Kursk climate

Name: Kursk
Address: RU

Kursk is warmest in July, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -8.8 °C. July is the wettest month (65 mm) and February the driest (37 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kursk averages 586 mm of rain, 45 days above 25 °C and 139 days below freezing.

Russia · population 448,733 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month February -8.8 °C
Driest month February 37 mm
Wettest month July 65 mm
Least cloud August 48 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record December -37 °C

What to expectKursk through the year

Kursk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -3.0 °C in February to 25 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 45 days a year reach 25 °C, 8 of them reach 30 °C, 139 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 37 mm in February to 65 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-3.8 °C	42 mm	90 %
February	-3.0 °C	37 mm	84 %
March	2.9 °C	41 mm	72 %
April	12.7 °C	44 mm	64 %
May	19.2 °C	59 mm	56 %
June	22.9 °C	62 mm	53 %
July	25.0 °C	65 mm	51 %
August	24.3 °C	50 mm	48 %
September	18.1 °C	53 mm	61 %
October	10.6 °C	54 mm	72 %
November	2.8 °C	39 mm	84 %
December	-2.0 °C	40 mm	89 %

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	-3.8 °C	-8.4 °C	-5.8 °C	7.4 °C	-33.6 °C	0	0	29
February	-3.0 °C	-8.8 °C	-5.6 °C	10.1 °C	-30.2 °C	0	0	26
March	2.9 °C	-4.8 °C	-0.7 °C	18.2 °C	-24.3 °C	0	0	26
April	12.7 °C	2.6 °C	8.0 °C	25.7 °C	-13.1 °C	0	0	8
May	19.2 °C	9.0 °C	14.6 °C	33.1 °C	-2.3 °C	4	0	0
June	22.9 °C	13.2 °C	18.5 °C	34.6 °C	4.2 °C	10	1	0
July	25.0 °C	15.5 °C	20.6 °C	35.7 °C	7.3 °C	15	3	0
August	24.3 °C	14.5 °C	19.7 °C	37.1 °C	7.0 °C	13	3	0
September	18.1 °C	9.5 °C	13.8 °C	32.2 °C	-4.0 °C	3	0	0
October	10.6 °C	3.8 °C	7.2 °C	25.2 °C	-10.4 °C	0	0	6
November	2.8 °C	-1.8 °C	0.5 °C	16.1 °C	-27.2 °C	0	0	18
December	-2.0 °C	-6.4 °C	-4.0 °C	10.4 °C	-36.6 °C	0	0	27

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	42 mm	9	8.3 h/day	90 %	87 %	22 km/h
February	37 mm	9	9.9 h/day	84 %	86 %	23 km/h
March	41 mm	9	12 h/day	72 %	80 %	23 km/h
April	44 mm	9	14 h/day	64 %	69 %	20 km/h
May	59 mm	10	16 h/day	56 %	67 %	19 km/h
June	62 mm	11	17 h/day	53 %	67 %	18 km/h
July	65 mm	11	16 h/day	51 %	69 %	17 km/h
August	50 mm	8	15 h/day	48 %	65 %	17 km/h
September	53 mm	8	13 h/day	61 %	70 %	19 km/h
October	54 mm	9	11 h/day	72 %	78 %	20 km/h
November	39 mm	7	8.9 h/day	84 %	83 %	19 km/h
December	40 mm	9	7.8 h/day	89 %	86 %	21 km/h

How Kursk 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
Kursk	25 °C	-8.8 °C	586 mm	45
Staryy Oskol · Russia	26 °C	-8.8 °C	554 mm	53
Belgorod · Russia	26 °C	-8.1 °C	570 mm	53
Orël · Russia	24 °C	-9.4 °C	625 mm	36
Kharkiv · Ukraine	27 °C	-7.4 °C	549 mm	61
Voronezh · Russia	26 °C	-9.3 °C	540 mm	51
Bryansk · Russia	23 °C	-8.9 °C	645 mm	29

Where Kursk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	12th of 50	92/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kursk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kursk?

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 Kursk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 8 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 -8.8 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 139 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kursk?

July, averaging 65 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is February with 37 mm. The year as a whole averages 586 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 Kursk 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: 51.727°, 36.185° (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.