Blagoveshchensk climate

Name: Blagoveshchensk
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Blagoveshchensk is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -27 °C. July is the wettest month (123 mm) and January the driest (4.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Blagoveshchensk averages 539 mm of rain, 49 days above 25 °C and 193 days below freezing.

Russia · population 225,091 · 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 26 °C
Coldest month January -27 °C
Driest month January 4 mm
Wettest month July 123 mm
Least cloud February 42 % cloud
Hottest on record June 38 °C
Coldest on record January -41 °C

What to expectBlagoveshchensk through the year

Blagoveshchensk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -16 °C in January to 26 °C in July, a swing of 44 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 49 days a year reach 25 °C, 8 of them reach 30 °C, 193 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 123 mm against 4 mm in January — 30 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-16.1 °C	4 mm	42 %
February	-10.0 °C	5 mm	42 %
March	-0.5 °C	10 mm	50 %
April	10.4 °C	26 mm	57 %
May	18.5 °C	56 mm	61 %
June	24.0 °C	83 mm	61 %
July	26.2 °C	123 mm	65 %
August	23.9 °C	102 mm	61 %
September	17.8 °C	73 mm	52 %
October	7.4 °C	35 mm	49 %
November	-5.7 °C	13 mm	45 %
December	-15.8 °C	7 mm	44 %

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	-16.1 °C	-26.9 °C	-21.8 °C	-3.0 °C	-40.6 °C	0	0	31
February	-10.0 °C	-22.9 °C	-16.5 °C	4.8 °C	-38.9 °C	0	0	28
March	-0.5 °C	-12.6 °C	-6.7 °C	16.4 °C	-31.0 °C	0	0	31
April	10.4 °C	-1.3 °C	4.3 °C	29.3 °C	-17.1 °C	0	0	20
May	18.5 °C	6.3 °C	12.5 °C	32.9 °C	-3.3 °C	3	0	1
June	24.0 °C	14.0 °C	19.1 °C	38.1 °C	3.2 °C	12	3	0
July	26.2 °C	17.5 °C	21.8 °C	35.2 °C	10.2 °C	20	4	0
August	23.9 °C	15.3 °C	19.5 °C	33.5 °C	5.7 °C	12	1	0
September	17.8 °C	8.2 °C	12.8 °C	30.0 °C	-2.6 °C	2	0	0
October	7.4 °C	-1.4 °C	2.6 °C	23.8 °C	-17.4 °C	0	0	20
November	-5.7 °C	-14.4 °C	-10.2 °C	10.6 °C	-33.8 °C	0	0	30
December	-15.8 °C	-25.0 °C	-20.5 °C	-1.4 °C	-38.4 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	4 mm	1	8.5 h/day	42 %	70 %	13 km/h
February	5 mm	1	10 h/day	42 %	67 %	15 km/h
March	10 mm	2	12 h/day	50 %	56 %	17 km/h
April	26 mm	5	14 h/day	57 %	47 %	19 km/h
May	56 mm	9	15 h/day	61 %	57 %	18 km/h
June	83 mm	11	16 h/day	61 %	69 %	15 km/h
July	123 mm	14	16 h/day	65 %	76 %	14 km/h
August	102 mm	12	15 h/day	61 %	77 %	14 km/h
September	73 mm	9	13 h/day	52 %	69 %	16 km/h
October	35 mm	6	11 h/day	49 %	62 %	16 km/h
November	13 mm	3	9.0 h/day	45 %	62 %	15 km/h
December	7 mm	3	8.1 h/day	44 %	69 %	13 km/h

How Blagoveshchensk 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
Blagoveshchensk	26 °C	-27 °C	539 mm	49
Bei’an · China	26 °C	-28 °C	622 mm	47
Yichun · China	25 °C	-27 °C	644 mm	42
Daxing’anling · China	25 °C	-28 °C	549 mm	34
Hegang · China	26 °C	-26 °C	662 mm	46
Suihua · China	27 °C	-26 °C	638 mm	59
Jiamusi · China	27 °C	-25 °C	583 mm	59

Where Blagoveshchensk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in December	3rdof 50	-16 °C
The driest places in Europe in December	3rdof 50	7.3 mm
The driest places in Europe in January	4thof 50	4.1 mm
The coolest places in the world in December	5thof 50	-16 °C
The driest places in Europe in February	5thof 50	5.0 mm
The driest places in Europe in March	5thof 50	10 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Blagoveshchensk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Blagoveshchensk?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Blagoveshchensk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 8 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -27 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 193 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Blagoveshchensk?

July, averaging 123 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is January with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 539 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 Blagoveshchensk 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.