Russia climate
Long bitter winters, brief warm summers. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.
Popular cities:Moscow · Saint Petersburg · Novosibirsk · Yekaterinburg · Nizhniy Novgorod · Kazan
Browse all 96 cities in Russia
Grouped by climate type, then by population.
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Warm-summer humid continental
54 citiesMoscowSaint PetersburgNovosibirskYekaterinburgNizhniy NovgorodKazanChelyabinskOmskSamaraUfaKrasnoyarskVoronezh
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Subarctic
11 citiesDwb
Monsoon-influenced warm-summer humid continental
7 citiesBSk
Cold semi-arid
4 citiesCfb
Oceanic / temperate
4 citiesDwa
Monsoon-influenced hot-summer humid continental
1 cityDsc
Mediterranean-influenced subarctic
1 cityDfd
Extremely cold subarctic
1 cityA few cities, to show the range
A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Russia.
Climate types in Russia
Russia spans 10 climate types. The 8 most widespread:
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Warm-summer humid continental · 54 citiesDfc
Subarctic · 11 citiesCfa
Humid subtropical · 8 citiesDwb
Monsoon-influenced warm-summer humid continental · 7 citiesDfa
Hot-summer humid continental · 5 citiesCfb
Oceanic / temperate · 4 citiesBSk
Cold semi-arid · 4 citiesDsc
Mediterranean-influenced subarctic · 1 city
… and 2 more.
Climate records across Russia — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest
Warmest Sochi (59.2 °F avg) · Coolest Verkhoyansk (7.2 °F avg) · Wettest Sochi (66 in/yr) · Driest Verkhoyansk (7 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Russia sits well between them.