Vologda climate

Name: Vologda
Address: RU

Vologda is warmest in July, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -12 °C. July is the wettest month (81 mm) and February the driest (30 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Vologda averages 640 mm of rain, 14 days above 25 °C and 176 days below freezing.

Russia · population 312,420 · 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 -12 °C
Driest month February 30 mm
Wettest month July 81 mm
Least cloud July 62 % cloud
Hottest on record August 35 °C
Coldest on record February -38 °C

What to expectVologda through the year

Vologda has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -7.0 °C in January to 22 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 14 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C, 176 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 81 mm against 30 mm in February — 2.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-7.0 °C	37 mm	91 %
February	-6.2 °C	30 mm	86 %
March	-0.7 °C	33 mm	74 %
April	7.6 °C	38 mm	67 %
May	15.3 °C	57 mm	62 %
June	19.4 °C	80 mm	62 %
July	21.9 °C	81 mm	62 %
August	19.4 °C	79 mm	65 %
September	13.6 °C	60 mm	75 %
October	6.0 °C	58 mm	83 %
November	-1.0 °C	47 mm	91 %
December	-4.6 °C	40 mm	93 %

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	-7.0 °C	-12.0 °C	-9.3 °C	5.4 °C	-37.2 °C	0	0	30
February	-6.2 °C	-11.9 °C	-8.8 °C	4.8 °C	-37.6 °C	0	0	28
March	-0.7 °C	-7.6 °C	-3.9 °C	13.8 °C	-25.4 °C	0	0	29
April	7.6 °C	-1.5 °C	3.4 °C	23.8 °C	-16.7 °C	0	0	21
May	15.3 °C	5.3 °C	11.0 °C	30.8 °C	-5.1 °C	1	0	4
June	19.4 °C	10.6 °C	15.7 °C	31.9 °C	1.4 °C	4	0	0
July	21.9 °C	13.7 °C	18.3 °C	33.8 °C	4.3 °C	7	1	0
August	19.4 °C	11.7 °C	15.9 °C	35.1 °C	2.3 °C	3	0	0
September	13.6 °C	7.2 °C	10.5 °C	25.7 °C	-4.7 °C	0	0	1
October	6.0 °C	1.5 °C	3.8 °C	19.4 °C	-20.7 °C	0	0	11
November	-1.0 °C	-4.7 °C	-2.7 °C	13.7 °C	-30.7 °C	0	0	23
December	-4.6 °C	-9.1 °C	-6.8 °C	7.8 °C	-36.5 °C	0	0	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	37 mm	10	6.9 h/day	91 %	86 %	18 km/h
February	30 mm	8	9.2 h/day	86 %	83 %	19 km/h
March	33 mm	9	12 h/day	74 %	81 %	18 km/h
April	38 mm	8	14 h/day	67 %	72 %	18 km/h
May	57 mm	11	17 h/day	62 %	67 %	18 km/h
June	80 mm	12	19 h/day	62 %	70 %	17 km/h
July	81 mm	13	18 h/day	62 %	74 %	15 km/h
August	79 mm	12	16 h/day	65 %	76 %	16 km/h
September	60 mm	11	13 h/day	75 %	80 %	17 km/h
October	58 mm	12	10 h/day	83 %	83 %	19 km/h
November	47 mm	11	7.7 h/day	91 %	86 %	18 km/h
December	40 mm	11	6.2 h/day	93 %	87 %	19 km/h

How Vologda 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
Vologda	22 °C	-12 °C	640 mm	14
Cherepovets · Russia	21 °C	-11 °C	666 mm	11
Rybinsk · Russia	22 °C	-10 °C	666 mm	16
Kostroma · Russia	23 °C	-11 °C	650 mm	19
Yaroslavl · Russia	23 °C	-11 °C	648 mm	20
Vladimir · Russia	23 °C	-11 °C	615 mm	24
Tver · Russia	23 °C	-10.0 °C	652 mm	19

Where Vologda ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in September	23rdof 50	14 °C
The coolest places in Europe in October	27thof 50	6.0 °C
The coolest places in the world in September	30thof 50	14 °C
The coolest places in Europe in April	32ndof 50	7.6 °C
The coolest places in the world in October	32ndof 50	6.0 °C
The coolest places in the world in April	39thof 50	7.6 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Vologda’s climate

When is the best time to visit Vologda?

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 Vologda get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. About 1 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 -12 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 176 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Vologda?

July, averaging 81 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 30 mm. The year as a whole averages 640 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 Vologda 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.