Krasnodar climate

Name: Krasnodar
Address: RU

Krasnodar is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.6 °C. May is the wettest month (69 mm) and August the driest (37 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Krasnodar averages 664 mm of rain, 97 days above 25 °C and 74 days below freezing.

Russia · population 899,541 · 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 August 30 °C
Coldest month January -2.6 °C
Driest month August 37 mm
Wettest month May 69 mm
Least cloud August 26 % cloud
Hottest on record August 40 °C
Coldest on record January -29 °C

What to expectKrasnodar through the year

Krasnodar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.2 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 97 days a year reach 25 °C, 37 of them reach 30 °C, 74 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 37 mm in August to 69 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	4.2 °C	64 mm	76 %
February	5.6 °C	49 mm	69 %
March	10.3 °C	61 mm	68 %
April	16.3 °C	53 mm	59 %
May	21.7 °C	69 mm	53 %
June	26.1 °C	64 mm	43 %
July	29.6 °C	42 mm	27 %
August	29.9 °C	37 mm	26 %
September	24.2 °C	44 mm	37 %
October	17.7 °C	56 mm	52 %
November	10.4 °C	59 mm	63 %
December	5.7 °C	66 mm	73 %

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	4.2 °C	-2.6 °C	0.7 °C	16.6 °C	-28.7 °C	0	0	20
February	5.6 °C	-2.5 °C	1.5 °C	19.5 °C	-21.7 °C	0	0	18
March	10.3 °C	1.4 °C	5.8 °C	25.1 °C	-13.5 °C	0	0	11
April	16.3 °C	6.4 °C	11.5 °C	30.3 °C	-5.8 °C	1	0	1
May	21.7 °C	12.1 °C	17.1 °C	33.2 °C	2.8 °C	7	0	0
June	26.1 °C	16.6 °C	21.6 °C	37.8 °C	8.4 °C	18	5	0
July	29.6 °C	19.5 °C	24.8 °C	39.2 °C	11.8 °C	28	14	0
August	29.9 °C	19.6 °C	24.8 °C	39.5 °C	11.1 °C	28	15	0
September	24.2 °C	14.4 °C	19.2 °C	36.3 °C	4.5 °C	13	3	0
October	17.7 °C	8.7 °C	13.0 °C	30.6 °C	-3.6 °C	3	0	1
November	10.4 °C	2.9 °C	6.4 °C	24.7 °C	-14.5 °C	0	0	7
December	5.7 °C	-0.8 °C	2.3 °C	20.9 °C	-17.9 °C	0	0	17

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	64 mm	10	9.2 h/day	76 %	81 %	20 km/h
February	49 mm	8	10 h/day	69 %	77 %	20 km/h
March	61 mm	11	12 h/day	68 %	75 %	21 km/h
April	53 mm	10	14 h/day	59 %	72 %	19 km/h
May	69 mm	10	15 h/day	53 %	72 %	17 km/h
June	64 mm	10	16 h/day	43 %	69 %	16 km/h
July	42 mm	7	15 h/day	27 %	61 %	16 km/h
August	37 mm	6	14 h/day	26 %	57 %	17 km/h
September	44 mm	6	13 h/day	37 %	65 %	17 km/h
October	56 mm	8	11 h/day	52 %	73 %	17 km/h
November	59 mm	8	9.6 h/day	63 %	80 %	18 km/h
December	66 mm	10	8.8 h/day	73 %	82 %	19 km/h

How Krasnodar 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
Krasnodar	30 °C	-2.6 °C	664 mm	97
Novorossiysk · Russia	29 °C	0.5 °C	604 mm	80
Armavir · Russia	29 °C	-4.0 °C	697 mm	90
Sochi · Russia	26 °C	2.1 °C	1,315 mm	61

Where Krasnodar ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	32ndof 50	94/100
The warmest places in Europe in August	32ndof 50	30 °C
The warmest places in Europe in July	38thof 50	30 °C
The warmest places in Europe in September	49thof 50	24 °C
The warmest places in Europe in June	50thof 50	26 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Krasnodar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Krasnodar?

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, August is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Krasnodar get?

In August, 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 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -2.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 74 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Krasnodar?

May, averaging 69 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is August with 37 mm. The year as a whole averages 664 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 Krasnodar 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.