Krasnoyarsk climate
Krasnoyarsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -21 °C. August is the wettest month (67 mm) and February the driest (13 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Krasnoyarsk averages 462 mm of rain, 30 days above 25 °C and 199 days below freezing.
Russia · population 1,090,811 · 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 January -21 °C
- Driest month February 13 mm
- Wettest month August 67 mm
- Least cloud June 59 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 37 °C
- Coldest on record January -46 °C
What to expectKrasnoyarsk through the year
Krasnoyarsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -14 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 37 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 30 days a year reach 25 °C, 4 of them reach 30 °C, 199 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 67 mm against 13 mm in February — 5.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -13.5 °C | 14 mm | 76 % |
| February | -9.5 °C | 13 mm | 74 % |
| March | -1.6 °C | 17 mm | 69 % |
| April | 7.4 °C | 31 mm | 68 % |
| May | 15.2 °C | 49 mm | 65 % |
| June | 22.0 °C | 56 mm | 59 % |
| July | 23.9 °C | 63 mm | 62 % |
| August | 21.2 °C | 67 mm | 63 % |
| September | 13.9 °C | 54 mm | 70 % |
| October | 5.6 °C | 41 mm | 77 % |
| November | -4.7 °C | 31 mm | 84 % |
| December | -11.2 °C | 26 mm | 82 % |
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 | -13.5 °C | -21.5 °C | -17.2 °C | 3.7 °C | -46.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| February | -9.5 °C | -19.0 °C | -13.8 °C | 4.7 °C | -44.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| March | -1.6 °C | -12.1 °C | -6.2 °C | 13.7 °C | -32.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| April | 7.4 °C | -2.9 °C | 2.6 °C | 31.4 °C | -23.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| May | 15.2 °C | 4.0 °C | 10.0 °C | 32.1 °C | -9.9 °C | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| June | 22.0 °C | 11.5 °C | 17.2 °C | 34.9 °C | -1.2 °C | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 23.9 °C | 14.5 °C | 19.5 °C | 36.5 °C | 7.6 °C | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 21.2 °C | 11.8 °C | 16.7 °C | 33.5 °C | 2.1 °C | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| September | 13.9 °C | 5.0 °C | 9.6 °C | 29.1 °C | -4.8 °C | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 5.6 °C | -1.6 °C | 2.0 °C | 21.2 °C | -20.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| November | -4.7 °C | -11.3 °C | -7.7 °C | 10.7 °C | -36.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| December | -11.2 °C | -18.5 °C | -14.5 °C | 4.9 °C | -42.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 mm | 4 | 7.6 h/day | 76 % | 73 % | 14 km/h |
| February | 13 mm | 4 | 9.6 h/day | 74 % | 72 % | 15 km/h |
| March | 17 mm | 5 | 12 h/day | 69 % | 71 % | 16 km/h |
| April | 31 mm | 9 | 14 h/day | 68 % | 62 % | 18 km/h |
| May | 49 mm | 11 | 16 h/day | 65 % | 61 % | 18 km/h |
| June | 56 mm | 11 | 18 h/day | 59 % | 65 % | 14 km/h |
| July | 63 mm | 11 | 17 h/day | 62 % | 70 % | 12 km/h |
| August | 67 mm | 12 | 15 h/day | 63 % | 74 % | 13 km/h |
| September | 54 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 70 % | 74 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 41 mm | 11 | 10 h/day | 77 % | 74 % | 17 km/h |
| November | 31 mm | 9 | 8.3 h/day | 84 % | 75 % | 17 km/h |
| December | 26 mm | 8 | 7.0 h/day | 82 % | 74 % | 15 km/h |
Where Krasnoyarsk ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The driest places in Europe in March | 9th of 50 | 17 mm |
| The coolest places in Europe in November | 12th of 50 | -4.7 °C |
| The driest places in Europe in February | 12th of 50 | 13 mm |
| The driest places in Europe in January | 12th of 50 | 14 mm |
| The coolest places in Europe in December | 13th of 50 | -11 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in January | 14th of 50 | -14 °C |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Krasnoyarsk’s climate
When is the best time to visit Krasnoyarsk?
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 Krasnoyarsk get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 4 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 -21 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 199 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Krasnoyarsk?
August, averaging 67 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is February with 13 mm. The year as a whole averages 462 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 Krasnoyarsk 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
- 56.037°, 92.931° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.