Vladivostok climate

Name: Vladivostok
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Vladivostok is warmest in August, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -13 °C. August is the wettest month (140 mm) and January the driest (12 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Vladivostok averages 694 mm of rain, 4 days above 25 °C and 139 days below freezing.

Russia · population 604,901 · 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 22 °C
Coldest month January -13 °C
Driest month January 12 mm
Wettest month August 140 mm
Least cloud January 31 % cloud
Hottest on record July 31 °C
Coldest on record January -25 °C
Warmest sea August 21 °C

What to expectVladivostok through the year

Vladivostok has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -7.0 °C in January to 22 °C in August, a swing of 31 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 4 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C, 139 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 140 mm against 12 mm in January — 12 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Vladivostok is warmest in August at 21 °C and coldest in February at -0.4 °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	-7.0 °C	12 mm	31 %
February	-3.5 °C	14 mm	37 %
March	1.9 °C	27 mm	48 %
April	7.0 °C	44 mm	58 %
May	11.5 °C	77 mm	69 %
June	15.8 °C	65 mm	78 %
July	20.1 °C	121 mm	80 %
August	22.3 °C	140 mm	72 %
September	19.4 °C	83 mm	54 %
October	12.9 °C	60 mm	43 %
November	3.6 °C	34 mm	39 %
December	-4.5 °C	17 mm	34 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	-7.0 °C	-12.9 °C	-9.7 °C	3.1 °C	-25.3 °C	0	31
February	-3.5 °C	-10.1 °C	-6.5 °C	8.7 °C	-23.2 °C	0	28
March	1.9 °C	-3.5 °C	-0.7 °C	16.9 °C	-16.3 °C	0	26
April	7.0 °C	2.0 °C	4.4 °C	18.7 °C	-5.8 °C	0	5
May	11.5 °C	7.4 °C	9.3 °C	24.4 °C	1.6 °C	0	0
June	15.8 °C	12.8 °C	14.1 °C	25.2 °C	6.8 °C	0	0
July	20.1 °C	17.6 °C	18.7 °C	31.1 °C	11.5 °C	1	0
August	22.3 °C	19.5 °C	20.8 °C	29.6 °C	11.8 °C	3	0
September	19.4 °C	15.6 °C	17.6 °C	28.0 °C	5.2 °C	0	0
October	12.9 °C	8.1 °C	10.7 °C	22.1 °C	-4.7 °C	0	0
November	3.6 °C	-1.6 °C	1.2 °C	14.2 °C	-14.9 °C	0	18
December	-4.5 °C	-10.1 °C	-7.0 °C	8.0 °C	-20.2 °C	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	12 mm	2	9.4 h/day	31 %	63 %	18 km/h	0.2 °C
February	14 mm	3	11 h/day	37 %	63 %	18 km/h	-0.4 °C
March	27 mm	5	12 h/day	48 %	66 %	19 km/h	0.1 °C
April	44 mm	7	13 h/day	58 %	75 %	18 km/h	3.1 °C
May	77 mm	11	15 h/day	69 %	83 %	17 km/h	7.6 °C
June	65 mm	9	15 h/day	78 %	89 %	16 km/h	12.7 °C
July	121 mm	11	15 h/day	80 %	91 %	16 km/h	17.5 °C
August	140 mm	12	14 h/day	72 %	87 %	17 km/h	20.7 °C
September	83 mm	9	13 h/day	54 %	76 %	17 km/h	19.0 °C
October	60 mm	7	11 h/day	43 %	68 %	19 km/h	13.8 °C
November	34 mm	5	9.7 h/day	39 %	63 %	19 km/h	7.3 °C
December	17 mm	3	9.0 h/day	34 %	62 %	18 km/h	2.7 °C

How Vladivostok 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
Vladivostok	22 °C	-13 °C	694 mm	4
Ussuriysk · Russia	25 °C	-20 °C	676 mm	40
Yanji · China	26 °C	-18 °C	670 mm	66
Chongjin · North Korea	24 °C	-12 °C	1,021 mm	18
Mudanjiang · China	27 °C	-21 °C	633 mm	61
Jixi · China	26 °C	-22 °C	635 mm	55

Where Vladivostok ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Europe in January	11thof 50	25/100
The driest places in Europe in December	11thof 50	17 mm
The driest places in Europe in January	11thof 50	12 mm
The coolest places in Europe in June	13thof 50	16 °C
Best beach destinations in Europe in February	14thof 50	25/100
The coolest places in Europe in May	14thof 50	12 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Vladivostok’s climate

When is the best time to visit Vladivostok?

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

How hot does Vladivostok get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -13 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 139 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Vladivostok?

August, averaging 140 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is January with 12 mm. The year as a whole averages 694 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 Vladivostok 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
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.