Astrakhan climate

Name: Astrakhan
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Astrakhan is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -5.9 °C. May is the wettest month (26 mm) and August the driest (13 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Astrakhan averages 223 mm of rain, 111 days above 25 °C and 115 days below freezing.

Russia · population 533,925 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month February -5.9 °C
Driest month August 13 mm
Wettest month May 26 mm
Least cloud August 30 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record February -31 °C

What to expectAstrakhan through the year

Astrakhan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 1.4 °C in February to 32 °C in July, a swing of 30 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 111 days a year reach 25 °C, 60 of them reach 30 °C, 115 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 13 mm in August to 26 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-0.2 °C	15 mm	82 %
February	1.4 °C	14 mm	74 %
March	7.8 °C	20 mm	64 %
April	16.2 °C	26 mm	57 %
May	23.9 °C	26 mm	49 %
June	29.7 °C	20 mm	43 %
July	32.1 °C	16 mm	33 %
August	30.9 °C	13 mm	30 %
September	23.7 °C	15 mm	39 %
October	15.8 °C	20 mm	53 %
November	6.6 °C	19 mm	70 %
December	1.1 °C	19 mm	82 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	-0.2 °C	-5.9 °C	-3.0 °C	12.1 °C	-29.1 °C	0	0	28
February	1.4 °C	-5.9 °C	-2.3 °C	16.4 °C	-30.6 °C	0	0	25
March	7.8 °C	-1.3 °C	3.0 °C	21.2 °C	-20.2 °C	0	0	21
April	16.2 °C	5.5 °C	10.9 °C	29.5 °C	-4.4 °C	1	0	2
May	23.9 °C	12.8 °C	18.6 °C	35.9 °C	1.8 °C	13	4	0
June	29.7 °C	18.3 °C	24.4 °C	40.4 °C	7.9 °C	25	14	0
July	32.1 °C	20.9 °C	26.9 °C	41.4 °C	14.3 °C	30	22	0
August	30.9 °C	19.7 °C	25.5 °C	40.5 °C	10.5 °C	28	18	0
September	23.7 °C	13.8 °C	18.6 °C	37.9 °C	0.5 °C	13	2	0
October	15.8 °C	7.5 °C	11.4 °C	28.6 °C	-4.9 °C	1	0	1
November	6.6 °C	0.6 °C	3.5 °C	20.9 °C	-17.2 °C	0	0	13
December	1.1 °C	-3.8 °C	-1.3 °C	11.6 °C	-25.5 °C	0	0	25

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	15 mm	4	9.0 h/day	82 %	81 %	18 km/h
February	14 mm	4	10 h/day	74 %	77 %	19 km/h
March	20 mm	4	12 h/day	64 %	72 %	20 km/h
April	26 mm	5	14 h/day	57 %	63 %	20 km/h
May	26 mm	5	15 h/day	49 %	56 %	19 km/h
June	20 mm	4	16 h/day	43 %	49 %	18 km/h
July	16 mm	3	15 h/day	33 %	48 %	17 km/h
August	13 mm	3	14 h/day	30 %	49 %	17 km/h
September	15 mm	4	13 h/day	39 %	58 %	18 km/h
October	20 mm	4	11 h/day	53 %	69 %	18 km/h
November	19 mm	5	9.4 h/day	70 %	79 %	17 km/h
December	19 mm	5	8.6 h/day	82 %	82 %	18 km/h

How Astrakhan compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Astrakhan	32 °C	-5.9 °C	223 mm	111
Atyrau · Kazakhstan	33 °C	-8.7 °C	186 mm	109
Makhachkala · Russia	28 °C	-0.04 °C	465 mm	78
Volgograd · Russia	30 °C	-8.5 °C	373 mm	91
Grozny · Russia	30 °C	-4.4 °C	621 mm	95
Nazran · Russia	26 °C	-5.7 °C	694 mm	57

Where Astrakhan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	3rdof 50	97/100
The driest places in Europe year-round	3rdof 50	19 mm
The driest places in Europe in September	5thof 50	15 mm
The driest places in Europe in October	6thof 50	20 mm
The driest places in Europe in November	7thof 50	19 mm
The warmest places in Europe in June	9thof 50	30 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Astrakhan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Astrakhan?

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

How hot does Astrakhan get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 60 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -5.9 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 115 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Astrakhan?

May, averaging 26 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is August with 13 mm. The year as a whole averages 223 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 Astrakhan 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
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.