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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg climate by month
Subarctic · DfcBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean2°day and night
Seasonal swing32°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation544 mm135 wet days a year
56.86° N, 60.62° EElevation 278 mUTC+5 · Yekaterinburg Standard Time
When to goYekaterinburg · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low5° / 0°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Yekaterinburg has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 22° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -11° and lows of -17°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 32°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 544 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (76 mm, 17 wet days) and February the driest (19 mm, 7 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in June to 61% in November.
Compared with Moscow, the capital, Yekaterinburg is 2.5° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 22° · July
- Coldest nights
- -17° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- June · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 17 h 48 min
- Shortest day
- 6 h 48 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -11° | -9° | -1° | 8° | 15° | 21° | 22° | 19° | 13° | 5° | -4° | -9° |
| Average low | -17° | -16° | -9° | -2° | 5° | 11° | 14° | 11° | 6° | 0° | -9° | -15° |
| Precipitation | 26 mm | 19 mm | 21 mm | 29 mm | 51 mm | 76 mm | 88 mm | 72 mm | 60 mm | 40 mm | 34 mm | 28 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.2 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 13 | 16.8 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 9.8 | 8.4 |
| Cloud cover | 59% | 55% | 48% | 43% | 38% | 35% | 36% | 40% | 49% | 56% | 61% | 61% |
| Daylight | 7h 25 | 9h 31 | 11h 44 | 14h 14 | 16h 26 | 17h 48 | 17h 15 | 15h 15 | 12h 51 | 10h 28 | 8h 10 | 6h 48 |
| Month score | 29 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 51 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 38 | 19 | 22 | 25 |
ivMonth by month
Yekaterinburg in every month
January29
-11° / -17°
26 mm · 7.2 wet days
February32
-9° / -16°
19 mm · 6.8 wet days
March30
-1° / -9°
21 mm · 8.7 wet days
April31
8° / -2°
29 mm · 9.3 wet days
May51
15° / 5°
51 mm · 13 wet days
June65
21° / 11°
76 mm · 16.8 wet days
July65
22° / 14°
88 mm · 16.1 wet days
August63
19° / 11°
72 mm · 15.3 wet days
September38
13° / 6°
60 mm · 11.6 wet days
October19
5° / 0°
40 mm · 11.9 wet days
November22
-4° / -9°
34 mm · 9.8 wet days
December25
-9° / -15°
28 mm · 8.4 wet days