Magnitogorsk climate

Name: Magnitogorsk
Address: RU

Magnitogorsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -18 °C. July is the wettest month (58 mm) and January the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Magnitogorsk averages 403 mm of rain, 41 days above 25 °C and 187 days below freezing.

Russia · population 413,351 · 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 -18 °C
Driest month January 17 mm
Wettest month July 58 mm
Least cloud June 52 % cloud
Hottest on record July 37 °C
Coldest on record February -39 °C

What to expectMagnitogorsk through the year

Magnitogorsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -10 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 34 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 41 days a year reach 25 °C, 8 of them reach 30 °C, 187 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 58 mm against 17 mm in January — 3.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-10.5 °C	17 mm	73 %
February	-8.3 °C	19 mm	68 %
March	-0.9 °C	28 mm	66 %
April	9.6 °C	37 mm	60 %
May	18.2 °C	41 mm	54 %
June	23.1 °C	45 mm	52 %
July	24.1 °C	58 mm	53 %
August	22.5 °C	50 mm	55 %
September	16.0 °C	33 mm	60 %
October	7.7 °C	34 mm	69 %
November	-2.0 °C	22 mm	73 %
December	-8.5 °C	20 mm	72 %

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	-10.5 °C	-18.0 °C	-14.0 °C	2.8 °C	-36.5 °C	0	0	31
February	-8.3 °C	-17.3 °C	-12.6 °C	5.1 °C	-39.4 °C	0	0	28
March	-0.9 °C	-10.6 °C	-5.4 °C	15.4 °C	-27.2 °C	0	0	31
April	9.6 °C	-1.8 °C	4.3 °C	26.1 °C	-18.2 °C	0	0	20
May	18.2 °C	5.6 °C	12.7 °C	31.3 °C	-8.7 °C	4	0	3
June	23.1 °C	11.8 °C	18.2 °C	34.8 °C	-1.3 °C	11	2	0
July	24.1 °C	14.2 °C	19.7 °C	36.6 °C	6.4 °C	14	3	0
August	22.5 °C	12.5 °C	17.8 °C	35.4 °C	3.4 °C	10	3	0
September	16.0 °C	6.7 °C	11.5 °C	32.9 °C	-3.1 °C	2	0	1
October	7.7 °C	0.2 °C	4.0 °C	21.6 °C	-17.3 °C	0	0	15
November	-2.0 °C	-8.6 °C	-5.2 °C	10.8 °C	-34.8 °C	0	0	28
December	-8.5 °C	-15.9 °C	-11.9 °C	6.4 °C	-38.8 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	17 mm	5	8.1 h/day	73 %	81 %	15 km/h
February	19 mm	5	9.8 h/day	68 %	78 %	16 km/h
March	28 mm	6	12 h/day	66 %	77 %	17 km/h
April	37 mm	7	14 h/day	60 %	67 %	18 km/h
May	41 mm	8	16 h/day	54 %	59 %	18 km/h
June	45 mm	9	17 h/day	52 %	59 %	18 km/h
July	58 mm	10	17 h/day	53 %	63 %	16 km/h
August	50 mm	8	15 h/day	55 %	65 %	16 km/h
September	33 mm	7	13 h/day	60 %	68 %	17 km/h
October	34 mm	7	11 h/day	69 %	72 %	17 km/h
November	22 mm	6	8.6 h/day	73 %	77 %	16 km/h
December	20 mm	5	7.5 h/day	72 %	80 %	15 km/h

How Magnitogorsk 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
Magnitogorsk	24 °C	-18 °C	403 mm	41
Miass · Russia	22 °C	-18 °C	474 mm	25
Zlatoust · Russia	21 °C	-17 °C	600 mm	13
Sterlitamak · Russia	25 °C	-15 °C	569 mm	43
Orsk · Russia	27 °C	-16 °C	352 mm	69
Ufa · Russia	24 °C	-16 °C	600 mm	39
Chelyabinsk · Russia	23 °C	-17 °C	466 mm	34

Where Magnitogorsk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	6thof 50	93/100
The driest places in Europe in November	10thof 50	22 mm
The driest places in Europe in December	14thof 50	20 mm
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	16thof 50	90/100
The driest places in Europe in October	18thof 50	34 mm
The driest places in Europe in January	19thof 50	17 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Magnitogorsk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Magnitogorsk?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Magnitogorsk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °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 -18 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 187 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Magnitogorsk?

July, averaging 58 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is January with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 403 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 Magnitogorsk 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.