Samara climate

Name: Samara
Address: RU

Samara is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -13 °C. June is the wettest month (50 mm) and February the driest (30 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Samara averages 477 mm of rain, 51 days above 25 °C and 162 days below freezing.

Russia · population 1,163,399 · 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 February -13 °C
Driest month February 30 mm
Wettest month June 50 mm
Least cloud July 47 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record December -36 °C

What to expectSamara through the year

Samara has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -7.0 °C in February to 26 °C in July, a swing of 32 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 51 days a year reach 25 °C, 13 of them reach 30 °C, 162 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 30 mm in February to 50 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-7.6 °C	37 mm	86 %
February	-7.0 °C	30 mm	77 %
March	-0.2 °C	34 mm	70 %
April	10.9 °C	39 mm	60 %
May	19.5 °C	36 mm	54 %
June	23.8 °C	50 mm	51 %
July	25.7 °C	45 mm	47 %
August	24.0 °C	41 mm	49 %
September	17.7 °C	49 mm	60 %
October	9.2 °C	44 mm	73 %
November	0.1 °C	36 mm	81 %
December	-5.8 °C	37 mm	86 %

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	-7.6 °C	-13.0 °C	-10.1 °C	3.8 °C	-34.5 °C	0	0	31
February	-7.0 °C	-13.1 °C	-9.8 °C	5.2 °C	-34.3 °C	0	0	28
March	-0.2 °C	-7.2 °C	-3.5 °C	16.0 °C	-24.7 °C	0	0	29
April	10.9 °C	0.7 °C	6.1 °C	27.6 °C	-13.4 °C	0	0	14
May	19.5 °C	8.8 °C	14.7 °C	32.7 °C	-2.2 °C	6	0	0
June	23.8 °C	14.1 °C	19.5 °C	35.9 °C	3.6 °C	12	3	0
July	25.7 °C	16.5 °C	21.5 °C	38.3 °C	9.3 °C	17	5	0
August	24.0 °C	15.0 °C	19.7 °C	38.6 °C	5.6 °C	13	4	0
September	17.7 °C	9.6 °C	13.7 °C	31.8 °C	-1.7 °C	3	0	0
October	9.2 °C	3.1 °C	6.2 °C	22.3 °C	-7.5 °C	0	0	7
November	0.1 °C	-4.3 °C	-2.1 °C	13.5 °C	-31.3 °C	0	0	23
December	-5.8 °C	-10.8 °C	-8.2 °C	4.5 °C	-35.6 °C	0	0	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	37 mm	9	8.1 h/day	86 %	85 %	17 km/h
February	30 mm	7	9.8 h/day	77 %	82 %	18 km/h
March	34 mm	8	12 h/day	70 %	81 %	18 km/h
April	39 mm	7	14 h/day	60 %	70 %	18 km/h
May	36 mm	8	16 h/day	54 %	62 %	18 km/h
June	50 mm	9	17 h/day	51 %	64 %	16 km/h
July	45 mm	8	16 h/day	47 %	65 %	15 km/h
August	41 mm	7	15 h/day	49 %	65 %	16 km/h
September	49 mm	8	13 h/day	60 %	69 %	17 km/h
October	44 mm	8	11 h/day	73 %	75 %	18 km/h
November	36 mm	8	8.7 h/day	81 %	81 %	17 km/h
December	37 mm	9	7.6 h/day	86 %	84 %	17 km/h

How Samara 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
Samara	26 °C	-13 °C	477 mm	51
Tolyatti · Russia	25 °C	-12 °C	491 mm	43
Syzran · Russia	26 °C	-13 °C	493 mm	53
Ulyanovsk · Russia	24 °C	-13 °C	515 mm	35
Oral · Kazakhstan	29 °C	-13 °C	365 mm	78
Kazan · Russia	24 °C	-13 °C	564 mm	33

Where Samara ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	2nd of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in June	12th of 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	22nd of 50	89/100
The driest places in Europe in May	33rd of 50	36 mm
The driest places in Europe in November	45th of 50	36 mm
The coolest places in Europe in December	46th of 50	-5.8 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Samara’s climate

When is the best time to visit Samara?

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 Samara get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 13 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -13 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 162 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Samara?

June, averaging 50 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is February with 30 mm. The year as a whole averages 477 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 Samara 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: 53.208°, 50.136° (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.