Ulyanovsk climate

Name: Ulyanovsk
Address: RU

Ulyanovsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -13 °C. June is the wettest month (61 mm) and February the driest (26 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ulyanovsk averages 515 mm of rain, 35 days above 25 °C and 165 days below freezing.

Russia · population 626,540 · 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 24 °C
Coldest month February -13 °C
Driest month February 26 mm
Wettest month June 61 mm
Least cloud July 49 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record December -36 °C

What to expectUlyanovsk through the year

Ulyanovsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -7.4 °C in February to 24 °C in July, a swing of 30 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 35 days a year reach 25 °C, 6 of them reach 30 °C, 165 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 26 mm in February to 61 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-7.7 °C	31 mm	89 %
February	-7.4 °C	26 mm	79 %
March	-1.2 °C	30 mm	70 %
April	9.2 °C	38 mm	62 %
May	17.8 °C	44 mm	55 %
June	22.2 °C	61 mm	54 %
July	24.2 °C	58 mm	49 %
August	22.3 °C	57 mm	53 %
September	16.1 °C	54 mm	65 %
October	8.0 °C	48 mm	76 %
November	-0.5 °C	35 mm	84 %
December	-5.8 °C	33 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	-7.7 °C	-12.5 °C	-9.9 °C	4.2 °C	-33.8 °C	0	0	31
February	-7.4 °C	-12.8 °C	-9.9 °C	4.9 °C	-34.4 °C	0	0	28
March	-1.2 °C	-7.4 °C	-4.1 °C	15.6 °C	-25.5 °C	0	0	29
April	9.2 °C	-0.0 °C	4.9 °C	23.6 °C	-15.8 °C	0	0	15
May	17.8 °C	8.3 °C	13.5 °C	32.6 °C	-3.3 °C	3	0	1
June	22.2 °C	13.7 °C	18.4 °C	35.8 °C	2.2 °C	8	2	0
July	24.2 °C	16.1 °C	20.6 °C	36.8 °C	8.9 °C	13	3	0
August	22.3 °C	14.5 °C	18.6 °C	37.3 °C	5.2 °C	9	2	0
September	16.1 °C	9.3 °C	12.8 °C	29.3 °C	-2.3 °C	1	0	0
October	8.0 °C	2.8 °C	5.5 °C	20.0 °C	-8.7 °C	0	0	8
November	-0.5 °C	-4.4 °C	-2.3 °C	14.6 °C	-27.6 °C	0	0	23
December	-5.8 °C	-10.4 °C	-7.9 °C	5.0 °C	-35.7 °C	0	0	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	31 mm	8	7.9 h/day	89 %	84 %	20 km/h
February	26 mm	7	9.7 h/day	79 %	82 %	20 km/h
March	30 mm	7	12 h/day	70 %	82 %	20 km/h
April	38 mm	8	14 h/day	62 %	73 %	19 km/h
May	44 mm	9	16 h/day	55 %	64 %	19 km/h
June	61 mm	10	17 h/day	54 %	66 %	18 km/h
July	58 mm	9	17 h/day	49 %	67 %	17 km/h
August	57 mm	9	15 h/day	53 %	68 %	17 km/h
September	54 mm	9	13 h/day	65 %	72 %	18 km/h
October	48 mm	10	11 h/day	76 %	77 %	20 km/h
November	35 mm	8	8.5 h/day	84 %	81 %	19 km/h
December	33 mm	9	7.4 h/day	89 %	84 %	19 km/h

How Ulyanovsk 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
Ulyanovsk	24 °C	-13 °C	515 mm	35
Tolyatti · Russia	25 °C	-12 °C	491 mm	43
Syzran · Russia	26 °C	-13 °C	493 mm	53
Samara · Russia	26 °C	-13 °C	477 mm	51
Kazan · Russia	24 °C	-13 °C	564 mm	33
Saransk · Russia	24 °C	-12 °C	596 mm	35
Cheboksary · Russia	23 °C	-13 °C	594 mm	28

Where Ulyanovsk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	20th of 50	89/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	28th of 50	91/100
The coolest places in Europe in March	34th of 50	-1.2 °C
The coolest places in the world in March	41st of 50	-1.2 °C
The driest places in Europe in November	41st of 50	35 mm
The driest places in Europe in December	43rd of 50	33 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ulyanovsk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ulyanovsk?

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 Ulyanovsk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 6 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 -13 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 165 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ulyanovsk?

June, averaging 61 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is February with 26 mm. The year as a whole averages 515 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 Ulyanovsk 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: 54.328°, 48.387° (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.