Kerch climate — normals and trends
Kerch (Ukraine) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 398 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 (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Kerch averages 40 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.
Kerch has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 52 to 28 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.3 °C (on 19 July 2024) and the coldest -16.2 °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
KerchCrimea
- coords
- 45.36°, 36.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.5°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
10.6°C
Annual rainfall
398mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
26.3km/h
Seasonal range
22.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
40 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
86 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.2 cm
Average feels-like high
12.2 °C
Average feels-like low
7.3 °C
Average peak gust
40.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
66 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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
33.3 °C
19 July 2024
Coldest day
-16.2 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
75 mm
2 August 2000
Windiest day
81.1 km/h
28 October 1969
Strongest gust
131.8 km/h
28 October 1969
Hottest feels-like
38.6 °C
25 July 2001
Coldest feels-like
-25.1 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.6 cm
13 February 2004
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 May 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 | 8.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 21 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 1.0 °C | -3.1 °C | 21 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 14 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 24 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 18.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 31 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 47 mm | +10 mm |
| Jul | 28.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 1 mm | -23 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 10 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 21.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 46 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 16.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 37 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 14.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 6 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 6.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 32 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kerch?
Kerch has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 398 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kerch?
The hottest day measured in Kerch between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2024, reaching 33.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kerch?
The coldest day measured in Kerch between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -16.2 °C.
Does it snow in Kerch?
Yes. Kerch gets on average 25.2 cm of snow per year and has around 40 frost days.
Has the climate of Kerch warmed?
Yes: Kerch warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kerch?
The wettest day measured in Kerch between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2000, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kerch?
The windiest day measured in Kerch between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1969, with winds reaching 81.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kerch?
The warmest month in Kerch is July (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Kerch?
Kerch receives on average 398 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kerch?
Kerch gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kerch?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kerch between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2004, with 18.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kerch?
Yes: Kerch has on average 66 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kerch?
In Kerch, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 25 July 2001, and the lowest was -25.1 °C on 10 January 1940.
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