Orenburg climate

Name: Orenburg
Address: RU

Orenburg is warmest in July, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -15 °C. October is the wettest month (37 mm) and August the driest (26 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Orenburg averages 392 mm of rain, 71 days above 25 °C and 166 days below freezing.

Russia · population 564,773 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month January -15 °C
Driest month August 26 mm
Wettest month October 37 mm
Least cloud July 43 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record February -40 °C

What to expectOrenburg through the year

Orenburg has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -8.8 °C in January to 28 °C in July, a swing of 35 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 71 days a year reach 25 °C, 27 of them reach 30 °C, 166 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 26 mm in August to 37 mm in October. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-8.8 °C	33 mm	81 %
February	-7.6 °C	28 mm	75 %
March	-0.4 °C	33 mm	69 %
April	12.4 °C	34 mm	60 %
May	20.9 °C	36 mm	51 %
June	26.0 °C	36 mm	47 %
July	27.8 °C	32 mm	43 %
August	26.4 °C	26 mm	45 %
September	19.5 °C	30 mm	53 %
October	10.4 °C	37 mm	67 %
November	0.1 °C	32 mm	75 %
December	-6.4 °C	34 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	-8.8 °C	-15.1 °C	-11.7 °C	4.7 °C	-39.1 °C	0	0	31
February	-7.6 °C	-14.9 °C	-11.0 °C	5.4 °C	-40.5 °C	0	0	28
March	-0.4 °C	-8.7 °C	-4.3 °C	18.2 °C	-27.7 °C	0	0	29
April	12.4 °C	0.8 °C	6.9 °C	28.0 °C	-17.9 °C	1	0	13
May	20.9 °C	8.5 °C	15.4 °C	33.5 °C	-4.1 °C	8	1	1
June	26.0 °C	14.3 °C	20.8 °C	39.1 °C	3.0 °C	17	6	0
July	27.8 °C	16.7 °C	22.8 °C	39.9 °C	8.7 °C	22	10	0
August	26.4 °C	15.2 °C	21.2 °C	38.5 °C	5.2 °C	18	8	0
September	19.5 °C	9.3 °C	14.5 °C	36.7 °C	-1.5 °C	5	1	0
October	10.4 °C	2.4 °C	6.4 °C	23.5 °C	-8.9 °C	0	0	9
November	0.1 °C	-5.5 °C	-2.6 °C	14.3 °C	-32.3 °C	0	0	24
December	-6.4 °C	-12.5 °C	-9.2 °C	4.9 °C	-37.6 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	33 mm	8	8.3 h/day	81 %	83 %	19 km/h
February	28 mm	7	9.9 h/day	75 %	83 %	20 km/h
March	33 mm	8	12 h/day	69 %	82 %	20 km/h
April	34 mm	7	14 h/day	60 %	65 %	20 km/h
May	36 mm	7	16 h/day	51 %	56 %	19 km/h
June	36 mm	7	17 h/day	47 %	53 %	19 km/h
July	32 mm	6	16 h/day	43 %	53 %	18 km/h
August	26 mm	5	15 h/day	45 %	53 %	18 km/h
September	30 mm	6	13 h/day	53 %	58 %	18 km/h
October	37 mm	7	11 h/day	67 %	67 %	18 km/h
November	32 mm	7	8.8 h/day	75 %	76 %	18 km/h
December	34 mm	8	7.8 h/day	82 %	82 %	18 km/h

How Orenburg 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
Orenburg	28 °C	-15 °C	392 mm	71
Sterlitamak · Russia	25 °C	-15 °C	569 mm	43
Aktobe · Kazakhstan	28 °C	-15 °C	354 mm	76
Orsk · Russia	27 °C	-16 °C	352 mm	69
Oral · Kazakhstan	29 °C	-13 °C	365 mm	78
Magnitogorsk · Russia	24 °C	-18 °C	403 mm	41
Ufa · Russia	24 °C	-16 °C	600 mm	39

Where Orenburg ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	20thof 50	91/100
The driest places in Europe in September	20thof 50	30 mm
The driest places in Europe year-round	23rdof 50	33 mm
The driest places in Europe in May	30thof 50	36 mm
The driest places in Europe in November	30thof 50	32 mm
The driest places in Europe in October	36thof 50	37 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Orenburg’s climate

When is the best time to visit Orenburg?

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

How hot does Orenburg get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 27 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -15 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 166 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Orenburg?

October, averaging 37 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is August with 26 mm. The year as a whole averages 392 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 Orenburg 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.