Bratsk climate
Bratsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 21 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -22 °C. August is the wettest month (61 mm) and February the driest (8.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Bratsk averages 365 mm of rain, 7 days above 25 °C and 207 days below freezing.
Russia · population 256,600 · 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 21 °C
- Coldest month January -22 °C
- Driest month February 8 mm
- Wettest month August 61 mm
- Least cloud June 61 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 31 °C
- Coldest on record February -46 °C
What to expectBratsk through the year
Bratsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -17 °C in January to 21 °C in July, a swing of 37 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 7 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C, 207 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 61 mm against 8 mm in February — 7.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.4 °C | 9 mm | 81 % |
| February | -13.4 °C | 8 mm | 75 % |
| March | -5.1 °C | 11 mm | 68 % |
| April | 3.3 °C | 19 mm | 67 % |
| May | 11.0 °C | 39 mm | 63 % |
| June | 18.0 °C | 52 mm | 61 % |
| July | 21.0 °C | 58 mm | 62 % |
| August | 19.2 °C | 61 mm | 61 % |
| September | 11.8 °C | 44 mm | 67 % |
| October | 3.3 °C | 28 mm | 75 % |
| November | -6.8 °C | 20 mm | 84 % |
| December | -14.6 °C | 16 mm | 85 % |
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 | -17.4 °C | -22.5 °C | -19.6 °C | 0.1 °C | -45.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| February | -13.4 °C | -19.7 °C | -16.2 °C | 3.1 °C | -45.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| March | -5.1 °C | -12.6 °C | -8.4 °C | 7.9 °C | -28.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| April | 3.3 °C | -4.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 21.9 °C | -20.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| May | 11.0 °C | 2.0 °C | 6.6 °C | 28.0 °C | -8.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| June | 18.0 °C | 9.6 °C | 13.8 °C | 28.8 °C | -1.5 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 21.0 °C | 14.0 °C | 17.5 °C | 30.7 °C | 7.6 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 19.2 °C | 13.0 °C | 16.1 °C | 29.3 °C | 2.5 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 11.8 °C | 6.0 °C | 9.1 °C | 25.2 °C | -2.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| October | 3.3 °C | -1.6 °C | 1.0 °C | 17.5 °C | -17.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| November | -6.8 °C | -12.0 °C | -9.1 °C | 7.8 °C | -33.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| December | -14.6 °C | -20.1 °C | -17.1 °C | 3.2 °C | -42.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9 mm | 3 | 7.6 h/day | 81 % | 76 % | 14 km/h |
| February | 8 mm | 3 | 9.5 h/day | 75 % | 75 % | 14 km/h |
| March | 11 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 68 % | 73 % | 16 km/h |
| April | 19 mm | 6 | 14 h/day | 67 % | 67 % | 18 km/h |
| May | 39 mm | 10 | 16 h/day | 63 % | 63 % | 17 km/h |
| June | 52 mm | 10 | 18 h/day | 61 % | 70 % | 14 km/h |
| July | 58 mm | 10 | 17 h/day | 62 % | 73 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 61 mm | 10 | 15 h/day | 61 % | 72 % | 14 km/h |
| September | 44 mm | 10 | 13 h/day | 67 % | 70 % | 16 km/h |
| October | 28 mm | 8 | 10 h/day | 75 % | 71 % | 17 km/h |
| November | 20 mm | 7 | 8.2 h/day | 84 % | 77 % | 17 km/h |
| December | 16 mm | 5 | 7.0 h/day | 85 % | 78 % | 15 km/h |
Where Bratsk ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The coolest places in Europe in January | 3rdof 50 | -17 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in February | 4thof 50 | -13 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in November | 4thof 50 | -6.8 °C |
| The coolest places in the world in February | 4thof 50 | -13 °C |
| The coolest places in the world in January | 4thof 50 | -17 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in March | 5thof 50 | -5.1 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bratsk.
QuestionsCommon questions about Bratsk’s climate
When is the best time to visit Bratsk?
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 Bratsk get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 21 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -22 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 207 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Bratsk?
August, averaging 61 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is February with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 365 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 Bratsk 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
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.