Yelets
Yelets is a town in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia. It has a population of about 93,761 (2025). The climate is classified as warm-summer humid continental (Köppen Dfb), with warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
Best: May · Aug–Sep. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Yelets at a glance
The months with the highest weather score
Average high in July
Average low in February
73 mm of rain
30 mm of rain
within 2.7 km
How Yelets has grown
People living in the built-up area (26 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
-35%110k in 1975 → 71k in 2025Weather in Yelets
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
Sunny · wind 14 km/h · humidity 67%
When to go to Yelets
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 15 | 21 | 26 | 43 | 70 | 67 | 66 | 78 | 71 | 26 | 21 | 15 |
| High | -4° | -5° | 1° | 13° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 24° | 18° | 10° | 2° | -3° |
| Low | -10° | -10° | -5° | 2° | 9° | 13° | 16° | 14° | 9° | 4° | -3° | -8° |
| Rain (mm) | 42 | 35 | 30 | 40 | 41 | 74 | 73 | 55 | 52 | 54 | 43 | 42 |
| Wet days | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
What's on in Yelets
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Monuments and museums in Yelets
More museums: Argamach, ethnographic and archeological exposition · Военно-исторический музей · Дом-музей Н.Н. Жукова · Дом-музей Т.Н. Хренникова · Елецкий городской краеведческий музей · Культурный центр имени В.С.Сорокина · Литературно-мемориальный музей И. А. Бунина · Музей народных ремёсел и промыслов
Outdoors around Yelets
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Nature around Yelets
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of Russia seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Yelets
Universities and research institutes
Yelets from above
Postal codes
Getting to Yelets
Places near Yelets
Places with a climate like Yelets
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
