Climate and average weather in Izhevsk

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

Best: mid May to early September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Izhevsk typically varies from -15°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -27°C or above 31°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 Izhevsk for warm-weather activities is from mid May to early September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-15°
Wettest
Jul
73 mm
Driest
Feb
30 mm
Rain / yr
608 mm
123 wet days
Daylight
6.5–17.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
155 m
56.9°N
Clearest
Jul
60% cloud

Izhevsk is city in central Russia, capital of Udmurtia.

Density
2,057/km²
people per km²
Founded
1760

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

Izhevsk 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 early September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Izhevsk, 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 7 to September 11, with daily high temperatures above 16°C. The hottest month of the year in Izhevsk is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.5 months, from November 19 to March 5, with daily high temperatures below -3°C. The coldest month of the year in Izhevsk is January, with an average low of -15°C and high of -9°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in May.

-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-9-15
Feb-8-14
Mar-1-8
Apr90
May187
Jun2211
Jul2414
Aug2112
Sep157
Oct71
Nov-2-6
Dec-8-13

How hot and cold Izhevsk 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 -23°C (around January 29), with roughly 204 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 138 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-9-9-22-15
Feb-8-8-21-14
Mar-1-1-14-8
Apr99-40
May181847
Jun22221111
Jul24241414
Aug21211212
Sep151557
Oct77-31
Nov-2-2-12-6
Dec-8-8-19-13

Average hourly temperature in Izhevsk

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 24°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -15°C.

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

Izhevsk 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-9° / -15°381012.47.20.0
Feb-8° / -14°308.29.89.10.0
Mar-1° / -8°388.89.611.40.0
Apr / 378.6313.91.8
May18° / 5210.50.316.15.5
Jun22° / 11°6812017.46.2
Jul24° / 14°7311.6016.96.7
Aug21° / 12°6811.1014.96.2
Sep15° / 5710.40.112.54.3
Oct / 5811.63.2100.9
Nov-2° / -7°4710.48.87.80.0
Dec-8° / -13°411011.96.60.0

Chance of rain

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

Izhevsk gets about 608 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.1 months, from around May 17 to Nov 18, peaking in June at about 42% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 5.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 73 mm over about 12 wet days; February is the driest, with 30 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 29 · 42%Apr 5 · 27%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3210
Feb308
Mar289
Apr299
May3411
Jun4012
Jul3712
Aug3611
Sep3510
Oct3812
Nov3510
Dec3210

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Izhevsk collects about 608 mm of rain across 123 wet days — roughly 51 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 73 mm, while February is the driest at just 30 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 34% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec383038375268736857584741
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan381012
Feb30810
Mar38910
Apr3793
May52110
Jun68120
Jul73120
Aug68110
Sep57100
Oct58123
Nov47109
Dec411012

Snow in Izhevsk

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.

Izhevsk averages about 59 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 29 to May 5 — about 7.2 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 12 days of snow and an estimated 45 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 223 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 5
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan1245
Feb1038
Mar1034
Apr310
May02
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct314
Nov937
Dec1243

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

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

The clearer part of the year begins around March 24 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around September 9. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 49% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 10 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around March 23. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 92% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 17 · 52%Jan 5 · 6%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1090
Feb1882
Mar2476
Apr3367
May4258
Jun4357
Jul4951
Aug3763
Sep2674
Oct1684
Nov1189
Dec892

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 14, brings about 17 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 6 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 11 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan7.29:034:10
Feb9.18:095:14
Mar11.46:556:19
Apr13.95:297:26
May16.14:188:29
Jun17.43:429:12
Jul16.94:049:02
Aug14.95:038:00
Sep12.56:076:36
Oct10.07:125:13
Nov7.88:204:05
Dec6.69:093:38

Sunny days

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

Izhevsk averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 9 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.6 months, from around Mar 15 to Aug 31. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 8 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is January, down near 2 sunny days — about 79% fewer than the July peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedJul 179 daysJan 51 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr6Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun7Gloomy
Jul8Mixed
Aug6Gloomy
Sep4Gloomy
Oct3Gloomy
Nov2Gloomy
Dec1Gloomy

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 Izhevsk, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.7 months, from around June 9 to August 29. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 23% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around August 30 to June 8, 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 10 · 100%Jul 14 · 76%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May97300
Jun712081
Jul4731203
Aug6524111
Sep95410
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 Izhevsk is typically calm, near 12 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around Sep 25 to Apr 21. The windiest month is October, averaging about 13 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 22 to Sep 24, with July the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeOct 20 · 13 km/hJul 17 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb12light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr12calm
May12calm
Jun11calm
Jul10calm
Aug11calm
Sep11calm
Oct13light breeze
Nov12light breeze
Dec12light breeze

Best time to visit Izhevsk

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late May, Izhevsk is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

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 Izhevsk for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to early September, with a peak score in the third week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 18 · 6.9

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
Mar0.0poor
Apr1.8poor
May5.5fair
Jun6.2good
Jul6.7good
Aug6.2good
Sep4.3fair
Oct1.0poor
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 Izhevsk for hot-weather activities is from late June to early August, with a peak score in the third week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 20 · 6.0

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 Izhevsk, 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 24°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -9°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Izhevsk sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Izhevsk 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 Izhevsk peaks around June 22 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Izhevsk

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 June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 6.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended). 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
Apr00
May4.50
Jun6.50
Jul6.50
Aug4.50
Sep10
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Izhevsk typically lasts about 190 days, from around April 15 to October 21 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 11 to September 26.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 2310%Apr 1550%May 1190%Sep 2690%Oct 2150%Nov 2910%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan431
Feb428
Mar931
Apr5130
May919
Jun990
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep954
Oct6031
Nov1830
Dec631

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. Izhevsk banks about 780 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
May66
Jun199
Jul274
Aug202
Sep39
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.

Izhevsk receives about 2.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.3 and 5.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 10. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.7 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.3 kWh/m² — roughly 94% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 115.7 kWhDec 200.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.5Dim
Feb1.3Dim
Mar2.7Moderate
Apr4.3Bright
May5.4Bright
Jun5.7Bright
Jul5.5Bright
Aug4.1Bright
Sep2.6Moderate
Oct1.2Dim
Nov0.6Dim
Dec0.3Dim

Where is Izhevsk?

Izhevsk sits at 56.9°N, 53.2°E, 155 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Agryz, 39 km away.

Topography around Izhevsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Izhevsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 127 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 244 m.

The land around Izhevsk is covered by artificial surfaces (58%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
107 m
16 km
148 m
80 km
244 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Agryz 39 km · Votkinsk 53 km · Sarapul 56 km · Chaykovskiy 57 km · Uva 63 km · Mozhga 75 km · Igra 79 km · Neftekamsk 107 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 Izhevsk (56.8522°, 53.1986°, elevation 155 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).