Orsk climate

Name: Orsk
Address: RU

Orsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -16 °C. July is the wettest month (42 mm) and September the driest (22 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Orsk averages 352 mm of rain, 69 days above 25 °C and 173 days below freezing.

Russia · population 246,836 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month January -16 °C
Driest month September 22 mm
Wettest month July 42 mm
Least cloud August 44 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record February -40 °C

What to expectOrsk through the year

Orsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -9.6 °C in January to 27 °C in July, a swing of 35 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 69 days a year reach 25 °C, 27 of them reach 30 °C, 173 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 22 mm in September to 42 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-9.6 °C	24 mm	81 %
February	-8.2 °C	23 mm	77 %
March	-0.9 °C	30 mm	69 %
April	12.1 °C	35 mm	59 %
May	20.5 °C	35 mm	50 %
June	26.1 °C	30 mm	46 %
July	27.4 °C	42 mm	45 %
August	26.3 °C	29 mm	44 %
September	19.3 °C	22 mm	52 %
October	10.3 °C	31 mm	63 %
November	-0.3 °C	25 mm	74 %
December	-7.2 °C	25 mm	81 %

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	-9.6 °C	-16.3 °C	-12.7 °C	4.5 °C	-35.1 °C	0	0	31
February	-8.2 °C	-15.8 °C	-11.7 °C	4.6 °C	-40.4 °C	0	0	28
March	-0.9 °C	-9.6 °C	-4.9 °C	18.9 °C	-28.5 °C	0	0	30
April	12.1 °C	0.1 °C	6.5 °C	28.0 °C	-20.9 °C	1	0	15
May	20.5 °C	7.9 °C	14.9 °C	34.3 °C	-5.2 °C	7	1	1
June	26.1 °C	14.0 °C	20.8 °C	37.9 °C	1.0 °C	17	7	0
July	27.4 °C	16.3 °C	22.5 °C	40.4 °C	8.3 °C	21	9	0
August	26.3 °C	14.8 °C	21.0 °C	39.1 °C	5.5 °C	18	8	0
September	19.3 °C	8.7 °C	14.2 °C	35.5 °C	-2.8 °C	5	1	1
October	10.3 °C	1.6 °C	5.9 °C	26.0 °C	-9.4 °C	0	0	11
November	-0.3 °C	-6.4 °C	-3.3 °C	14.7 °C	-32.6 °C	0	0	26
December	-7.2 °C	-13.5 °C	-10.1 °C	5.9 °C	-36.6 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	24 mm	6	8.4 h/day	81 %	82 %	18 km/h
February	23 mm	6	10.0 h/day	77 %	82 %	20 km/h
March	30 mm	7	12 h/day	69 %	81 %	20 km/h
April	35 mm	7	14 h/day	59 %	65 %	20 km/h
May	35 mm	7	16 h/day	50 %	56 %	20 km/h
June	30 mm	6	17 h/day	46 %	50 %	19 km/h
July	42 mm	7	16 h/day	45 %	53 %	18 km/h
August	29 mm	5	15 h/day	44 %	52 %	18 km/h
September	22 mm	5	13 h/day	52 %	56 %	18 km/h
October	31 mm	6	11 h/day	63 %	65 %	18 km/h
November	25 mm	6	8.9 h/day	74 %	75 %	18 km/h
December	25 mm	7	7.9 h/day	81 %	81 %	18 km/h

How Orsk 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
Orsk	27 °C	-16 °C	352 mm	69
Aktobe · Kazakhstan	28 °C	-15 °C	354 mm	76
Orenburg · Russia	28 °C	-15 °C	392 mm	71
Magnitogorsk · Russia	24 °C	-18 °C	403 mm	41
Sterlitamak · Russia	25 °C	-15 °C	569 mm	43
Kostanay · Kazakhstan	25 °C	-18 °C	385 mm	52
Ufa · Russia	24 °C	-16 °C	600 mm	39

Where Orsk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Europe in September	10th of 50	22 mm
The driest places in Europe in November	13th of 50	25 mm
The driest places in Europe year-round	13th of 50	29 mm
The driest places in Europe in October	14th of 50	31 mm
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	21st of 50	91/100
The driest places in Europe in December	27th of 50	25 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Orsk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Orsk?

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

How hot does Orsk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °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 -16 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 173 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Orsk?

July, averaging 42 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is September with 22 mm. The year as a whole averages 352 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 Orsk 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: 51.232°, 58.488° (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.