Izhevsk climate

Name: Izhevsk
Address: RU

Izhevsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -15 °C. July is the wettest month (73 mm) and February the driest (32 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Izhevsk averages 618 mm of rain, 28 days above 25 °C and 179 days below freezing.

Russia · population 648,213 · 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 -15 °C
Driest month February 32 mm
Wettest month July 73 mm
Least cloud July 55 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record December -42 °C

What to expectIzhevsk through the year

Izhevsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -9.3 °C in January to 23 °C in July, a swing of 31 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 28 days a year reach 25 °C, 5 of them reach 30 °C, 179 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 73 mm against 32 mm in February — 2.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-9.3 °C	39 mm	89 %
February	-8.1 °C	32 mm	80 %
March	-0.9 °C	38 mm	74 %
April	7.9 °C	38 mm	65 %
May	16.8 °C	53 mm	58 %
June	21.3 °C	70 mm	58 %
July	23.5 °C	73 mm	55 %
August	20.6 °C	69 mm	63 %
September	14.6 °C	58 mm	71 %
October	6.4 °C	59 mm	82 %
November	-2.3 °C	48 mm	86 %
December	-7.5 °C	42 mm	91 %

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	-9.3 °C	-14.8 °C	-11.8 °C	3.2 °C	-37.2 °C	0	0	31
February	-8.1 °C	-14.1 °C	-10.9 °C	4.6 °C	-35.9 °C	0	0	28
March	-0.9 °C	-8.0 °C	-4.2 °C	12.1 °C	-24.6 °C	0	0	30
April	7.9 °C	-1.5 °C	3.4 °C	24.0 °C	-18.3 °C	0	0	19
May	16.8 °C	6.1 °C	12.0 °C	30.0 °C	-7.5 °C	2	0	3
June	21.3 °C	11.8 °C	17.1 °C	34.3 °C	0.8 °C	7	1	0
July	23.5 °C	14.4 °C	19.3 °C	35.7 °C	4.9 °C	12	2	0
August	20.6 °C	12.4 °C	16.7 °C	37.0 °C	3.3 °C	6	1	0
September	14.6 °C	7.3 °C	11.0 °C	28.9 °C	-3.2 °C	1	0	1
October	6.4 °C	1.2 °C	3.8 °C	19.3 °C	-14.7 °C	0	0	12
November	-2.3 °C	-6.8 °C	-4.4 °C	11.1 °C	-29.0 °C	0	0	26
December	-7.5 °C	-12.6 °C	-9.9 °C	4.6 °C	-41.8 °C	0	0	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	39 mm	10	7.4 h/day	89 %	84 %	16 km/h
February	32 mm	8	9.5 h/day	80 %	81 %	16 km/h
March	38 mm	9	12 h/day	74 %	80 %	16 km/h
April	38 mm	8	14 h/day	65 %	74 %	16 km/h
May	53 mm	10	16 h/day	58 %	65 %	17 km/h
June	70 mm	12	18 h/day	58 %	68 %	16 km/h
July	73 mm	12	17 h/day	55 %	70 %	14 km/h
August	69 mm	11	15 h/day	63 %	73 %	15 km/h
September	58 mm	10	13 h/day	71 %	77 %	16 km/h
October	59 mm	12	10 h/day	82 %	80 %	17 km/h
November	48 mm	11	8.1 h/day	86 %	84 %	16 km/h
December	42 mm	10	6.8 h/day	91 %	85 %	16 km/h

How Izhevsk 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
Izhevsk	23 °C	-15 °C	618 mm	28
Naberezhnyye Chelny · Russia	24 °C	-14 °C	546 mm	33
Perm · Russia	22 °C	-16 °C	649 mm	20
Kazan · Russia	24 °C	-13 °C	564 mm	33
Ufa · Russia	24 °C	-16 °C	600 mm	39
Kirov · Russia	22 °C	-14 °C	635 mm	19

Where Izhevsk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in October	29thof 50	6.4 °C
The coolest places in the world in October	34thof 50	6.4 °C
The coolest places in Europe in April	36thof 50	7.9 °C
The coolest places in Europe in November	36thof 50	-2.3 °C
The coolest places in Europe in December	38thof 50	-7.5 °C
The coolest places in Europe in February	39thof 50	-8.1 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Izhevsk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Izhevsk?

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 Izhevsk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. About 5 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 -15 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 179 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Izhevsk?

July, averaging 73 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is February with 32 mm. The year as a whole averages 618 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 Izhevsk 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.