Kazan climate

Name: Kazan
Address: RU

Kazan is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -13 °C. July is the wettest month (62 mm) and February the driest (32 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kazan averages 564 mm of rain, 33 days above 25 °C and 170 days below freezing.

Russia · population 1,243,500 · 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 24 °C
Coldest month February -13 °C
Driest month February 32 mm
Wettest month July 62 mm
Least cloud July 52 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record January -37 °C

What to expectKazan through the year

Kazan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -8.0 °C in February to 24 °C in July, a swing of 31 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 33 days a year reach 25 °C, 6 of them reach 30 °C, 170 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 32 mm in February to 62 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-8.2 °C	39 mm	89 %
February	-8.0 °C	32 mm	81 %
March	-1.6 °C	37 mm	72 %
April	8.1 °C	36 mm	63 %
May	17.6 °C	45 mm	56 %
June	21.9 °C	59 mm	55 %
July	24.1 °C	62 mm	52 %
August	21.9 °C	59 mm	58 %
September	15.7 °C	53 mm	69 %
October	7.5 °C	57 mm	79 %
November	-1.0 °C	44 mm	86 %
December	-6.1 °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	-8.2 °C	-13.0 °C	-10.4 °C	4.1 °C	-37.1 °C	0	0	31
February	-8.0 °C	-13.4 °C	-10.5 °C	3.8 °C	-36.3 °C	0	0	28
March	-1.6 °C	-7.6 °C	-4.3 °C	14.1 °C	-24.8 °C	0	0	29
April	8.1 °C	-0.9 °C	3.9 °C	24.0 °C	-16.3 °C	0	0	18
May	17.6 °C	7.6 °C	13.2 °C	32.3 °C	-5.3 °C	3	0	1
June	21.9 °C	12.9 °C	18.0 °C	34.3 °C	1.7 °C	8	1	0
July	24.1 °C	15.5 °C	20.3 °C	36.9 °C	8.1 °C	13	3	0
August	21.9 °C	13.7 °C	18.1 °C	37.7 °C	4.8 °C	8	2	0
September	15.7 °C	8.5 °C	12.3 °C	29.6 °C	-3.1 °C	1	0	0
October	7.5 °C	2.2 °C	5.0 °C	20.1 °C	-11.0 °C	0	0	9
November	-1.0 °C	-5.3 °C	-3.0 °C	12.9 °C	-28.9 °C	0	0	24
December	-6.1 °C	-11.0 °C	-8.4 °C	6.5 °C	-35.7 °C	0	0	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	39 mm	10	7.7 h/day	89 %	85 %	21 km/h
February	32 mm	8	9.6 h/day	81 %	84 %	21 km/h
March	37 mm	8	12 h/day	72 %	84 %	21 km/h
April	36 mm	7	14 h/day	63 %	76 %	19 km/h
May	45 mm	9	16 h/day	56 %	66 %	19 km/h
June	59 mm	10	18 h/day	55 %	68 %	18 km/h
July	62 mm	10	17 h/day	52 %	70 %	17 km/h
August	59 mm	10	15 h/day	58 %	71 %	18 km/h
September	53 mm	10	13 h/day	69 %	76 %	19 km/h
October	57 mm	11	10 h/day	79 %	80 %	20 km/h
November	44 mm	10	8.3 h/day	86 %	84 %	19 km/h
December	42 mm	10	7.0 h/day	91 %	86 %	20 km/h

How Kazan 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
Kazan	24 °C	-13 °C	564 mm	33
Cheboksary · Russia	23 °C	-13 °C	594 mm	28
Ulyanovsk · Russia	24 °C	-13 °C	515 mm	35
Naberezhnyye Chelny · Russia	24 °C	-14 °C	546 mm	33
Tolyatti · Russia	25 °C	-12 °C	491 mm	43
Izhevsk · Russia	23 °C	-15 °C	618 mm	28
Samara · Russia	26 °C	-13 °C	477 mm	51

Where Kazan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in March	23rd of 50	-1.6 °C
The coolest places in the world in March	28th of 50	-1.6 °C
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	34th of 50	88/100
The coolest places in Europe in April	39th of 50	8.1 °C
The coolest places in Europe in February	40th of 50	-8.0 °C
The coolest places in Europe in December	45th of 50	-6.1 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kazan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kazan?

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 Kazan get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 6 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 -13 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 170 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kazan?

July, averaging 62 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is February with 32 mm. The year as a whole averages 564 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 Kazan 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: 55.789°, 49.122° (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.