk Oblast
- coords
- 56.86°, 60.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.8°C
Average daily high
5.8°C
Average daily low
-2.3°C
Annual rainfall
536mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
32.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
191 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
111 d/yr
Annual snowfall
111.2 cm
Average feels-like high
2.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
36.3 °C
16 July 2020
Coldest day
-44.2 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
54 mm
7 June 2003
Windiest day
42.9 km/h
6 June 1995
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
17 May 1981
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
29 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-50.6 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
32.3 cm
17 May 1981
Sunniest day
16.5 h
25 June 2022
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 | -4.6 °C | +7.1 °C | 29 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | -4.5 °C | +4.6 °C | 3 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 2.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 27 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 10.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 63 mm | +29 mm |
| May | 17.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 50 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 22.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 94 mm | +19 mm |
| Jul | 21.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 96 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 20.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 80 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 15.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 61 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 7.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 18 mm | -25 mm |
| Nov | 1.9 °C | +5.8 °C | 30 mm | -0 mm |
| Dec | -7.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 43 mm | +19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yekaterinburg?
Yekaterinburg has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.8 °C and it receives 536 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yekaterinburg?
The hottest day measured in Yekaterinburg between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2020, reaching 36.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yekaterinburg?
The coldest day measured in Yekaterinburg between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -44.2 °C.
Does it snow in Yekaterinburg?
Yes. Yekaterinburg gets on average 111.2 cm of snow per year and has around 191 frost days.
Has the climate of Yekaterinburg warmed?
Yes: Yekaterinburg warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yekaterinburg?
The wettest day measured in Yekaterinburg between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 2003, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yekaterinburg?
The windiest day measured in Yekaterinburg between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1995, with winds reaching 42.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yekaterinburg?
The warmest month in Yekaterinburg is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Yekaterinburg?
Yekaterinburg receives on average 536 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yekaterinburg?
Yekaterinburg gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yekaterinburg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yekaterinburg between 1940 and 2025 was 17 May 1981, with 32.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yekaterinburg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Yekaterinburg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yekaterinburg?
In Yekaterinburg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 29 July 1952, and the lowest was -50.6 °C on 31 December 1978.
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