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Chita, Russia climate
Dwb Monsoon-influenced warm-summer humid continental
Chita has a strongly seasonal subarctic climate (Monsoon-influenced warm-summer humid continental, Köppen Dwb). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 27°C, while the coldest is January averaging around −30°C at night. Precipitation totals about 345 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — July alone averages 91 mm while February barely receives 2 mm. At latitude 52°N, day length swings from 7.5 hours in midwinter to 16.5 hours at midsummer.
Temperature & precipitation
Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figuresClear vs cloudy days
Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day countsChita climate normals (1991–2020)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | −17 | −9 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 7 | −6 | −16 |
| Avg temp (°C) | −24 | −18 | −8 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 0 | −12 | −22 |
| Avg low (°C) | −30 | −26 | −16 | −5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | −6 | −18 | −28 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 59 | 91 | 87 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | −17 | −9 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 25 |
| Avg temp (°C) | −24 | −18 | −8 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| Avg low (°C) | −30 | −26 | −16 | −5 | 2 | 9 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 59 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 27 | 24 | 17 | 7 | −6 | −16 |
| Avg temp (°C) | 20 | 17 | 10 | 0 | −12 | −22 |
| Avg low (°C) | 13 | 10 | 3 | −6 | −18 | −28 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 91 | 87 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
How often — frequency of weather events
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days with measurable rain (days) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Days with high ≥ 32°C (days) | — | — | — | — | 0.3 | 2 | 3 | 0.6 | — | — | — | — |
| Days with low ≤ 0°C (days) | 31 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 0.4 | — | 0.2 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 30 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days with measurable rain (days) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Days with high ≥ 32°C (days) | — | — | — | — | 0.3 | 2 |
| Days with low ≤ 0°C (days) | 31 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 0.4 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days with measurable rain (days) | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Days with high ≥ 32°C (days) | 3 | 0.6 | — | — | — | — |
| Days with low ≤ 0°C (days) | — | 0.2 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 30 |
Sky & atmosphere
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud cover (%) | 46 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 67 | 65 | 63 | 59 | 53 |
| Clear days (≤ 30% cloud) | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Partly cloudy days (30–70%) | 16 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 |
| Cloudy days (≥ 70%) | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 92 | 90 | 79 | 59 | 55 | 56 | 61 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 82 | 91 |
| Wind speed (km/h) | 10.1 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud cover (%) | 46 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 69 | 69 |
| Clear days (≤ 30% cloud) | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Partly cloudy days (30–70%) | 16 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| Cloudy days (≥ 70%) | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 92 | 90 | 79 | 59 | 55 | 56 |
| Wind speed (km/h) | 10.1 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 9.0 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud cover (%) | 70 | 67 | 65 | 63 | 59 | 53 |
| Clear days (≤ 30% cloud) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Partly cloudy days (30–70%) | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 |
| Cloudy days (≥ 70%) | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 61 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 82 | 91 |
| Wind speed (km/h) | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Chita, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.
Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.