Lipetsk climate

Name: Lipetsk
Address: RU

Lipetsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -10 °C. July is the wettest month (60 mm) and February the driest (36 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lipetsk averages 552 mm of rain, 45 days above 25 °C and 150 days below freezing.

Russia · population 509,735 · 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 -10 °C
Driest month February 36 mm
Wettest month July 60 mm
Least cloud August 48 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record February -37 °C

What to expectLipetsk through the year

Lipetsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -4.5 °C in February to 25 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 45 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C, 150 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 36 mm in February to 60 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-5.0 °C	40 mm	89 %
February	-4.5 °C	36 mm	84 %
March	1.3 °C	37 mm	71 %
April	12.1 °C	41 mm	64 %
May	19.3 °C	50 mm	54 %
June	22.8 °C	57 mm	53 %
July	25.1 °C	60 mm	51 %
August	24.0 °C	46 mm	48 %
September	17.7 °C	50 mm	61 %
October	10.0 °C	53 mm	74 %
November	1.7 °C	42 mm	84 %
December	-3.1 °C	41 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	-5.0 °C	-9.8 °C	-7.2 °C	6.2 °C	-34.9 °C	0	0	30
February	-4.5 °C	-10.2 °C	-7.1 °C	6.9 °C	-36.6 °C	0	0	27
March	1.3 °C	-6.0 °C	-2.1 °C	18.1 °C	-23.3 °C	0	0	27
April	12.1 °C	1.7 °C	7.2 °C	25.6 °C	-12.1 °C	0	0	11
May	19.3 °C	8.7 °C	14.5 °C	33.0 °C	-2.8 °C	4	0	0
June	22.8 °C	13.1 °C	18.5 °C	34.8 °C	3.8 °C	10	2	0
July	25.1 °C	15.6 °C	20.8 °C	37.6 °C	8.0 °C	15	4	0
August	24.0 °C	14.3 °C	19.4 °C	38.6 °C	6.6 °C	12	3	0
September	17.7 °C	9.3 °C	13.5 °C	33.4 °C	-4.5 °C	3	0	0
October	10.0 °C	3.5 °C	6.8 °C	22.9 °C	-9.3 °C	0	0	6
November	1.7 °C	-2.8 °C	-0.5 °C	15.5 °C	-28.9 °C	0	0	20
December	-3.1 °C	-7.6 °C	-5.2 °C	9.1 °C	-33.5 °C	0	0	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	40 mm	9	8.2 h/day	89 %	86 %	21 km/h
February	36 mm	8	9.9 h/day	84 %	86 %	23 km/h
March	37 mm	9	12 h/day	71 %	81 %	22 km/h
April	41 mm	8	14 h/day	64 %	69 %	20 km/h
May	50 mm	9	16 h/day	54 %	64 %	19 km/h
June	57 mm	10	17 h/day	53 %	66 %	18 km/h
July	60 mm	11	16 h/day	51 %	66 %	17 km/h
August	46 mm	7	15 h/day	48 %	64 %	17 km/h
September	50 mm	9	13 h/day	61 %	69 %	19 km/h
October	53 mm	9	11 h/day	74 %	76 %	20 km/h
November	42 mm	8	8.7 h/day	84 %	82 %	19 km/h
December	41 mm	9	7.7 h/day	89 %	85 %	21 km/h

How Lipetsk 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
Lipetsk	25 °C	-10 °C	552 mm	45
Voronezh · Russia	26 °C	-9.3 °C	540 mm	51
Staryy Oskol · Russia	26 °C	-8.8 °C	554 mm	53
Tula · Russia	24 °C	-10 °C	628 mm	30
Ryazan’ · Russia	24 °C	-10 °C	594 mm	35
Orël · Russia	24 °C	-9.4 °C	625 mm	36
Kursk · Russia	25 °C	-8.8 °C	586 mm	45

Where Lipetsk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	5thof 50	93/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Lipetsk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lipetsk?

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 Lipetsk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -10 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 150 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Lipetsk?

July, averaging 60 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is February with 36 mm. The year as a whole averages 552 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 Lipetsk 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.