Staryy Oskol climate

Name: Staryy Oskol
Address: RU

Staryy Oskol is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -8.8 °C. July is the wettest month (65 mm) and February the driest (35 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Staryy Oskol averages 554 mm of rain, 53 days above 25 °C and 136 days below freezing.

Russia · population 226,977 · 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 -8.8 °C
Driest month February 35 mm
Wettest month July 65 mm
Least cloud August 46 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record December -35 °C

What to expectStaryy Oskol through the year

Staryy Oskol has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -2.9 °C in February to 26 °C in July, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 53 days a year reach 25 °C, 12 of them reach 30 °C, 136 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 35 mm in February to 65 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-3.7 °C	40 mm	89 %
February	-2.9 °C	35 mm	84 %
March	3.2 °C	39 mm	72 %
April	13.1 °C	41 mm	64 %
May	19.9 °C	53 mm	55 %
June	23.6 °C	59 mm	52 %
July	25.8 °C	65 mm	49 %
August	25.1 °C	41 mm	46 %
September	18.6 °C	48 mm	59 %
October	11.1 °C	50 mm	71 %
November	2.9 °C	39 mm	83 %
December	-2.0 °C	42 mm	89 %

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	-3.7 °C	-8.4 °C	-5.8 °C	7.8 °C	-34.9 °C	0	0	28
February	-2.9 °C	-8.8 °C	-5.5 °C	9.8 °C	-33.1 °C	0	0	26
March	3.2 °C	-4.7 °C	-0.5 °C	17.2 °C	-24.2 °C	0	0	25
April	13.1 °C	3.0 °C	8.3 °C	25.9 °C	-11.2 °C	0	0	7
May	19.9 °C	9.5 °C	15.2 °C	34.2 °C	-1.7 °C	5	0	0
June	23.6 °C	13.8 °C	19.2 °C	35.4 °C	4.1 °C	12	2	0
July	25.8 °C	16.1 °C	21.4 °C	37.1 °C	8.8 °C	17	5	0
August	25.1 °C	15.1 °C	20.3 °C	38.8 °C	6.4 °C	15	4	0
September	18.6 °C	9.9 °C	14.3 °C	32.3 °C	-3.9 °C	4	0	0
October	11.1 °C	4.2 °C	7.6 °C	24.9 °C	-7.7 °C	0	0	6
November	2.9 °C	-1.7 °C	0.7 °C	16.7 °C	-26.7 °C	0	0	18
December	-2.0 °C	-6.4 °C	-4.0 °C	10.4 °C	-35.4 °C	0	0	26

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	40 mm	10	8.4 h/day	89 %	87 %	20 km/h
February	35 mm	9	10.0 h/day	84 %	86 %	21 km/h
March	39 mm	10	12 h/day	72 %	79 %	21 km/h
April	41 mm	9	14 h/day	64 %	69 %	19 km/h
May	53 mm	10	16 h/day	55 %	65 %	18 km/h
June	59 mm	10	17 h/day	52 %	65 %	18 km/h
July	65 mm	10	16 h/day	49 %	66 %	16 km/h
August	41 mm	7	15 h/day	46 %	62 %	16 km/h
September	48 mm	8	13 h/day	59 %	68 %	18 km/h
October	50 mm	9	11 h/day	71 %	77 %	19 km/h
November	39 mm	7	8.9 h/day	83 %	83 %	19 km/h
December	42 mm	9	7.9 h/day	89 %	86 %	20 km/h

How Staryy Oskol 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
Staryy Oskol	26 °C	-8.8 °C	554 mm	53
Voronezh · Russia	26 °C	-9.3 °C	540 mm	51
Belgorod · Russia	26 °C	-8.1 °C	570 mm	53
Kursk · Russia	25 °C	-8.8 °C	586 mm	45
Kharkiv · Ukraine	27 °C	-7.4 °C	549 mm	61
Lipetsk · Russia	25 °C	-10 °C	552 mm	45
Orël · Russia	24 °C	-9.4 °C	625 mm	36

Where Staryy Oskol ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	11thof 50	92/100

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QuestionsCommon questions about Staryy Oskol’s climate

When is the best time to visit Staryy Oskol?

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 Staryy Oskol get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 12 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 -8.8 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 136 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Staryy Oskol?

July, averaging 65 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is February with 35 mm. The year as a whole averages 554 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 Staryy Oskol 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: 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.