Kirov climate

Name: Kirov
Address: RU

Kirov is warmest in July, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -14 °C. July is the wettest month (72 mm) and February the driest (31 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kirov averages 635 mm of rain, 19 days above 25 °C and 186 days below freezing.

Russia · population 507,155 · 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 22 °C
Coldest month January -14 °C
Driest month February 31 mm
Wettest month July 72 mm
Least cloud July 58 % cloud
Hottest on record July 35 °C
Coldest on record January -39 °C

What to expectKirov through the year

Kirov has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -9.2 °C in January to 22 °C in July, a swing of 30 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 19 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C, 186 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 72 mm against 31 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	-9.2 °C	39 mm	91 %
February	-8.3 °C	31 mm	83 %
March	-1.5 °C	39 mm	75 %
April	7.0 °C	40 mm	68 %
May	15.5 °C	55 mm	61 %
June	19.8 °C	72 mm	62 %
July	22.4 °C	72 mm	58 %
August	19.3 °C	67 mm	66 %
September	13.3 °C	57 mm	74 %
October	5.3 °C	68 mm	84 %
November	-2.6 °C	48 mm	90 %
December	-7.1 °C	45 mm	93 %

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	-9.2 °C	-14.4 °C	-11.7 °C	3.6 °C	-39.5 °C	0	0	31
February	-8.3 °C	-13.9 °C	-10.9 °C	3.6 °C	-36.8 °C	0	0	28
March	-1.5 °C	-8.1 °C	-4.6 °C	10.4 °C	-28.4 °C	0	0	30
April	7.0 °C	-2.0 °C	2.7 °C	22.8 °C	-19.0 °C	0	0	21
May	15.5 °C	5.2 °C	10.9 °C	29.5 °C	-6.4 °C	1	0	4
June	19.8 °C	10.9 °C	15.9 °C	32.0 °C	0.6 °C	5	0	0
July	22.4 °C	13.7 °C	18.4 °C	34.9 °C	4.9 °C	9	1	0
August	19.3 °C	11.5 °C	15.6 °C	33.8 °C	2.4 °C	4	1	0
September	13.3 °C	6.7 °C	10.1 °C	27.8 °C	-3.3 °C	0	0	1
October	5.3 °C	0.6 °C	3.0 °C	19.2 °C	-14.1 °C	0	0	13
November	-2.6 °C	-6.8 °C	-4.5 °C	9.8 °C	-34.1 °C	0	0	26
December	-7.1 °C	-12.2 °C	-9.5 °C	7.0 °C	-39.3 °C	0	0	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	39 mm	11	7.1 h/day	91 %	84 %	16 km/h
February	31 mm	9	9.3 h/day	83 %	81 %	16 km/h
March	39 mm	9	12 h/day	75 %	80 %	17 km/h
April	40 mm	9	14 h/day	68 %	73 %	17 km/h
May	55 mm	10	17 h/day	61 %	65 %	17 km/h
June	72 mm	12	18 h/day	62 %	69 %	16 km/h
July	72 mm	12	18 h/day	58 %	71 %	14 km/h
August	67 mm	11	15 h/day	66 %	74 %	15 km/h
September	57 mm	11	13 h/day	74 %	78 %	16 km/h
October	68 mm	13	10 h/day	84 %	82 %	17 km/h
November	48 mm	11	7.8 h/day	90 %	84 %	16 km/h
December	45 mm	12	6.4 h/day	93 %	85 %	16 km/h

How Kirov 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
Kirov	22 °C	-14 °C	635 mm	19
Izhevsk · Russia	23 °C	-15 °C	618 mm	28
Cheboksary · Russia	23 °C	-13 °C	594 mm	28
Kazan · Russia	24 °C	-13 °C	564 mm	33
Syktyvkar · Russia	22 °C	-16 °C	610 mm	15
Naberezhnyye Chelny · Russia	24 °C	-14 °C	546 mm	33
Nizhniy Novgorod · Russia	23 °C	-12 °C	605 mm	28

Where Kirov ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in October	15th of 50	5.3 °C
The coolest places in Europe in September	19th of 50	13 °C
The coolest places in the world in October	19th of 50	5.3 °C
The coolest places in Europe in April	24th of 50	7.0 °C
The coolest places in Europe in March	24th of 50	-1.5 °C
The coolest places in Europe year-round	24th of 50	6.1 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kirov’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kirov?

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 Kirov get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. About 2 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -14 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 186 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kirov?

July, averaging 72 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is February with 31 mm. The year as a whole averages 635 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 Kirov 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: 58.598°, 49.658° (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.