Sochi climate

Name: Sochi
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Sochi is warmest in August, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 2.1 °C. January is the wettest month (148 mm) and August the driest (70 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sochi averages 1,315 mm of rain, 61 days above 25 °C and 23 days below freezing.

Russia · population 327,608 · 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 26 °C
Coldest month February 2.1 °C
Driest month August 70 mm
Wettest month January 148 mm
Least cloud August 26 % cloud
Hottest on record July 37 °C
Coldest on record January -10 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectSochi through the year

Sochi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.9 °C in February to 26 °C in August, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 61 days a year reach 25 °C, 6 of them reach 30 °C, 23 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 148 mm against 70 mm in August — 2.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Sochi is warmest in August at 26 °C and coldest in February at 9.1 °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	7.8 °C	148 mm	72 %
February	7.9 °C	111 mm	68 %
March	10.4 °C	114 mm	66 %
April	15.0 °C	89 mm	59 %
May	19.4 °C	89 mm	52 %
June	23.3 °C	81 mm	40 %
July	25.9 °C	84 mm	29 %
August	26.4 °C	70 mm	26 %
September	23.0 °C	111 mm	36 %
October	18.9 °C	138 mm	48 %
November	13.9 °C	132 mm	56 %
December	9.9 °C	148 mm	68 %

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	7.8 °C	2.5 °C	5.3 °C	17.8 °C	-10.2 °C	0	0	7
February	7.9 °C	2.1 °C	5.2 °C	19.0 °C	-8.5 °C	0	0	8
March	10.4 °C	3.9 °C	7.4 °C	23.4 °C	-7.1 °C	0	0	4
April	15.0 °C	7.3 °C	11.6 °C	27.5 °C	-2.5 °C	0	0	0
May	19.4 °C	12.3 °C	16.5 °C	31.6 °C	3.2 °C	2	0	0
June	23.3 °C	17.0 °C	20.7 °C	32.4 °C	9.5 °C	8	0	0
July	25.9 °C	20.1 °C	23.4 °C	37.1 °C	12.7 °C	19	2	0
August	26.4 °C	20.6 °C	23.9 °C	33.8 °C	13.5 °C	21	3	0
September	23.0 °C	17.0 °C	20.4 °C	33.1 °C	9.2 °C	8	0	0
October	18.9 °C	12.6 °C	16.1 °C	29.7 °C	0.7 °C	2	0	0
November	13.9 °C	7.8 °C	10.9 °C	23.1 °C	-5.8 °C	0	0	1
December	9.9 °C	4.2 °C	7.2 °C	22.8 °C	-8.8 °C	0	0	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	148 mm	15	9.3 h/day	72 %	77 %	18 km/h	10.2 °C
February	111 mm	12	10 h/day	68 %	75 %	18 km/h	9.1 °C
March	114 mm	14	12 h/day	66 %	76 %	18 km/h	9.2 °C
April	89 mm	11	13 h/day	59 %	76 %	16 km/h	11.6 °C
May	89 mm	10	15 h/day	52 %	80 %	14 km/h	16.6 °C
June	81 mm	10	15 h/day	40 %	81 %	14 km/h	21.7 °C
July	84 mm	11	15 h/day	29 %	81 %	14 km/h	24.9 °C
August	70 mm	9	14 h/day	26 %	80 %	13 km/h	26.1 °C
September	111 mm	10	13 h/day	36 %	77 %	14 km/h	24.0 °C
October	138 mm	10	11 h/day	48 %	76 %	15 km/h	20.3 °C
November	132 mm	11	9.7 h/day	56 %	75 %	16 km/h	16.1 °C
December	148 mm	14	9.0 h/day	68 %	76 %	18 km/h	12.6 °C

How Sochi 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
Sochi	26 °C	2.1 °C	1,315 mm	61
Krasnodar · Russia	30 °C	-2.6 °C	664 mm	97
Armavir · Russia	29 °C	-4.0 °C	697 mm	90
Novorossiysk · Russia	29 °C	0.5 °C	604 mm	80
Stavropol · Russia	27 °C	-6.3 °C	715 mm	57

Where Sochi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in July	14th of 50	25 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in August	16th of 50	26 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in September	19th of 50	24 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in June	23rd of 50	22 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in October	29th of 50	20 °C
Best beach destinations in Europe in October	37th of 50	50/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sochi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sochi?

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

How hot does Sochi get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 6 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.1 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 23 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Sochi?

January, averaging 148 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is August with 70 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,315 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 Sochi 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: 43.597°, 39.725° (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.