Stavropol climate
Stavropol is warmest in August, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -6.3 °C. May is the wettest month (96 mm) and February the driest (37 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Stavropol averages 715 mm of rain, 57 days above 25 °C and 121 days below freezing.
Russia · 453 m elevation · population 433,931 · 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 27 °C
- Coldest month January -6.3 °C
- Driest month February 37 mm
- Wettest month May 96 mm
- Least cloud August 34 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 37 °C
- Coldest on record January -31 °C
What to expectStavropol through the year
Stavropol has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 0.04 °C in January to 27 °C in August, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 57 days a year reach 25 °C, 15 of them reach 30 °C, 121 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 96 mm against 37 mm in February — 2.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0 °C | 42 mm | 80 % |
| February | 1.4 °C | 37 mm | 75 % |
| March | 6.9 °C | 55 mm | 73 % |
| April | 13.5 °C | 63 mm | 64 % |
| May | 18.9 °C | 96 mm | 59 % |
| June | 23.2 °C | 86 mm | 52 % |
| July | 26.5 °C | 67 mm | 36 % |
| August | 26.5 °C | 57 mm | 34 % |
| September | 21.0 °C | 58 mm | 44 % |
| October | 14.4 °C | 60 mm | 58 % |
| November | 6.7 °C | 49 mm | 72 % |
| December | 1.8 °C | 45 mm | 79 % |
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 | 0.0 °C | -6.3 °C | -3.2 °C | 13.9 °C | -31.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| February | 1.4 °C | -6.2 °C | -2.5 °C | 19.7 °C | -29.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| March | 6.9 °C | -1.8 °C | 2.5 °C | 24.3 °C | -15.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| April | 13.5 °C | 3.7 °C | 8.7 °C | 28.7 °C | -8.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| May | 18.9 °C | 9.4 °C | 14.4 °C | 30.0 °C | -3.1 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 23.2 °C | 13.8 °C | 18.7 °C | 35.4 °C | 5.1 °C | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 26.5 °C | 16.6 °C | 21.8 °C | 37.0 °C | 9.6 °C | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| August | 26.5 °C | 16.6 °C | 21.6 °C | 36.6 °C | 8.6 °C | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| September | 21.0 °C | 11.6 °C | 16.2 °C | 35.3 °C | 0.9 °C | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| October | 14.4 °C | 6.2 °C | 10.1 °C | 30.3 °C | -8.5 °C | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| November | 6.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 3.0 °C | 22.2 °C | -19.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| December | 1.8 °C | -4.3 °C | -1.4 °C | 17.4 °C | -25.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42 mm | 9 | 9.2 h/day | 80 % | 85 % | 19 km/h |
| February | 37 mm | 9 | 10 h/day | 75 % | 83 % | 20 km/h |
| March | 55 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 73 % | 78 % | 21 km/h |
| April | 63 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 64 % | 72 % | 20 km/h |
| May | 96 mm | 14 | 15 h/day | 59 % | 72 % | 18 km/h |
| June | 86 mm | 12 | 16 h/day | 52 % | 69 % | 17 km/h |
| July | 67 mm | 9 | 15 h/day | 36 % | 62 % | 17 km/h |
| August | 57 mm | 8 | 14 h/day | 34 % | 59 % | 18 km/h |
| September | 58 mm | 8 | 13 h/day | 44 % | 68 % | 19 km/h |
| October | 60 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 58 % | 77 % | 19 km/h |
| November | 49 mm | 9 | 9.6 h/day | 72 % | 84 % | 19 km/h |
| December | 45 mm | 9 | 8.8 h/day | 79 % | 85 % | 19 km/h |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Stavropol.
QuestionsCommon questions about Stavropol’s climate
When is the best time to visit Stavropol?
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, August is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Stavropol get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 15 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 -6.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 121 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Stavropol?
May, averaging 96 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is February with 37 mm. The year as a whole averages 715 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 Stavropol 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
- 45.034°, 41.964° , 453 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- 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.