Grozny climate

Name: Grozny
Address: RU

Grozny is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.4 °C. June is the wettest month (80 mm) and December the driest (30 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Grozny averages 621 mm of rain, 95 days above 25 °C and 91 days below freezing.

Russia · population 297,137 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January -4.4 °C
Driest month December 30 mm
Wettest month June 80 mm
Least cloud August 42 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record February -25 °C

What to expectGrozny through the year

Grozny has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.9 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 95 days a year reach 25 °C, 37 of them reach 30 °C, 91 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 80 mm against 30 mm in December — 2.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	2.9 °C	33 mm	72 %
February	4.5 °C	31 mm	70 %
March	10.1 °C	45 mm	70 %
April	16.3 °C	56 mm	64 %
May	21.9 °C	73 mm	62 %
June	26.5 °C	80 mm	54 %
July	29.6 °C	60 mm	43 %
August	29.4 °C	63 mm	42 %
September	23.8 °C	62 mm	49 %
October	17.3 °C	48 mm	58 %
November	9.5 °C	40 mm	67 %
December	4.3 °C	30 mm	71 %

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	2.9 °C	-4.4 °C	-0.8 °C	16.3 °C	-23.1 °C	0	0	26
February	4.5 °C	-3.9 °C	0.2 °C	20.0 °C	-25.2 °C	0	0	22
March	10.1 °C	0.6 °C	5.2 °C	30.1 °C	-17.6 °C	0	0	13
April	16.3 °C	5.7 °C	11.1 °C	30.8 °C	-7.6 °C	1	0	1
May	21.9 °C	11.6 °C	16.9 °C	34.7 °C	1.7 °C	8	1	0
June	26.5 °C	16.3 °C	21.6 °C	38.4 °C	7.2 °C	20	6	0
July	29.6 °C	19.4 °C	24.6 °C	41.1 °C	9.3 °C	27	14	0
August	29.4 °C	19.3 °C	24.3 °C	40.5 °C	11.7 °C	26	14	0
September	23.8 °C	14.6 °C	19.0 °C	38.8 °C	4.3 °C	13	2	0
October	17.3 °C	8.7 °C	12.8 °C	30.3 °C	-5.1 °C	2	0	0
November	9.5 °C	2.0 °C	5.5 °C	21.8 °C	-18.1 °C	0	0	8
December	4.3 °C	-2.5 °C	0.8 °C	16.0 °C	-21.2 °C	0	0	20

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	33 mm	9	9.3 h/day	72 %	85 %	10.0 km/h
February	31 mm	7	10 h/day	70 %	82 %	11 km/h
March	45 mm	9	12 h/day	70 %	79 %	13 km/h
April	56 mm	9	13 h/day	64 %	74 %	14 km/h
May	73 mm	11	15 h/day	62 %	73 %	13 km/h
June	80 mm	10	15 h/day	54 %	68 %	12 km/h
July	60 mm	8	15 h/day	43 %	64 %	12 km/h
August	63 mm	8	14 h/day	42 %	65 %	12 km/h
September	62 mm	8	13 h/day	49 %	72 %	12 km/h
October	48 mm	8	11 h/day	58 %	79 %	12 km/h
November	40 mm	7	9.7 h/day	67 %	84 %	11 km/h
December	30 mm	7	9.0 h/day	71 %	86 %	9.8 km/h

How Grozny 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
Grozny	30 °C	-4.4 °C	621 mm	95
Nazran · Russia	26 °C	-5.7 °C	694 mm	57
Vladikavkaz · Russia	24 °C	-6.5 °C	1,165 mm	37
Makhachkala · Russia	28 °C	-0.04 °C	465 mm	78
Nalchik · Russia	25 °C	-7.1 °C	1,444 mm	42
Tbilisi · Georgia	30 °C	-4.1 °C	681 mm	96

Where Grozny ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Europe in July	37th of 50	30 °C
The driest places in Europe in December	38th of 50	30 mm
The warmest places in Europe in June	40th of 50	27 °C
The warmest places in Europe in August	42nd of 50	29 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Grozny’s climate

When is the best time to visit Grozny?

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

How hot does Grozny get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 37 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 -4.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 91 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Grozny?

June, averaging 80 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is December with 30 mm. The year as a whole averages 621 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 Grozny 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: 43.312°, 45.689° (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.