Climate and average weather in Chernogorsk

In Chernogorsk, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are frigid, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid May to mid September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Chernogorsk typically varies from -21°C to 26°C, and is rarely below -32°C or above 32°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Chernogorsk for warm-weather activities is from mid May to mid September.

Hottest
Jul
26°
Coldest
Jan
-21°
Wettest
Aug
62 mm
Driest
Jan
6 mm
Rain / yr
348 mm
80 wet days
Daylight
7.2–16.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
263 m
53.8°N
Clearest
Jun
61% cloud

Chernogorsk is human settlement in Khakas Autonomous Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Founded
1936

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Chernogorsk weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to mid September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Chernogorsk, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.2 months, from May 9 to September 14, with daily high temperatures above 17°C. The hottest month of the year in Chernogorsk is July, with an average high of 26°C and low of 15°C.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from November 23 to February 24, with daily high temperatures below -5°C. The coldest month of the year in Chernogorsk is January, with an average low of -21°C and high of -13°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in May.

-20°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-13-21
Feb-8-18
Mar2-10
Apr12-1
May196
Jun2512
Jul2615
Aug2312
Sep176
Oct8-1
Nov-2-9
Dec-10-17

How hot and cold Chernogorsk really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -28°C (around January 27), with roughly 218 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 141 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-13-13-27-21
Feb-8-8-24-18
Mar22-15-10
Apr1112-5-1
May191936
Jun25251212
Jul26261515
Aug23231212
Sep171746
Oct88-4-1
Nov-2-2-14-9
Dec-10-10-23-17

Average hourly temperature in Chernogorsk

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 26°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -21°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Chernogorsk weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-13° / -21°623.67.80.0
Feb-8° / -19°62.13.59.40.0
Mar / -10°102.7311.50.2
Apr12° / -1°226.42.113.73.1
May19° / 379.40.315.65.9
Jun25° / 12°509.8016.76.8
Jul26° / 15°5710.8016.36.4
Aug23° / 12°6211.3014.66.5
Sep17° / 459.50.212.55.2
Oct / -1°277.32.410.21.4
Nov-3° / -9°175.25.58.30.0
Dec-10° / -17°113.85.67.30.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Chernogorsk gets about 348 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.3 months, from around Apr 19 to Oct 26, peaking in August at about 39% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 17.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 62 mm over about 11 wet days; January is the driest, with 6 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 5 · 39%Jan 17 · 6%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan72
Feb82
Mar93
Apr216
May309
Jun3310
Jul3511
Aug3711
Sep3110
Oct247
Nov175
Dec124

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Chernogorsk collects about 348 mm of rain across 80 wet days — roughly 29 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 62 mm, while January is the driest at just 6 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 48% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec6610223750576245271711
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan624
Feb624
Mar1033
Apr2262
May3790
Jun50100
Jul57110
Aug62110
Sep45100
Oct2772
Nov1756
Dec1146

Snow in Chernogorsk

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Chernogorsk averages about 26 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 25 to May 9 — about 7.5 months.

November is snowiest, with roughly 6 days of snow and an estimated 18 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 76 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonNov 27
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan410
Feb410
Mar39
Apr27
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct27
Nov618
Dec615

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Chernogorsk, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 10 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around September 28. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 44% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 29 and lasts for 3.8 months, ending around January 21. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 77% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 9 · 46%Nov 20 · 21%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3367
Feb3862
Mar4060
Apr3565
May3862
Jun4456
Jul4357
Aug4456
Sep4060
Oct3169
Nov2377
Dec2773

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 13, brings about 16 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 7 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 9 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan7.89:134:55
Feb9.48:275:51
Mar11.57:206:48
Apr13.76:037:47
May15.65:018:41
Jun16.74:319:19
Jul16.34:509:11
Aug14.65:408:18
Sep12.56:367:02
Oct10.27:335:47
Nov8.38:334:47
Dec7.39:154:26

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Chernogorsk averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 9 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 2.8 months, from around Jan 18 to Apr 13. The sunniest month is March, with roughly 8 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 3 sunny days — about 59% fewer than the March peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyergloomymixedMar 189 daysNov 223 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan6Gloomy
Feb7Gloomy
Mar8Mixed
Apr6Gloomy
May7Gloomy
Jun7Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug8Gloomy
Sep7Gloomy
Oct5Gloomy
Nov3Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Chernogorsk, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.2 months, from around June 16 to August 21. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 15% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around August 22 to June 15, and May is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 25 · 100%Jul 23 · 82%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May100000
Jun841430
Jul4936141
Aug662760
Sep97300
Oct100000
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Chernogorsk is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 3.5 months, from around Mar 8 to Jun 21. The windiest month is May, averaging about 10 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Dec 1 to Mar 7, with February the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeMay 2 · 11 km/hFeb 2 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar9calm
Apr11calm
May10calm
Jun9calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep9calm
Oct9calm
Nov9calm
Dec8calm

Best time to visit Chernogorsk

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Chernogorsk throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early September, Chernogorsk is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Chernogorsk for general outdoor tourist activities is from early May to mid September, with a peak score in the second week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 10 · 6.8

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.2poor
Apr3.1poor
May5.9good
Jun6.7good
Jul6.5good
Aug6.5good
Sep5.1fair
Oct1.5poor
Nov0.0poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Chernogorsk for hot-weather activities is from early June to mid August, with a peak score in the second week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 10 · 6.4

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Chernogorsk, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 26°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -13°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Chernogorsk sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Chernogorsk by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chernogorsk peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Chernogorsk

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 1.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr3.50
May70
Jun7.50
Jul7.51.5
Aug6.50
Sep30
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Chernogorsk by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Chernogorsk is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodGoodApr 1616 µg/m³Dec 145 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb10Good
Mar10Good
Apr17Moderate
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug9Good
Sep7Good
Oct6Good
Nov6Good
Dec5Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Chernogorsk typically lasts about 173 days, from around April 21 to October 10 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 16 to September 22.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 2410%Apr 2150%May 1690%Sep 2290%Oct 1050%Nov 910%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan031
Feb128
Mar731
Apr4030
May8815
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep938
Oct4131
Nov830
Dec231

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Chernogorsk banks about 937 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02004006008001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May70
Jun250
Jul327
Aug243
Sep47
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Chernogorsk receives about 3.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.7 and 6.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 16 to Sep 15. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.7 kWh/m² — roughly 89% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 136.3 kWhDec 190.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.0Dim
Feb2.0Dim
Mar3.4Moderate
Apr4.8Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun6.3Intense
Jul5.7Bright
Aug4.8Bright
Sep3.4Moderate
Oct1.9Dim
Nov1.0Dim
Dec0.7Dim

Where is Chernogorsk?

Chernogorsk sits at 53.8°N, 91.3°E, 263 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Abakan, 15 km away.

Topography around Chernogorsk

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Chernogorsk.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chernogorsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m around an average of 272 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 394 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,044 m.

The land around Chernogorsk is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) within 16 km, and grassland (61%) within 80 km.

3 km
93 m
16 km
394 m
80 km
1,044 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Abakan 15 km · Minusinsk 30 km · Shushenskoye 70 km · Sayanogorsk 81 km · Abaza 154 km · Uzhur 191 km · Mezhdurechensk 214 km · Myski 231 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,547
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
other Christian 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chernogorsk (53.8288°, 91.3095°, elevation 263 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).