Moscow climate

Name: Moscow
Address: RU

Moscow is warmest in July, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -11 °C. July is the wettest month (76 mm) and February the driest (32 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Moscow averages 606 mm of rain, 26 days above 25 °C and 158 days below freezing.

Russia · population 10,381,222 · 1991–2020 normals

Warmest month July 23 °C
Coldest month February -11 °C
Driest month February 32 mm
Wettest month July 76 mm
Least cloud August 59 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record January -35 °C

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-5.2 °C	36 mm	90 %
February	-4.7 °C	32 mm	83 %
March	1.0 °C	33 mm	70 %
April	10.1 °C	36 mm	66 %
May	17.5 °C	58 mm	59 %
June	21.1 °C	71 mm	60 %
July	23.4 °C	76 mm	59 %
August	21.5 °C	66 mm	59 %
September	15.5 °C	57 mm	69 %
October	8.2 °C	58 mm	79 %
November	0.8 °C	44 mm	87 %
December	-3.2 °C	38 mm	91 %

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	-5.2 °C	-10.3 °C	-7.5 °C	7.6 °C	-34.8 °C	0	0	30
February	-4.7 °C	-10.6 °C	-7.4 °C	7.6 °C	-34.2 °C	0	0	27
March	1.0 °C	-6.5 °C	-2.6 °C	17.0 °C	-21.1 °C	0	0	28
April	10.1 °C	0.2 °C	5.5 °C	25.2 °C	-14.6 °C	0	0	15
May	17.5 °C	7.3 °C	13.0 °C	32.6 °C	-4.3 °C	2	0	1
June	21.1 °C	11.9 °C	17.0 °C	32.2 °C	2.1 °C	6	0	0
July	23.4 °C	14.7 °C	19.4 °C	36.2 °C	7.0 °C	11	1	0
August	21.5 °C	13.0 °C	17.5 °C	37.4 °C	4.5 °C	6	1	0
September	15.5 °C	8.2 °C	11.9 °C	28.1 °C	-3.6 °C	0	0	0
October	8.2 °C	2.8 °C	5.5 °C	21.7 °C	-13.5 °C	0	0	8
November	0.8 °C	-3.3 °C	-1.1 °C	14.6 °C	-29.6 °C	0	0	21
December	-3.2 °C	-7.7 °C	-5.3 °C	9.9 °C	-34.4 °C	0	0	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	36 mm	10	7.7 h/day	90 %	86 %	19 km/h
February	32 mm	8	9.6 h/day	83 %	84 %	19 km/h
March	33 mm	8	12 h/day	70 %	80 %	19 km/h
April	36 mm	9	14 h/day	66 %	71 %	18 km/h
May	58 mm	11	16 h/day	59 %	67 %	18 km/h
June	71 mm	12	18 h/day	60 %	68 %	17 km/h
July	76 mm	12	17 h/day	59 %	71 %	16 km/h
August	66 mm	10	15 h/day	59 %	72 %	16 km/h
September	57 mm	9	13 h/day	69 %	76 %	17 km/h
October	58 mm	11	10 h/day	79 %	80 %	19 km/h
November	44 mm	9	8.3 h/day	87 %	85 %	18 km/h
December	38 mm	10	7.1 h/day	91 %	86 %	19 km/h

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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.