Pskov climate
Pskov is warmest in July, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -8.0 °C. June is the wettest month (85 mm) and March the driest (36 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Pskov averages 672 mm of rain, 15 days above 25 °C and 134 days below freezing.
Russia · population 210,501 · 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 22 °C
- Coldest month February -8.0 °C
- Driest month March 36 mm
- Wettest month June 85 mm
- Least cloud May 57 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 35 °C
- Coldest on record February -33 °C
What to expectPskov through the year
Pskov has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -2.4 °C in February to 22 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 15 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C, 134 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 85 mm against 36 mm in March — 2.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.7 °C | 43 mm | 86 % |
| February | -2.4 °C | 37 mm | 81 % |
| March | 2.5 °C | 36 mm | 69 % |
| April | 10.1 °C | 42 mm | 63 % |
| May | 16.1 °C | 62 mm | 57 % |
| June | 19.8 °C | 85 mm | 60 % |
| July | 22.2 °C | 69 mm | 58 % |
| August | 20.8 °C | 77 mm | 61 % |
| September | 15.4 °C | 62 mm | 67 % |
| October | 8.5 °C | 63 mm | 76 % |
| November | 2.6 °C | 53 mm | 85 % |
| December | -0.9 °C | 44 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 | -2.7 °C | -7.0 °C | -4.6 °C | 8.9 °C | -30.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| February | -2.4 °C | -8.0 °C | -4.9 °C | 8.9 °C | -33.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| March | 2.5 °C | -4.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 14.8 °C | -23.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| April | 10.1 °C | 1.3 °C | 5.9 °C | 24.0 °C | -9.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| May | 16.1 °C | 7.2 °C | 12.1 °C | 29.8 °C | -3.9 °C | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| June | 19.8 °C | 11.9 °C | 16.2 °C | 30.5 °C | 3.0 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 22.2 °C | 14.7 °C | 18.7 °C | 32.6 °C | 7.4 °C | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| August | 20.8 °C | 13.6 °C | 17.4 °C | 35.3 °C | 6.4 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 15.4 °C | 9.1 °C | 12.3 °C | 28.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 8.5 °C | 3.8 °C | 6.2 °C | 19.2 °C | -11.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| November | 2.6 °C | -0.8 °C | 1.0 °C | 11.3 °C | -26.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| December | -0.9 °C | -4.6 °C | -2.6 °C | 10.4 °C | -28.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43 mm | 11 | 7.2 h/day | 86 % | 86 % | 19 km/h |
| February | 37 mm | 9 | 9.4 h/day | 81 % | 84 % | 18 km/h |
| March | 36 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 69 % | 78 % | 18 km/h |
| April | 42 mm | 9 | 14 h/day | 63 % | 71 % | 17 km/h |
| May | 62 mm | 11 | 17 h/day | 57 % | 68 % | 17 km/h |
| June | 85 mm | 13 | 18 h/day | 60 % | 71 % | 17 km/h |
| July | 69 mm | 12 | 17 h/day | 58 % | 73 % | 16 km/h |
| August | 77 mm | 12 | 15 h/day | 61 % | 74 % | 16 km/h |
| September | 62 mm | 11 | 13 h/day | 67 % | 78 % | 17 km/h |
| October | 63 mm | 12 | 10 h/day | 76 % | 83 % | 18 km/h |
| November | 53 mm | 12 | 8.0 h/day | 85 % | 86 % | 19 km/h |
| December | 44 mm | 11 | 6.6 h/day | 87 % | 87 % | 19 km/h |
How Pskov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pskov | 22 °C | -8.0 °C | 672 mm | 15 |
| Velikiy Novgorod · Russia | 22 °C | -8.4 °C | 739 mm | 17 |
| Saint Petersburg · Russia | 22 °C | -8.6 °C | 632 mm | 11 |
| Riga · Latvia | 22 °C | -5.5 °C | 696 mm | 18 |
| Tallinn · Estonia | 21 °C | -6.5 °C | 633 mm | 11 |
| Vitebsk · Belarus | 23 °C | -8.2 °C | 705 mm | 21 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Pskov.
QuestionsCommon questions about Pskov’s climate
When is the best time to visit Pskov?
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 Pskov get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -8.0 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 134 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Pskov?
June, averaging 85 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is March with 36 mm. The year as a whole averages 672 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 Pskov 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
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.