Syktyvkar climate
Syktyvkar is warmest in July, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -16 °C. August is the wettest month (77 mm) and February the driest (26 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Syktyvkar averages 610 mm of rain, 15 days above 25 °C and 202 days below freezing.
Russia · population 245,083 · 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 22 °C
- Coldest month January -16 °C
- Driest month February 26 mm
- Wettest month August 77 mm
- Least cloud July 63 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 35 °C
- Coldest on record December -42 °C
What to expectSyktyvkar through the year
Syktyvkar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -11 °C in January to 22 °C in July, a swing of 31 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 15 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C, 202 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 77 mm against 26 mm in February — 2.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.8 °C | 33 mm | 92 % |
| February | -9.6 °C | 26 mm | 84 % |
| March | -2.4 °C | 33 mm | 78 % |
| April | 4.9 °C | 38 mm | 72 % |
| May | 13.3 °C | 54 mm | 65 % |
| June | 18.6 °C | 74 mm | 67 % |
| July | 21.7 °C | 69 mm | 63 % |
| August | 17.6 °C | 77 mm | 73 % |
| September | 11.8 °C | 64 mm | 80 % |
| October | 3.9 °C | 60 mm | 87 % |
| November | -4.0 °C | 43 mm | 92 % |
| December | -8.2 °C | 38 mm | 95 % |
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 | -10.8 °C | -16.3 °C | -13.4 °C | 3.7 °C | -41.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| February | -9.6 °C | -15.4 °C | -12.2 °C | 3.0 °C | -38.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| March | -2.4 °C | -9.5 °C | -5.7 °C | 8.5 °C | -33.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| April | 4.9 °C | -4.1 °C | 0.7 °C | 23.4 °C | -21.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| May | 13.3 °C | 2.9 °C | 8.7 °C | 31.1 °C | -12.3 °C | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| June | 18.6 °C | 9.3 °C | 14.5 °C | 32.1 °C | -2.0 °C | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 21.7 °C | 12.7 °C | 17.7 °C | 34.9 °C | 3.6 °C | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| August | 17.6 °C | 10.1 °C | 14.0 °C | 34.2 °C | 1.0 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 11.8 °C | 5.6 °C | 8.8 °C | 24.9 °C | -4.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| October | 3.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 1.8 °C | 18.0 °C | -20.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| November | -4.0 °C | -8.5 °C | -6.1 °C | 10.1 °C | -34.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| December | -8.2 °C | -13.3 °C | -10.7 °C | 4.1 °C | -42.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33 mm | 10 | 6.3 h/day | 92 % | 83 % | 15 km/h |
| February | 26 mm | 8 | 8.9 h/day | 84 % | 81 % | 15 km/h |
| March | 33 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 78 % | 79 % | 16 km/h |
| April | 38 mm | 9 | 15 h/day | 72 % | 75 % | 16 km/h |
| May | 54 mm | 11 | 18 h/day | 65 % | 66 % | 16 km/h |
| June | 74 mm | 12 | 20 h/day | 67 % | 68 % | 16 km/h |
| July | 69 mm | 12 | 19 h/day | 63 % | 70 % | 14 km/h |
| August | 77 mm | 13 | 16 h/day | 73 % | 77 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 64 mm | 13 | 13 h/day | 80 % | 81 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 60 mm | 13 | 10 h/day | 87 % | 83 % | 16 km/h |
| November | 43 mm | 11 | 7.2 h/day | 92 % | 85 % | 15 km/h |
| December | 38 mm | 11 | 5.4 h/day | 95 % | 85 % | 15 km/h |
Where Syktyvkar ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The coolest places in Europe in October | 7th of 50 | 3.9 °C |
| The coolest places in the world in October | 9th of 50 | 3.9 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in September | 10th of 50 | 12 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in April | 11th of 50 | 4.9 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe year-round | 12th of 50 | 4.7 °C |
| The coolest places in the world in September | 14th of 50 | 12 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Syktyvkar.
QuestionsCommon questions about Syktyvkar’s climate
When is the best time to visit Syktyvkar?
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 Syktyvkar get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. About 2 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -16 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 202 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Syktyvkar?
August, averaging 77 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 26 mm. The year as a whole averages 610 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 Syktyvkar 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
- 61.664°, 50.816° (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.