Zlatoust climate

Name: Zlatoust
Address: RU

Zlatoust is warmest in July, with average highs of 21 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -17 °C. July is the wettest month (99 mm) and February the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zlatoust averages 600 mm of rain, 13 days above 25 °C and 196 days below freezing.

Russia · population 191,366 · 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 21 °C
Coldest month January -17 °C
Driest month February 17 mm
Wettest month July 99 mm
Least cloud May 59 % cloud
Hottest on record July 33 °C
Coldest on record January -40 °C

What to expectZlatoust through the year

Zlatoust has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -11 °C in January to 21 °C in July, a swing of 31 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 13 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C, 196 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 99 mm against 17 mm in February — 6.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-10.7 °C	19 mm	83 %
February	-8.7 °C	17 mm	78 %
March	-1.8 °C	29 mm	73 %
April	6.9 °C	40 mm	64 %
May	14.9 °C	60 mm	59 %
June	19.2 °C	81 mm	60 %
July	20.7 °C	99 mm	61 %
August	18.6 °C	86 mm	66 %
September	12.8 °C	59 mm	71 %
October	5.1 °C	55 mm	80 %
November	-3.7 °C	31 mm	83 %
December	-9.2 °C	23 mm	84 %

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	-10.7 °C	-17.0 °C	-13.6 °C	2.5 °C	-39.8 °C	0	0	31
February	-8.7 °C	-16.1 °C	-12.2 °C	4.7 °C	-37.7 °C	0	0	28
March	-1.8 °C	-9.9 °C	-5.6 °C	11.1 °C	-25.9 °C	0	0	31
April	6.9 °C	-2.8 °C	2.5 °C	24.4 °C	-18.2 °C	0	0	21
May	14.9 °C	4.1 °C	10.2 °C	27.3 °C	-8.1 °C	1	0	6
June	19.2 °C	9.7 °C	15.1 °C	30.6 °C	-2.8 °C	4	0	0
July	20.7 °C	12.2 °C	16.9 °C	33.4 °C	3.1 °C	5	1	0
August	18.6 °C	10.6 °C	15.0 °C	31.3 °C	1.2 °C	4	0	0
September	12.8 °C	5.4 °C	9.3 °C	28.3 °C	-6.2 °C	0	0	2
October	5.1 °C	-0.7 °C	2.3 °C	19.2 °C	-20.5 °C	0	0	17
November	-3.7 °C	-9.6 °C	-6.4 °C	9.6 °C	-34.2 °C	0	0	28
December	-9.2 °C	-15.4 °C	-12.1 °C	4.8 °C	-39.3 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	19 mm	6	7.8 h/day	83 %	80 %	15 km/h
February	17 mm	6	9.6 h/day	78 %	77 %	16 km/h
March	29 mm	7	12 h/day	73 %	76 %	17 km/h
April	40 mm	9	14 h/day	64 %	70 %	18 km/h
May	60 mm	11	16 h/day	59 %	66 %	17 km/h
June	81 mm	15	17 h/day	60 %	71 %	16 km/h
July	99 mm	15	17 h/day	61 %	75 %	15 km/h
August	86 mm	14	15 h/day	66 %	76 %	15 km/h
September	59 mm	12	13 h/day	71 %	77 %	16 km/h
October	55 mm	11	11 h/day	80 %	79 %	17 km/h
November	31 mm	8	8.4 h/day	83 %	81 %	17 km/h
December	23 mm	7	7.2 h/day	84 %	81 %	16 km/h

How Zlatoust 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
Zlatoust	21 °C	-17 °C	600 mm	13
Miass · Russia	22 °C	-18 °C	474 mm	25
Chelyabinsk · Russia	23 °C	-17 °C	466 mm	34
Yekaterinburg · Russia	22 °C	-17 °C	526 mm	22
Kamensk-Ural’skiy · Russia	23 °C	-17 °C	500 mm	31
Magnitogorsk · Russia	24 °C	-18 °C	403 mm	41
Ufa · Russia	24 °C	-16 °C	600 mm	39

Where Zlatoust ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in October	13th of 50	5.1 °C
The coolest places in Europe year-round	14th of 50	5.3 °C
The coolest places in Europe in September	15th of 50	13 °C
The coolest places in the world in October	17th of 50	5.1 °C
The coolest places in the world year-round	17th of 50	5.3 °C
The coolest places in Europe in March	20th of 50	-1.8 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zlatoust’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zlatoust?

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 Zlatoust get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 21 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -17 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 196 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zlatoust?

July, averaging 99 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is February with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 600 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 Zlatoust 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: 55.172°, 59.655° (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.