Nizhniy Novgorod climate

Name: Nizhniy Novgorod
Address: RU

Nizhniy Novgorod is warmest in July, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -12 °C. July is the wettest month (73 mm) and February the driest (33 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nizhniy Novgorod averages 605 mm of rain, 28 days above 25 °C and 168 days below freezing.

Russia · population 1,259,013 · 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 23 °C
Coldest month February -12 °C
Driest month February 33 mm
Wettest month July 73 mm
Least cloud July 56 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record December -36 °C

What to expectNizhniy Novgorod through the year

Nizhniy Novgorod has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -6.1 °C in February to 23 °C in July, a swing of 29 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 28 days a year reach 25 °C, 4 of them reach 30 °C, 168 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 33 mm in February to 73 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-6.8 °C	37 mm	90 %
February	-6.1 °C	33 mm	83 %
March	-0.1 °C	33 mm	71 %
April	9.2 °C	39 mm	65 %
May	17.3 °C	47 mm	58 %
June	21.2 °C	72 mm	58 %
July	23.4 °C	73 mm	56 %
August	21.2 °C	68 mm	60 %
September	15.2 °C	55 mm	70 %
October	7.5 °C	62 mm	79 %
November	-0.4 °C	44 mm	87 %
December	-4.8 °C	42 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	-6.8 °C	-11.9 °C	-9.1 °C	4.7 °C	-35.0 °C	0	0	30
February	-6.1 °C	-12.0 °C	-8.8 °C	4.0 °C	-32.9 °C	0	0	28
March	-0.1 °C	-7.1 °C	-3.5 °C	15.3 °C	-24.7 °C	0	0	29
April	9.2 °C	-0.7 °C	4.6 °C	23.2 °C	-18.1 °C	0	0	17
May	17.3 °C	7.0 °C	12.8 °C	32.4 °C	-4.2 °C	3	0	1
June	21.2 °C	12.0 °C	17.2 °C	33.4 °C	1.9 °C	7	1	0
July	23.4 °C	14.8 °C	19.6 °C	35.7 °C	6.2 °C	11	2	0
August	21.2 °C	13.0 °C	17.4 °C	36.6 °C	3.7 °C	6	1	0
September	15.2 °C	8.2 °C	11.8 °C	28.9 °C	-3.9 °C	1	0	1
October	7.5 °C	2.2 °C	4.9 °C	21.3 °C	-18.6 °C	0	0	9
November	-0.4 °C	-4.5 °C	-2.3 °C	12.1 °C	-28.8 °C	0	0	23
December	-4.8 °C	-9.5 °C	-7.0 °C	8.8 °C	-36.0 °C	0	0	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	37 mm	10	7.5 h/day	90 %	85 %	18 km/h
February	33 mm	8	9.5 h/day	83 %	83 %	18 km/h
March	33 mm	9	12 h/day	71 %	81 %	18 km/h
April	39 mm	9	14 h/day	65 %	72 %	18 km/h
May	47 mm	9	16 h/day	58 %	66 %	17 km/h
June	72 mm	12	18 h/day	58 %	69 %	16 km/h
July	73 mm	11	17 h/day	56 %	71 %	15 km/h
August	68 mm	10	15 h/day	60 %	72 %	16 km/h
September	55 mm	10	13 h/day	70 %	76 %	17 km/h
October	62 mm	11	10 h/day	79 %	80 %	18 km/h
November	44 mm	10	8.2 h/day	87 %	83 %	17 km/h
December	42 mm	11	6.9 h/day	91 %	85 %	18 km/h

How Nizhniy Novgorod 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
Nizhniy Novgorod	23 °C	-12 °C	605 mm	28
Cheboksary · Russia	23 °C	-13 °C	594 mm	28
Vladimir · Russia	23 °C	-11 °C	615 mm	24
Kostroma · Russia	23 °C	-11 °C	650 mm	19
Saransk · Russia	24 °C	-12 °C	596 mm	35

Where Nizhniy Novgorod ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	37th of 50	88/100
The coolest places in Europe in October	48th of 50	7.5 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Nizhniy Novgorod’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nizhniy Novgorod?

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 Nizhniy Novgorod get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. About 4 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 -12 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 168 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Nizhniy Novgorod?

July, averaging 73 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is February with 33 mm. The year as a whole averages 605 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 Nizhniy Novgorod 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: 56.329°, 44.002° (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.