Chelyabinsk climate

Name: Chelyabinsk
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Chelyabinsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -17 °C. July is the wettest month (75 mm) and February the driest (15 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chelyabinsk averages 466 mm of rain, 34 days above 25 °C and 180 days below freezing.

Russia · population 1,202,371 · 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 23 °C
Coldest month January -17 °C
Driest month February 15 mm
Wettest month July 75 mm
Least cloud June 56 % cloud
Hottest on record July 37 °C
Coldest on record January -40 °C

What to expectChelyabinsk through the year

Chelyabinsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -11 °C in January to 23 °C in July, a swing of 34 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 34 days a year reach 25 °C, 6 of them reach 30 °C, 180 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 75 mm against 15 mm in February — 4.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-11.2 °C	17 mm	75 %
February	-9.1 °C	15 mm	71 %
March	-1.4 °C	24 mm	66 %
April	9.3 °C	30 mm	61 %
May	17.7 °C	49 mm	56 %
June	22.3 °C	59 mm	56 %
July	23.4 °C	75 mm	57 %
August	21.3 °C	69 mm	61 %
September	15.2 °C	44 mm	66 %
October	7.2 °C	39 mm	74 %
November	-2.8 °C	25 mm	76 %
December	-9.1 °C	21 mm	76 %

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	-11.2 °C	-17.4 °C	-14.0 °C	2.8 °C	-40.4 °C	0	0	31
February	-9.1 °C	-16.2 °C	-12.4 °C	5.7 °C	-36.5 °C	0	0	28
March	-1.4 °C	-9.3 °C	-5.1 °C	15.3 °C	-25.5 °C	0	0	30
April	9.3 °C	-1.1 °C	4.5 °C	27.3 °C	-17.0 °C	0	0	18
May	17.7 °C	6.5 °C	12.7 °C	33.1 °C	-5.3 °C	4	0	2
June	22.3 °C	12.5 °C	18.0 °C	33.7 °C	1.2 °C	9	2	0
July	23.4 °C	14.8 °C	19.5 °C	36.5 °C	7.4 °C	12	2	0
August	21.3 °C	13.0 °C	17.4 °C	35.7 °C	3.5 °C	8	2	0
September	15.2 °C	7.4 °C	11.4 °C	31.0 °C	-2.0 °C	1	0	1
October	7.2 °C	0.9 °C	4.0 °C	20.3 °C	-17.1 °C	0	0	12
November	-2.8 °C	-8.5 °C	-5.5 °C	10.8 °C	-35.7 °C	0	0	27
December	-9.1 °C	-15.3 °C	-12.0 °C	7.6 °C	-36.9 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	17 mm	5	7.8 h/day	75 %	81 %	17 km/h
February	15 mm	5	9.6 h/day	71 %	79 %	18 km/h
March	24 mm	5	12 h/day	66 %	78 %	19 km/h
April	30 mm	7	14 h/day	61 %	66 %	20 km/h
May	49 mm	8	16 h/day	56 %	58 %	20 km/h
June	59 mm	11	17 h/day	56 %	62 %	19 km/h
July	75 mm	11	17 h/day	57 %	67 %	17 km/h
August	69 mm	11	15 h/day	61 %	70 %	17 km/h
September	44 mm	8	13 h/day	66 %	71 %	18 km/h
October	39 mm	9	11 h/day	74 %	75 %	19 km/h
November	25 mm	7	8.4 h/day	76 %	78 %	18 km/h
December	21 mm	6	7.2 h/day	76 %	81 %	17 km/h

How Chelyabinsk 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
Chelyabinsk	23 °C	-17 °C	466 mm	34
Miass · Russia	22 °C	-18 °C	474 mm	25
Zlatoust · Russia	21 °C	-17 °C	600 mm	13
Kamensk-Ural’skiy · Russia	23 °C	-17 °C	500 mm	31
Yekaterinburg · Russia	22 °C	-17 °C	526 mm	22
Magnitogorsk · Russia	24 °C	-18 °C	403 mm	41
Kurgan · Russia	24 °C	-18 °C	444 mm	37

Where Chelyabinsk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Europe in March	13thof 50	24 mm
The driest places in Europe in November	14thof 50	25 mm
The driest places in Europe in December	17thof 50	21 mm
The driest places in Europe in January	18thof 50	17 mm
The driest places in Europe in February	20thof 50	15 mm
The driest places in Europe in April	23rdof 50	30 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Chelyabinsk.

QuestionsCommon questions about Chelyabinsk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chelyabinsk?

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 Chelyabinsk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. About 6 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -17 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 180 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Chelyabinsk?

July, averaging 75 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is February with 15 mm. The year as a whole averages 466 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 Chelyabinsk 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.