Novosibirsk climate

Name: Novosibirsk
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Novosibirsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -20 °C. July is the wettest month (70 mm) and February the driest (20 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Novosibirsk averages 509 mm of rain, 30 days above 25 °C and 195 days below freezing.

Russia · population 1,612,833 · 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 20 mm
Wettest month July 70 mm
Least cloud June 55 % cloud
Hottest on record July 34 °C
Coldest on record January -46 °C

What to expectNovosibirsk through the year

Novosibirsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -14 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 36 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 30 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C, 195 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 70 mm against 20 mm in February — 3.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-14.0 °C	27 mm	81 %
February	-10.9 °C	20 mm	78 %
March	-2.9 °C	26 mm	69 %
April	7.5 °C	31 mm	64 %
May	16.3 °C	42 mm	58 %
June	21.8 °C	55 mm	55 %
July	23.6 °C	70 mm	57 %
August	21.2 °C	55 mm	57 %
September	14.3 °C	49 mm	65 %
October	6.0 °C	49 mm	75 %
November	-4.6 °C	45 mm	84 %
December	-10.9 °C	40 mm	87 %

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	-14.0 °C	-20.3 °C	-16.9 °C	2.0 °C	-46.0 °C	0	0	31
February	-10.9 °C	-17.7 °C	-14.0 °C	2.6 °C	-39.5 °C	0	0	28
March	-2.9 °C	-10.9 °C	-6.5 °C	9.2 °C	-29.0 °C	0	0	31
April	7.5 °C	-3.1 °C	2.7 °C	26.1 °C	-19.6 °C	0	0	23
May	16.3 °C	4.8 °C	11.1 °C	32.7 °C	-7.4 °C	3	0	5
June	21.8 °C	12.2 °C	17.4 °C	32.5 °C	0.4 °C	9	1	0
July	23.6 °C	14.8 °C	19.5 °C	34.0 °C	6.5 °C	12	1	0
August	21.2 °C	12.1 °C	17.1 °C	33.4 °C	2.6 °C	6	1	0
September	14.3 °C	6.1 °C	10.4 °C	30.5 °C	-4.1 °C	1	0	1
October	6.0 °C	-0.6 °C	2.8 °C	21.5 °C	-17.9 °C	0	0	16
November	-4.6 °C	-10.6 °C	-7.3 °C	11.7 °C	-39.0 °C	0	0	28
December	-10.9 °C	-17.4 °C	-13.9 °C	4.2 °C	-43.9 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	27 mm	8	7.8 h/day	81 %	79 %	18 km/h
February	20 mm	6	9.7 h/day	78 %	79 %	18 km/h
March	26 mm	7	12 h/day	69 %	79 %	18 km/h
April	31 mm	8	14 h/day	64 %	70 %	19 km/h
May	42 mm	9	16 h/day	58 %	60 %	19 km/h
June	55 mm	10	17 h/day	55 %	66 %	16 km/h
July	70 mm	12	17 h/day	57 %	70 %	14 km/h
August	55 mm	11	15 h/day	57 %	71 %	16 km/h
September	49 mm	10	13 h/day	65 %	71 %	17 km/h
October	49 mm	11	11 h/day	75 %	75 %	18 km/h
November	45 mm	11	8.4 h/day	84 %	80 %	19 km/h
December	40 mm	11	7.2 h/day	87 %	81 %	19 km/h

How Novosibirsk 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
Novosibirsk	24 °C	-20 °C	509 mm	30
Barnaul · Russia	25 °C	-20 °C	526 mm	42
Kemerovo · Russia	24 °C	-20 °C	593 mm	29
Tomsk · Russia	23 °C	-21 °C	540 mm	24
Prokop’yevsk · Russia	24 °C	-20 °C	568 mm	31
Novokuznetsk · Russia	24 °C	-20 °C	639 mm	36
Biysk · Russia	26 °C	-20 °C	553 mm	50

Where Novosibirsk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in February	9thof 50	-11 °C
The coolest places in Europe in March	10thof 50	-2.9 °C
The coolest places in the world in March	11thof 50	-2.9 °C
The coolest places in the world in February	12thof 50	-11 °C
The coolest places in Europe in January	13thof 50	-14 °C
The coolest places in Europe in November	13thof 50	-4.6 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Novosibirsk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Novosibirsk?

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 Novosibirsk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 3 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -20 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 195 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Novosibirsk?

July, averaging 70 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is February with 20 mm. The year as a whole averages 509 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 Novosibirsk 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.