Climate and average weather in Nizhnekamsk

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

Best: early May to early September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Nizhnekamsk typically varies from -14°C to 25°C, and is rarely below -26°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 Nizhnekamsk for warm-weather activities is from early May to early September.

Hottest
Jul
25°
Coldest
Jan
-14°
Wettest
Aug
64 mm
Driest
Feb
28 mm
Rain / yr
535 mm
113 wet days
Daylight
6.8–17.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
126 m
55.6°N
Clearest
Jul
56% cloud

Nizhnekamsk is city in Tatarstan, Russia.

Density
3,690/km²
people per km²
Founded
1961

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

Nizhnekamsk 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 early September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.3 months, from May 5 to September 13, with daily high temperatures above 17°C. The hottest month of the year in Nizhnekamsk is July, with an average high of 25°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 20 to March 8, with daily high temperatures below -2°C. The coldest month of the year in Nizhnekamsk is January, with an average low of -14°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-8-14
Feb-8-14
Mar-1-8
Apr101
May198
Jun2312
Jul2514
Aug2213
Sep167
Oct82
Nov-1-6
Dec-7-12

How hot and cold Nizhnekamsk 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 February 1), with roughly 200 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 138 of them bitterly cold — worst in February.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-8-8-22-14
Feb-8-8-22-14
Mar-1-1-14-8
Apr1010-31
May191958
Jun23231212
Jul25251414
Aug22221313
Sep161657
Oct88-22
Nov-1-1-11-6
Dec-7-7-19-12

Average hourly temperature in Nizhnekamsk

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 25°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -14°C.

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

Nizhnekamsk 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° / -14°349.7127.40.0
Feb-8° / -14°2889.69.20.0
Mar-1° / -8°328.38.611.40.0
Apr10° / 347.3213.82.2
May19° / 449.20.215.96.1
Jun23° / 12°5710017.16.7
Jul25° / 14°5910.7016.66.9
Aug22° / 13°649.6014.86.7
Sep16° / 519.80.112.54.9
Oct / 5110.72.410.11.3
Nov-1° / -6°429.87.880.0
Dec-7° / -12°3810.111.56.90.0

Chance of rain

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

Nizhnekamsk gets about 535 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 2.3 months, from around May 25 to Aug 2, peaking in July at about 37% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 8.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 64 mm over about 10 wet days; February is the driest, with 28 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 1 · 37%Apr 8 · 24%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3110
Feb298
Mar278
Apr257
May309
Jun3410
Jul3311
Aug3110
Sep3310
Oct3511
Nov3310
Dec3210

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Nizhnekamsk collects about 535 mm of rain across 113 wet days — roughly 45 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 64 mm, while February is the driest at just 28 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 34% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec342832344457596451514238
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan341012
Feb28810
Mar3289
Apr3472
May4490
Jun57100
Jul59110
Aug64100
Sep51100
Oct51112
Nov42108
Dec381012

Snow in Nizhnekamsk

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.

Nizhnekamsk averages about 54 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 2 to May 1 — about 7 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 12 days of snow and an estimated 40 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 188 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 4
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan1240
Feb1035
Mar928
Apr28
May01
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct27
Nov829
Dec1239

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Nizhnekamsk, 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 25 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around September 25. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 51% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 26 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around March 24. The cloudiest month is December, 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 21 · 55%Jan 8 · 7%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1090
Feb1882
Mar2773
Apr3862
May4753
Jun4852
Jul5149
Aug4357
Sep3268
Oct1882
Nov1486
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 13, brings about 17 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 6 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 10 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan7.48:013:23
Feb9.27:114:24
Mar11.45:595:25
Apr13.84:376:29
May15.93:307:28
Jun17.12:578:09
Jul16.63:177:59
Aug14.84:127:01
Sep12.55:135:41
Oct10.16:144:21
Nov8.07:203:16
Dec6.98:052:53

Sunny days

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

Nizhnekamsk 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 10 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.6 months, from around Mar 22 to Sep 7. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 10 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is January, down near 2 sunny days — about 80% fewer than the July peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedJul 2210 daysJan 71 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May9Mixed
Jun8Mixed
Jul10Mixed
Aug8Gloomy
Sep5Gloomy
Oct3Gloomy
Nov2Gloomy
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 Nizhnekamsk, 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 28. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 24% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around August 29 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 8 · 100%Jul 18 · 74%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May97300
Jun692191
Jul4332205
Aug6226111
Sep94500
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 Nizhnekamsk is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Sep 30 to Apr 16. The windiest month is February, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 17 to Sep 29, with July the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 25 · 15 km/hJul 20 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan15light breeze
Feb15light breeze
Mar15light breeze
Apr14light breeze
May13light breeze
Jun12light breeze
Jul11calm
Aug12calm
Sep13light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Best time to visit Nizhnekamsk

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 21 · 7.0

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
Apr2.3poor
May6.0good
Jun6.7good
Jul6.9good
Aug6.7good
Sep4.8fair
Oct1.3poor
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 Nizhnekamsk for hot-weather activities is from mid June to mid August, with a peak score in the third week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 21 · 6.3

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 Nizhnekamsk, 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 25°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, Nizhnekamsk sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Nizhnekamsk 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 Nizhnekamsk peaks around June 22 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Nizhnekamsk

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 7 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
Apr20
May50
Jun70
Jul6.50
Aug4.50
Sep20
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Nizhnekamsk typically lasts about 194 days, from around April 13 to October 23 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 5 to September 29.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 2210%Apr 1350%May 590%Sep 2990%Oct 2350%Dec 110%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan531
Feb428
Mar1031
Apr5530
May943
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep971
Oct6531
Nov2030
Dec731

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. Nizhnekamsk banks about 908 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
May97
Jun225
Jul297
Aug231
Sep57
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.

Nizhnekamsk receives about 3.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.4 and 5.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Mar 17 to Sep 10. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.8 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.4 kWh/m² — roughly 93% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 155.9 kWhDec 200.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.6Dim
Feb1.4Dim
Mar3.0Moderate
Apr4.4Bright
May5.5Bright
Jun5.9Bright
Jul5.6Bright
Aug4.3Bright
Sep2.8Moderate
Oct1.3Dim
Nov0.6Dim
Dec0.4Dim

Where is Nizhnekamsk?

Nizhnekamsk sits at 55.6°N, 51.8°E, 126 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Yelabuga, 20 km away.

Topography around Nizhnekamsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nizhnekamsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 110 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 261 m.

The land around Nizhnekamsk is covered by artificial surfaces (42%), trees (32%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%), trees (28%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
183 m
80 km
261 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Yelabuga 20 km · Zainsk 39 km · Naberezhnyye Chelny 39 km · Mendeleyevsk 42 km · Chistopol’ 80 km · Vyatskiye Polyany 81 km · Menzelinsk 81 km · Kukmor 84 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 Nizhnekamsk (55.6379°, 51.815°, elevation 126 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).