Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky climate

Name: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Address: RU

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is warmest in August, with average highs of 16 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -14 °C. October is the wettest month (138 mm) and June the driest (63 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky averages 1,218 mm of rain, 0 days above 25 °C and 213 days below freezing.

Russia · population 181,216 · 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 August 16 °C
Coldest month January -14 °C
Driest month June 63 mm
Wettest month October 138 mm
Least cloud November 59 % cloud
Hottest on record July 27 °C
Coldest on record January -28 °C
Warmest sea August 12 °C

What to expectPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky through the year

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -8.4 °C in January to 16 °C in August, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 0 days a year reach 25 °C, 213 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 27 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 138 mm against 63 mm in June — 2.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is warmest in August at 12 °C and coldest in March at 0.1 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-8.4 °C	114 mm	69 %
February	-6.8 °C	90 mm	66 %
March	-3.1 °C	113 mm	64 %
April	1.1 °C	95 mm	68 %
May	5.8 °C	67 mm	70 %
June	12.2 °C	63 mm	71 %
July	16.1 °C	73 mm	71 %
August	16.3 °C	105 mm	68 %
September	12.7 °C	108 mm	61 %
October	5.9 °C	138 mm	61 %
November	-1.7 °C	133 mm	59 %
December	-7.6 °C	119 mm	64 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days below 0 °C
January	-8.4 °C	-13.6 °C	-11.2 °C	3.1 °C	-28.0 °C	31
February	-6.8 °C	-12.7 °C	-10.0 °C	2.5 °C	-27.7 °C	28
March	-3.1 °C	-9.3 °C	-6.4 °C	8.8 °C	-23.5 °C	31
April	1.1 °C	-4.8 °C	-2.0 °C	8.8 °C	-17.4 °C	30
May	5.8 °C	-0.8 °C	2.3 °C	17.6 °C	-6.8 °C	21
June	12.2 °C	4.7 °C	8.2 °C	25.2 °C	-2.8 °C	1
July	16.1 °C	9.3 °C	12.4 °C	26.9 °C	3.4 °C	0
August	16.3 °C	9.7 °C	12.7 °C	26.7 °C	1.5 °C	0
September	12.7 °C	6.0 °C	9.1 °C	22.1 °C	-0.6 °C	0
October	5.9 °C	0.4 °C	2.9 °C	14.6 °C	-16.2 °C	13
November	-1.7 °C	-7.2 °C	-4.5 °C	7.9 °C	-20.1 °C	28
December	-7.6 °C	-12.9 °C	-10.4 °C	3.4 °C	-24.8 °C	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	114 mm	12	8.1 h/day	69 %	78 %	22 km/h	1.1 °C
February	90 mm	10	9.8 h/day	66 %	75 %	23 km/h	0.3 °C
March	113 mm	12	12 h/day	64 %	75 %	24 km/h	0.1 °C
April	95 mm	10	14 h/day	68 %	78 %	21 km/h	0.7 °C
May	67 mm	9	16 h/day	70 %	82 %	18 km/h	3.1 °C
June	63 mm	10	17 h/day	71 %	82 %	17 km/h	6.9 °C
July	73 mm	10	16 h/day	71 %	84 %	16 km/h	10.6 °C
August	105 mm	12	15 h/day	68 %	83 %	17 km/h	12.3 °C
September	108 mm	10	13 h/day	61 %	80 %	21 km/h	10.8 °C
October	138 mm	12	11 h/day	61 %	80 %	24 km/h	8.0 °C
November	133 mm	11	8.7 h/day	59 %	78 %	26 km/h	5.0 °C
December	119 mm	10	7.6 h/day	64 %	79 %	24 km/h	2.6 °C

Where Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in May	2nd of 50	5.8 °C
The coolest places in Europe in April	3rd of 50	1.1 °C
The coolest places in Europe in June	3rd of 50	12 °C
The coolest places in the world in April	4th of 50	1.1 °C
The coolest places in Europe in July	6th of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in the world in May	6th of 50	5.8 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky’s climate

When is the best time to visit Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 16 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 27 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -14 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 213 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky?

October, averaging 138 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is June with 63 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,218 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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 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: 53.064°, 158.628° (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.