Orël climate

Name: Orël
Address: RU

Orël is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -9.4 °C. July is the wettest month (83 mm) and March the driest (37 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Orël averages 625 mm of rain, 36 days above 25 °C and 145 days below freezing.

Russia · population 303,696 · 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 February -9.4 °C
Driest month March 37 mm
Wettest month July 83 mm
Least cloud August 52 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record February -36 °C

What to expectOrël through the year

Orël has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -3.7 °C in February to 24 °C in July, a swing of 26 °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, 145 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 83 mm against 37 mm in March — 2.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-4.2 °C	39 mm	90 %
February	-3.7 °C	37 mm	84 %
March	2.0 °C	37 mm	72 %
April	11.9 °C	44 mm	65 %
May	18.6 °C	58 mm	57 %
June	22.1 °C	66 mm	56 %
July	24.2 °C	83 mm	55 %
August	23.2 °C	61 mm	52 %
September	17.2 °C	57 mm	65 %
October	9.9 °C	57 mm	75 %
November	2.2 °C	43 mm	85 %
December	-2.4 °C	43 mm	89 %

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	-4.2 °C	-8.8 °C	-6.3 °C	7.3 °C	-34.0 °C	0	0	29
February	-3.7 °C	-9.4 °C	-6.3 °C	7.6 °C	-36.4 °C	0	0	27
March	2.0 °C	-5.3 °C	-1.5 °C	17.9 °C	-22.6 °C	0	0	26
April	11.9 °C	1.9 °C	7.2 °C	25.5 °C	-12.5 °C	0	0	10
May	18.6 °C	8.4 °C	14.0 °C	31.9 °C	-3.0 °C	3	0	1
June	22.1 °C	12.6 °C	17.9 °C	33.8 °C	3.6 °C	8	1	0
July	24.2 °C	15.0 °C	19.9 °C	36.6 °C	6.7 °C	13	2	0
August	23.2 °C	13.9 °C	18.8 °C	37.6 °C	6.4 °C	10	2	0
September	17.2 °C	9.1 °C	13.2 °C	30.1 °C	-3.8 °C	2	0	0
October	9.9 °C	3.5 °C	6.7 °C	23.4 °C	-11.6 °C	0	0	7
November	2.2 °C	-2.1 °C	0.1 °C	15.9 °C	-25.3 °C	0	0	18
December	-2.4 °C	-6.7 °C	-4.4 °C	10.8 °C	-33.5 °C	0	0	27

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	39 mm	10	8.1 h/day	90 %	87 %	23 km/h
February	37 mm	9	9.8 h/day	84 %	87 %	24 km/h
March	37 mm	8	12 h/day	72 %	81 %	23 km/h
April	44 mm	9	14 h/day	65 %	70 %	20 km/h
May	58 mm	11	16 h/day	57 %	68 %	19 km/h
June	66 mm	11	17 h/day	56 %	69 %	18 km/h
July	83 mm	13	16 h/day	55 %	72 %	17 km/h
August	61 mm	9	15 h/day	52 %	69 %	17 km/h
September	57 mm	9	13 h/day	65 %	73 %	19 km/h
October	57 mm	10	11 h/day	75 %	79 %	20 km/h
November	43 mm	9	8.7 h/day	85 %	84 %	20 km/h
December	43 mm	10	7.6 h/day	89 %	86 %	21 km/h

How Orël 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
Orël	24 °C	-9.4 °C	625 mm	36
Bryansk · Russia	23 °C	-8.9 °C	645 mm	29
Kursk · Russia	25 °C	-8.8 °C	586 mm	45
Tula · Russia	24 °C	-10 °C	628 mm	30
Kaluga · Russia	23 °C	-10 °C	650 mm	24
Staryy Oskol · Russia	26 °C	-8.8 °C	554 mm	53
Lipetsk · Russia	25 °C	-10 °C	552 mm	45

Where Orël ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	38th of 50	90/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Orël’s climate

When is the best time to visit Orël?

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 March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Orël 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 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -9.4 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 145 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Orël?

July, averaging 83 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is March with 37 mm. The year as a whole averages 625 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 Orël 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: 52.969°, 36.079° (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.