Taganrog climate

Name: Taganrog
Address: RU

Taganrog is warmest in July, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.1 °C. May is the wettest month (53 mm) and August the driest (30 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Taganrog averages 516 mm of rain, 68 days above 25 °C and 86 days below freezing.

Russia · population 279,056 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month January -4.1 °C
Driest month August 30 mm
Wettest month May 53 mm
Least cloud August 31 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record January -25 °C
Warmest sea July 25 °C

What to expectTaganrog through the year

Taganrog has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -0.2 °C in January to 27 °C in July, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 68 days a year reach 25 °C, 18 of them reach 30 °C, 86 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 30 mm in August to 53 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Taganrog is warmest in July at 25 °C and coldest in February at 3.7 °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	-0.2 °C	49 mm	84 %
February	0.5 °C	42 mm	77 %
March	5.3 °C	45 mm	70 %
April	13.2 °C	42 mm	59 %
May	20.3 °C	53 mm	50 %
June	24.9 °C	46 mm	45 %
July	27.5 °C	36 mm	33 %
August	27.0 °C	30 mm	31 %
September	20.6 °C	39 mm	42 %
October	13.3 °C	40 mm	57 %
November	5.8 °C	43 mm	73 %
December	1.3 °C	51 mm	83 %

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	-0.2 °C	-4.1 °C	-2.1 °C	8.8 °C	-25.0 °C	0	0	23
February	0.5 °C	-3.9 °C	-1.6 °C	11.6 °C	-23.7 °C	0	0	21
March	5.3 °C	0.4 °C	2.9 °C	18.4 °C	-11.7 °C	0	0	13
April	13.2 °C	7.5 °C	10.5 °C	24.7 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	0
May	20.3 °C	14.2 °C	17.4 °C	32.7 °C	4.7 °C	5	0	0
June	24.9 °C	18.7 °C	22.0 °C	35.2 °C	9.9 °C	14	3	0
July	27.5 °C	21.1 °C	24.5 °C	36.6 °C	13.7 °C	23	8	0
August	27.0 °C	20.3 °C	23.8 °C	36.7 °C	12.4 °C	22	7	0
September	20.6 °C	14.9 °C	17.8 °C	32.3 °C	2.9 °C	4	0	0
October	13.3 °C	8.7 °C	11.1 °C	28.4 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	1
November	5.8 °C	2.2 °C	4.0 °C	16.1 °C	-14.1 °C	0	0	8
December	1.3 °C	-2.2 °C	-0.4 °C	11.1 °C	-22.9 °C	0	0	20

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	49 mm	10	8.9 h/day	84 %	85 %	24 km/h	3.9 °C
February	42 mm	8	10 h/day	77 %	83 %	24 km/h	3.7 °C
March	45 mm	9	12 h/day	70 %	81 %	24 km/h	4.6 °C
April	42 mm	8	14 h/day	59 %	74 %	23 km/h	9.7 °C
May	53 mm	9	15 h/day	50 %	68 %	21 km/h	17.3 °C
June	46 mm	8	16 h/day	45 %	65 %	20 km/h	22.5 °C
July	36 mm	6	16 h/day	33 %	62 %	19 km/h	24.7 °C
August	30 mm	5	14 h/day	31 %	60 %	20 km/h	24.4 °C
September	39 mm	6	13 h/day	42 %	67 %	21 km/h	19.3 °C
October	40 mm	7	11 h/day	57 %	76 %	22 km/h	13.7 °C
November	43 mm	7	9.4 h/day	73 %	83 %	23 km/h	8.0 °C
December	51 mm	9	8.5 h/day	83 %	85 %	24 km/h	4.9 °C

How Taganrog 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
Taganrog	27 °C	-4.1 °C	516 mm	68
Rostov-on-Don · Russia	29 °C	-5.2 °C	524 mm	88
Mariupol · Ukraine	28 °C	-3.5 °C	467 mm	70
Shakhty · Russia	29 °C	-6.4 °C	511 mm	83
Donetsk · Ukraine	27 °C	-6.6 °C	532 mm	70
Luhansk · Ukraine	28 °C	-6.7 °C	502 mm	77

Where Taganrog ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in June	7th of 50	23 °C
Best beach destinations in Europe in August	11th of 50	96/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in July	20th of 50	25 °C
Best beach destinations in Europe in July	22nd of 50	93/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in June	25th of 50	83/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in May	33rd of 50	17 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Taganrog’s climate

When is the best time to visit Taganrog?

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

How hot does Taganrog get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 18 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 -4.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 86 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Taganrog?

May, averaging 53 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is August with 30 mm. The year as a whole averages 516 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 Taganrog 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: 47.236°, 38.905° (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.