Sterlitamak climate

Name: Sterlitamak
Address: RU

Sterlitamak is warmest in July, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -15 °C. August is the wettest month (60 mm) and February the driest (34 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sterlitamak averages 569 mm of rain, 43 days above 25 °C and 175 days below freezing.

Russia · population 267,231 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month January -15 °C
Driest month February 34 mm
Wettest month August 60 mm
Least cloud July 50 % cloud
Hottest on record June 36 °C
Coldest on record January -39 °C

What to expectSterlitamak through the year

Sterlitamak has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -9.1 °C in January to 25 °C in July, a swing of 32 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 43 days a year reach 25 °C, 10 of them reach 30 °C, 175 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 34 mm in February to 60 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-9.1 °C	38 mm	84 %
February	-7.7 °C	34 mm	76 %
March	-0.6 °C	39 mm	70 %
April	10.1 °C	40 mm	62 %
May	18.7 °C	51 mm	55 %
June	23.1 °C	56 mm	52 %
July	24.8 °C	54 mm	50 %
August	23.0 °C	60 mm	55 %
September	16.6 °C	50 mm	64 %
October	8.1 °C	57 mm	76 %
November	-1.2 °C	44 mm	80 %
December	-7.5 °C	44 mm	84 %

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	-9.1 °C	-15.1 °C	-11.9 °C	2.5 °C	-39.4 °C	0	0	31
February	-7.7 °C	-14.5 °C	-11.0 °C	4.4 °C	-38.5 °C	0	0	28
March	-0.6 °C	-8.4 °C	-4.3 °C	15.2 °C	-28.8 °C	0	0	30
April	10.1 °C	-0.5 °C	5.1 °C	26.3 °C	-16.9 °C	0	0	16
May	18.7 °C	7.1 °C	13.6 °C	31.7 °C	-4.5 °C	5	0	2
June	23.1 °C	12.5 °C	18.5 °C	35.6 °C	-0.6 °C	11	3	0
July	24.8 °C	14.9 °C	20.4 °C	35.6 °C	7.1 °C	15	4	0
August	23.0 °C	13.2 °C	18.4 °C	35.5 °C	2.9 °C	10	3	0
September	16.6 °C	7.8 °C	12.4 °C	32.3 °C	-2.5 °C	2	0	1
October	8.1 °C	1.6 °C	4.9 °C	20.9 °C	-12.9 °C	0	0	11
November	-1.2 °C	-6.4 °C	-3.7 °C	11.8 °C	-32.0 °C	0	0	26
December	-7.5 °C	-13.5 °C	-10.3 °C	3.2 °C	-37.7 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	38 mm	10	8.0 h/day	84 %	81 %	17 km/h
February	34 mm	8	9.8 h/day	76 %	79 %	17 km/h
March	39 mm	8	12 h/day	70 %	79 %	18 km/h
April	40 mm	8	14 h/day	62 %	69 %	18 km/h
May	51 mm	10	16 h/day	55 %	62 %	17 km/h
June	56 mm	11	17 h/day	52 %	63 %	16 km/h
July	54 mm	9	17 h/day	50 %	65 %	15 km/h
August	60 mm	10	15 h/day	55 %	66 %	15 km/h
September	50 mm	10	13 h/day	64 %	69 %	16 km/h
October	57 mm	11	11 h/day	76 %	74 %	17 km/h
November	44 mm	9	8.6 h/day	80 %	79 %	16 km/h
December	44 mm	10	7.5 h/day	84 %	82 %	17 km/h

How Sterlitamak 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
Sterlitamak	25 °C	-15 °C	569 mm	43
Ufa · Russia	24 °C	-16 °C	600 mm	39
Magnitogorsk · Russia	24 °C	-18 °C	403 mm	41
Orenburg · Russia	28 °C	-15 °C	392 mm	71
Zlatoust · Russia	21 °C	-17 °C	600 mm	13
Orsk · Russia	27 °C	-16 °C	352 mm	69
Miass · Russia	22 °C	-18 °C	474 mm	25

Where Sterlitamak ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	13th of 50	90/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	19th of 50	91/100
The coolest places in Europe in December	39th of 50	-7.5 °C
The coolest places in Europe in January	41st of 50	-9.1 °C
The coolest places in Europe in February	44th of 50	-7.7 °C
The coolest places in Europe in November	44th of 50	-1.2 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sterlitamak’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sterlitamak?

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 Sterlitamak get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 10 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -15 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 175 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Sterlitamak?

August, averaging 60 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is February with 34 mm. The year as a whole averages 569 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 Sterlitamak 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: 53.638°, 55.953° (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.