Arkhangel’sk climate

Name: Arkhangel’sk
Address: RU

Arkhangel’sk is warmest in July, with average highs of 20 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -13 °C. August is the wettest month (81 mm) and February the driest (24 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Arkhangel’sk averages 604 mm of rain, 10 days above 25 °C and 196 days below freezing.

Russia · population 349,742 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 20 °C
Coldest month January -13 °C
Driest month February 24 mm
Wettest month August 81 mm
Least cloud July 64 % cloud
Hottest on record July 34 °C
Coldest on record January -43 °C

What to expectArkhangel’sk through the year

Arkhangel’sk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -8.5 °C in January to 20 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 10 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C, 196 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 81 mm against 24 mm in February — 3.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-8.5 °C	32 mm	89 %
February	-7.8 °C	24 mm	85 %
March	-2.5 °C	28 mm	75 %
April	4.0 °C	33 mm	70 %
May	11.4 °C	56 mm	66 %
June	16.8 °C	70 mm	64 %
July	20.4 °C	75 mm	64 %
August	17.2 °C	81 mm	70 %
September	11.8 °C	65 mm	76 %
October	4.4 °C	60 mm	82 %
November	-2.2 °C	44 mm	89 %
December	-5.5 °C	36 mm	91 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	-8.5 °C	-13.4 °C	-10.9 °C	3.1 °C	-43.3 °C	0	31
February	-7.8 °C	-12.9 °C	-10.1 °C	3.9 °C	-37.0 °C	0	28
March	-2.5 °C	-8.7 °C	-5.4 °C	9.0 °C	-28.5 °C	0	30
April	4.0 °C	-4.0 °C	0.3 °C	23.7 °C	-18.8 °C	0	26
May	11.4 °C	2.0 °C	7.2 °C	29.2 °C	-8.3 °C	0	12
June	16.8 °C	8.2 °C	13.1 °C	31.1 °C	-2.5 °C	2	0
July	20.4 °C	12.2 °C	16.7 °C	34.4 °C	3.6 °C	6	0
August	17.2 °C	10.2 °C	13.9 °C	34.0 °C	1.8 °C	2	0
September	11.8 °C	6.2 °C	9.0 °C	25.4 °C	-3.6 °C	0	1
October	4.4 °C	0.5 °C	2.5 °C	17.1 °C	-19.8 °C	0	13
November	-2.2 °C	-6.1 °C	-4.0 °C	8.4 °C	-32.0 °C	0	25
December	-5.5 °C	-10.0 °C	-7.6 °C	5.2 °C	-35.0 °C	0	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	32 mm	10	5.2 h/day	89 %	85 %	16 km/h
February	24 mm	8	8.5 h/day	85 %	83 %	16 km/h
March	28 mm	8	12 h/day	75 %	81 %	16 km/h
April	33 mm	8	15 h/day	70 %	76 %	16 km/h
May	56 mm	11	19 h/day	66 %	69 %	16 km/h
June	70 mm	11	21 h/day	64 %	69 %	15 km/h
July	75 mm	12	20 h/day	64 %	72 %	14 km/h
August	81 mm	12	17 h/day	70 %	78 %	15 km/h
September	65 mm	12	13 h/day	76 %	82 %	16 km/h
October	60 mm	13	9.8 h/day	82 %	87 %	16 km/h
November	44 mm	11	6.4 h/day	89 %	87 %	16 km/h
December	36 mm	10	4.0 h/day	91 %	87 %	16 km/h

Where Arkhangel’sk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in April	9th of 50	4.0 °C
The coolest places in Europe in October	9th of 50	4.4 °C
The coolest places in Europe in September	9th of 50	12 °C
The coolest places in the world in October	11th of 50	4.4 °C
The coolest places in Europe in August	12th of 50	17 °C
The coolest places in the world in April	12th of 50	4.0 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Arkhangel’sk.

QuestionsCommon questions about Arkhangel’sk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Arkhangel’sk?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Arkhangel’sk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 20 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -13 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 196 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Arkhangel’sk?

August, averaging 81 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is February with 24 mm. The year as a whole averages 604 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Arkhangel’sk rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 64.546°, 40.552° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.