Nalchik climate

Name: Nalchik
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Nalchik is warmest in July, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -7.1 °C. June is the wettest month (203 mm) and January the driest (48 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nalchik averages 1,444 mm of rain, 42 days above 25 °C and 126 days below freezing.

Russia · population 239,300 · 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 January -7.1 °C
Driest month January 48 mm
Wettest month June 203 mm
Least cloud August 51 % cloud
Hottest on record July 36 °C
Coldest on record February -24 °C

What to expectNalchik through the year

Nalchik has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 1.2 °C in January to 25 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 42 days a year reach 25 °C, 5 of them reach 30 °C, 126 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 203 mm against 48 mm in January — 4.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	1.2 °C	48 mm	68 %
February	2.1 °C	54 mm	67 %
March	6.8 °C	106 mm	73 %
April	13.2 °C	145 mm	70 %
May	18.7 °C	203 mm	69 %
June	22.5 °C	203 mm	62 %
July	24.8 °C	157 mm	52 %
August	24.6 °C	148 mm	51 %
September	19.9 °C	153 mm	58 %
October	14.3 °C	112 mm	61 %
November	7.2 °C	67 mm	64 %
December	2.7 °C	48 mm	65 %

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	1.2 °C	-7.1 °C	-2.9 °C	14.8 °C	-21.6 °C	0	0	30
February	2.1 °C	-6.3 °C	-1.8 °C	19.1 °C	-24.3 °C	0	0	26
March	6.8 °C	-2.0 °C	2.7 °C	26.0 °C	-15.7 °C	0	0	21
April	13.2 °C	3.2 °C	8.7 °C	28.0 °C	-15.7 °C	0	0	5
May	18.7 °C	9.0 °C	14.4 °C	30.1 °C	-4.2 °C	2	0	0
June	22.5 °C	13.6 °C	18.5 °C	32.8 °C	4.5 °C	7	1	0
July	24.8 °C	16.4 °C	21.0 °C	36.0 °C	8.0 °C	14	2	0
August	24.6 °C	16.2 °C	20.7 °C	35.1 °C	9.0 °C	14	2	0
September	19.9 °C	11.7 °C	15.9 °C	31.7 °C	0.5 °C	4	0	0
October	14.3 °C	6.0 °C	10.2 °C	27.3 °C	-7.0 °C	0	0	2
November	7.2 °C	-0.8 °C	3.1 °C	21.3 °C	-21.7 °C	0	0	15
December	2.7 °C	-5.5 °C	-1.4 °C	18.8 °C	-24.0 °C	0	0	27

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	48 mm	10	9.3 h/day	68 %	80 %	8.1 km/h
February	54 mm	10	10 h/day	67 %	80 %	9.2 km/h
March	106 mm	16	12 h/day	73 %	81 %	11 km/h
April	145 mm	17	13 h/day	70 %	78 %	11 km/h
May	203 mm	19	15 h/day	69 %	78 %	11 km/h
June	203 mm	18	15 h/day	62 %	76 %	10 km/h
July	157 mm	15	15 h/day	52 %	74 %	9.8 km/h
August	148 mm	14	14 h/day	51 %	74 %	9.9 km/h
September	153 mm	14	13 h/day	58 %	79 %	9.9 km/h
October	112 mm	13	11 h/day	61 %	82 %	9.4 km/h
November	67 mm	10	9.7 h/day	64 %	83 %	8.2 km/h
December	48 mm	9	9.0 h/day	65 %	81 %	7.9 km/h

How Nalchik 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
Nalchik	25 °C	-7.1 °C	1,444 mm	42
Nazran · Russia	26 °C	-5.7 °C	694 mm	57
Vladikavkaz · Russia	24 °C	-6.5 °C	1,165 mm	37
Grozny · Russia	30 °C	-4.4 °C	621 mm	95
Stavropol · Russia	27 °C	-6.3 °C	715 mm	57

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Nalchik’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nalchik?

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 Nalchik get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 5 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -7.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 126 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Nalchik?

June, averaging 203 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is January with 48 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,444 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 Nalchik 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: 43.498°, 43.619° (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.