Rubtsovsk climate

Name: Rubtsovsk
Address: RU

Rubtsovsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -19 °C. July is the wettest month (64 mm) and February the driest (21 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Rubtsovsk averages 420 mm of rain, 62 days above 25 °C and 182 days below freezing.

Russia · population 161,065 · 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 26 °C
Coldest month January -19 °C
Driest month February 21 mm
Wettest month July 64 mm
Least cloud August 47 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record January -45 °C

What to expectRubtsovsk through the year

Rubtsovsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -12 °C in January to 26 °C in July, a swing of 37 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 62 days a year reach 25 °C, 17 of them reach 30 °C, 182 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 64 mm against 21 mm in February — 3.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-11.8 °C	23 mm	71 %
February	-8.9 °C	21 mm	71 %
March	-0.6 °C	26 mm	63 %
April	12.0 °C	29 mm	57 %
May	20.0 °C	38 mm	50 %
June	25.2 °C	47 mm	49 %
July	26.4 °C	64 mm	51 %
August	24.8 °C	35 mm	47 %
September	18.2 °C	31 mm	52 %
October	9.6 °C	35 mm	62 %
November	-1.7 °C	39 mm	73 %
December	-8.8 °C	34 mm	76 %

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	-11.8 °C	-19.5 °C	-15.2 °C	5.8 °C	-45.5 °C	0	0	31
February	-8.9 °C	-17.8 °C	-13.0 °C	5.9 °C	-41.0 °C	0	0	28
March	-0.6 °C	-10.8 °C	-5.4 °C	20.6 °C	-33.2 °C	0	0	30
April	12.0 °C	-0.9 °C	6.1 °C	31.4 °C	-17.8 °C	1	0	17
May	20.0 °C	6.8 °C	14.1 °C	36.1 °C	-4.0 °C	7	1	3
June	25.2 °C	13.6 °C	19.9 °C	36.4 °C	2.5 °C	16	5	0
July	26.4 °C	15.7 °C	21.4 °C	40.0 °C	7.4 °C	20	6	0
August	24.8 °C	13.3 °C	19.5 °C	39.0 °C	4.1 °C	15	4	0
September	18.2 °C	7.2 °C	13.0 °C	33.9 °C	-2.8 °C	4	1	1
October	9.6 °C	0.6 °C	5.1 °C	26.5 °C	-17.6 °C	0	0	14
November	-1.7 °C	-8.6 °C	-4.9 °C	17.5 °C	-37.9 °C	0	0	27
December	-8.8 °C	-16.0 °C	-12.0 °C	6.0 °C	-44.7 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	23 mm	6	8.4 h/day	71 %	77 %	21 km/h
February	21 mm	6	10.0 h/day	71 %	79 %	21 km/h
March	26 mm	6	12 h/day	63 %	77 %	21 km/h
April	29 mm	7	14 h/day	57 %	60 %	21 km/h
May	38 mm	8	16 h/day	50 %	51 %	21 km/h
June	47 mm	8	17 h/day	49 %	55 %	19 km/h
July	64 mm	11	16 h/day	51 %	62 %	17 km/h
August	35 mm	7	15 h/day	47 %	58 %	18 km/h
September	31 mm	7	13 h/day	52 %	58 %	19 km/h
October	35 mm	8	11 h/day	62 %	65 %	21 km/h
November	39 mm	9	8.9 h/day	73 %	73 %	22 km/h
December	34 mm	9	7.9 h/day	76 %	79 %	23 km/h

How Rubtsovsk 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
Rubtsovsk	26 °C	-19 °C	420 mm	62
Semey · Kazakhstan	28 °C	-20 °C	301 mm	80
Ust-Kamenogorsk · Kazakhstan	27 °C	-19 °C	549 mm	65
Barnaul · Russia	25 °C	-20 °C	526 mm	42
Biysk · Russia	26 °C	-20 °C	553 mm	50
Pavlodar · Kazakhstan	26 °C	-20 °C	303 mm	62
Novosibirsk · Russia	24 °C	-20 °C	509 mm	30

Where Rubtsovsk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	14th of 50	92/100
The driest places in Europe in April	19th of 50	29 mm
The driest places in Europe in September	21st of 50	31 mm
The driest places in Europe in October	22nd of 50	35 mm
The coolest places in Europe in January	23rd of 50	-12 °C
The driest places in Europe in March	25th of 50	26 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Rubtsovsk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Rubtsovsk?

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

How hot does Rubtsovsk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 17 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 -19 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 182 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Rubtsovsk?

July, averaging 64 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is February with 21 mm. The year as a whole averages 420 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 Rubtsovsk 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: 51.515°, 81.206° (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.