Novokuznetsk climate

Name: Novokuznetsk
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Novokuznetsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -20 °C. July is the wettest month (80 mm) and February the driest (25 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Novokuznetsk averages 639 mm of rain, 36 days above 25 °C and 192 days below freezing.

Russia · population 539,616 · 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 -20 °C
Driest month February 25 mm
Wettest month July 80 mm
Least cloud June 57 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record January -46 °C

What to expectNovokuznetsk through the year

Novokuznetsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -13 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 36 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 36 days a year reach 25 °C, 5 of them reach 30 °C, 192 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 80 mm against 25 mm in February — 3.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-12.6 °C	33 mm	75 %
February	-8.9 °C	25 mm	72 %
March	-0.7 °C	29 mm	66 %
April	8.7 °C	46 mm	65 %
May	16.7 °C	60 mm	60 %
June	22.4 °C	67 mm	57 %
July	24.4 °C	80 mm	61 %
August	22.3 °C	70 mm	59 %
September	15.6 °C	59 mm	63 %
October	7.2 °C	60 mm	72 %
November	-3.5 °C	62 mm	81 %
December	-9.9 °C	49 mm	82 %

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	-12.6 °C	-20.0 °C	-16.0 °C	4.9 °C	-46.5 °C	0	0	31
February	-8.9 °C	-17.4 °C	-12.9 °C	6.0 °C	-41.8 °C	0	0	28
March	-0.7 °C	-10.5 °C	-5.3 °C	14.9 °C	-30.3 °C	0	0	31
April	8.7 °C	-2.3 °C	3.5 °C	28.3 °C	-17.3 °C	0	0	21
May	16.7 °C	5.1 °C	11.4 °C	33.0 °C	-7.0 °C	3	0	4
June	22.4 °C	12.1 °C	17.6 °C	32.6 °C	0.8 °C	9	1	0
July	24.4 °C	14.9 °C	19.9 °C	35.6 °C	5.8 °C	14	2	0
August	22.3 °C	12.3 °C	17.6 °C	37.2 °C	3.5 °C	8	2	0
September	15.6 °C	5.8 °C	10.9 °C	31.0 °C	-3.4 °C	1	0	1
October	7.2 °C	-0.8 °C	3.2 °C	23.3 °C	-18.7 °C	0	0	17
November	-3.5 °C	-10.3 °C	-6.7 °C	14.1 °C	-36.8 °C	0	0	28
December	-9.9 °C	-17.1 °C	-13.2 °C	5.1 °C	-42.2 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	33 mm	9	8.0 h/day	75 %	76 %	14 km/h
February	25 mm	7	9.8 h/day	72 %	75 %	14 km/h
March	29 mm	8	12 h/day	66 %	75 %	16 km/h
April	46 mm	11	14 h/day	65 %	69 %	16 km/h
May	60 mm	12	16 h/day	60 %	64 %	17 km/h
June	67 mm	12	17 h/day	57 %	69 %	14 km/h
July	80 mm	13	17 h/day	61 %	73 %	12 km/h
August	70 mm	12	15 h/day	59 %	72 %	13 km/h
September	59 mm	12	13 h/day	63 %	71 %	15 km/h
October	60 mm	13	11 h/day	72 %	74 %	16 km/h
November	62 mm	13	8.6 h/day	81 %	78 %	16 km/h
December	49 mm	12	7.5 h/day	82 %	78 %	16 km/h

How Novokuznetsk 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
Novokuznetsk	24 °C	-20 °C	639 mm	36
Prokop’yevsk · Russia	24 °C	-20 °C	568 mm	31
Biysk · Russia	26 °C	-20 °C	553 mm	50
Kemerovo · Russia	24 °C	-20 °C	593 mm	29
Barnaul · Russia	25 °C	-20 °C	526 mm	42
Abakan · Russia	26 °C	-21 °C	373 mm	52
Novosibirsk · Russia	24 °C	-20 °C	509 mm	30

Where Novokuznetsk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in January	20thof 50	-13 °C
The coolest places in Europe in December	21stof 50	-9.9 °C
The coolest places in Europe in November	25thof 50	-3.5 °C
The coolest places in Europe in February	28thof 50	-8.9 °C
The coolest places in the world in November	31stof 50	-3.5 °C
The coolest places in the world in January	32ndof 50	-13 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Novokuznetsk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Novokuznetsk?

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 Novokuznetsk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 5 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 -20 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 192 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Novokuznetsk?

July, averaging 80 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 25 mm. The year as a whole averages 639 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 Novokuznetsk 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.