Climate and average weather in Kotovsk

In Kotovsk, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: early May to mid September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Kotovsk typically varies from -10°C to 26°C, and is rarely below -23°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 Kotovsk for warm-weather activities is from early May to mid September.

Hottest
Jul
26°
Coldest
Jan
-10°
Wettest
Jun
67 mm
Driest
Feb
36 mm
Rain / yr
570 mm
113 wet days
Daylight
7.4–16.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
136 m
52.6°N
Clearest
Aug
51% cloud

Kotovsk is town in Russia.

Density
1,912/km²
people per km²
Founded
1914

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

Kotovsk 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 early May to mid September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.4 months, from May 5 to September 15, with daily high temperatures above 18°C. The hottest month of the year in Kotovsk is July, with an average high of 26°C and low of 15°C.

The cool season lasts 3.7 months, from November 20 to March 11, with daily high temperatures below 1°C. The coldest month of the year in Kotovsk is January, with an average low of -10°C and high of -5°C.

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

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-5-10
Feb-4-10
Mar2-5
Apr133
May209
Jun2413
Jul2615
Aug2514
Sep188
Oct103
Nov2-3
Dec-3-8

How hot and cold Kotovsk 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 -19°C (around January 31), with roughly 184 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 117 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-5-5-17-10
Feb-4-4-17-10
Mar22-11-5
Apr1213-13
May202089
Jun24241313
Jul26261515
Aug25251414
Sep181878
Oct101003
Nov22-8-3
Dec-3-3-14-8

Average hourly temperature in Kotovsk

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 -10°C.

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

Kotovsk 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-5° / -10°4210.210.980.0
Feb-4° / -10°368.48.69.50.0
Mar / -5°3897.511.50.0
Apr13° / 428.81.213.63.4
May20° / 549.2015.56.4
Jun24° / 13°6711.5016.56.7
Jul26° / 15°5710.6016.16.7
Aug25° / 14°437.5014.57.3
Sep18° / 559.10.112.45.8
Oct10° / 529.61.310.32.3
Nov / -3°438.64.98.50.0
Dec-3° / -8°4310.29.97.50.0

Chance of rain

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

Kotovsk gets about 570 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 2.5 months, from around May 16 to Jul 29, peaking in June at about 40% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 15.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 67 mm over about 12 wet days; February is the driest, with 36 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 21 · 40%Aug 15 · 23%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3310
Feb318
Mar299
Apr299
May319
Jun3812
Jul3411
Aug258
Sep309
Oct3110
Nov299
Dec3310

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Kotovsk collects about 570 mm of rain across 113 wet days — roughly 48 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 67 mm, while February is the driest at just 36 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 31% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec423638425467574355524343
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan421011
Feb3689
Mar3898
Apr4291
May5490
Jun67120
Jul57110
Aug4380
Sep5590
Oct52101
Nov4395
Dec431010

Snow in Kotovsk

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.

Kotovsk averages about 44 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 11 to Apr 22 — about 6.4 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 10 days of snow and an estimated 38 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 170 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 28
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan1138
Feb936
Mar827
Apr15
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct13
Nov522
Dec1039

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Kotovsk, 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 6.3 months, ending around October 1. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 58% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 2 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around March 23. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 91% 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 8 · 63%Dec 31 · 7%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan991
Feb1486
Mar2872
Apr3862
May4654
Jun5446
Jul5743
Aug5842
Sep4060
Oct2575
Nov1585
Dec991

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 15, brings about 16 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around December 15, only 7 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 9 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.08:264:21
Feb9.57:435:14
Mar11.56:396:08
Apr13.65:257:04
May15.54:257:55
Jun16.53:578:31
Jul16.14:158:24
Aug14.55:037:33
Sep12.45:566:20
Oct10.36:505:08
Nov8.57:474:12
Dec7.58:273:53

Sunny days

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

Kotovsk averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 13 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.6 months, from around Mar 17 to Oct 4. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is January, down near 2 sunny days — about 87% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 913 daysJan 81 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb2Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May9Mixed
Jun9Mixed
Jul11Mixed
Aug12Mixed
Sep8Mixed
Oct5Gloomy
Nov3Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.7 months, from around June 4 to August 24. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 25% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around August 25 to June 3, and April 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 30 · 100%Jul 24 · 71%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May92710
Jun6524101
Jul4134223
Aug6127111
Sep94510
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 Kotovsk is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.4 months, from around Sep 30 to Apr 12. The windiest month is February, averaging about 16 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 13 to Sep 29, with July the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 3 · 16 km/hJul 25 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan15light breeze
Feb16light breeze
Mar15light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May12light breeze
Jun12calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep13light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec15light breeze

Best time to visit Kotovsk

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 17 · 7.5

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
Mar0.1poor
Apr3.4poor
May6.4good
Jun6.7good
Jul6.7good
Aug7.2good
Sep5.8good
Oct2.3poor
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 Kotovsk for hot-weather activities is from mid June to late August, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 9 · 6.8

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 Kotovsk, 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 -5°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Kotovsk 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 Kotovsk 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 Kotovsk peaks around June 21 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Kotovsk

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 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 3.5 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
Apr40
May50
Jun83.5
Jul7.52.5
Aug60
Sep40
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Kotovsk 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 Kotovsk is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodGoodMar 1915 µg/m³Dec 186 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr12Good
May7Good
Jun9Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep7Good
Oct7Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Kotovsk typically lasts about 209 days, from around April 6 to October 31 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 28 to October 4.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 1510%Apr 650%Apr 2890%Oct 490%Oct 3150%Jan 1610%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1031
Feb1028
Mar1931
Apr7128
May980
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep980
Oct7528
Nov3130
Dec1331

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. Kotovsk banks about 1,112 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02505007501,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr7
May146
Jun251
Jul326
Aug283
Sep100
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.

Kotovsk receives about 3.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.5 and 5.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 15. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.9 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.5 kWh/m² — roughly 91% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 115.9 kWhDec 160.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.7Dim
Feb1.5Dim
Mar3.0Moderate
Apr4.3Bright
May5.5Bright
Jun5.9Bright
Jul5.7Bright
Aug4.8Bright
Sep3.1Moderate
Oct1.6Dim
Nov0.8Dim
Dec0.5Dim

Where is Kotovsk?

Kotovsk sits at 52.6°N, 41.5°E, 136 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Tambov, 17 km away.

Topography around Kotovsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kotovsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m around an average of 137 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m.

The land around Kotovsk is covered by trees (60%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (68%) within 80 km.

3 km
80 m
16 km
93 m
80 km
132 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Tambov 17 km · Rasskazovo 27 km · Michurinsk 77 km · Zherdevka 82 km · Kirsanov 83 km · Uvarovo 85 km · Morshansk 97 km · Gryazi 106 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 Kotovsk (52.5905°, 41.5025°, elevation 136 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).