Climate and average weather in Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy

In Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are frigid, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: mid May to early September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy typically varies from -29°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -38°C or above 30°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 Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy for warm-weather activities is from mid May to early September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-29°
Wettest
Aug
83 mm
Driest
Jan
2 mm
Rain / yr
348 mm
67 wet days
Daylight
7.6–16.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
789 m
51.3°N
Clearest
Oct
56% cloud

Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy is human settlement in Russia.

Density
1,038/km²
people per km²
Founded
1789

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

Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy 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 Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.5 months, from May 7 to September 19, with daily high temperatures above 14°C. The hottest month of the year in Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 13°C.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from November 22 to February 20, with daily high temperatures below -9°C. The coldest month of the year in Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy is January, with an average low of -29°C and high of -17°C.

Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 15°C) in February.

-40°-20°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-16-29
Feb-11-26
Mar-1-16
Apr8-5
May162
Jun229
Jul2413
Aug2110
Sep153
Oct5-6
Nov-6-17
Dec-15-25

How hot and cold Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy 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 -37°C (around January 14), with roughly 247 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 180 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-40°-30°-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-16-16-37-29
Feb-11-11-34-26
Mar-1-1-23-16
Apr88-9-5
May1616-12
Jun222289
Jul24241313
Aug2121910
Sep151503
Oct55-11-6
Nov-6-6-24-17
Dec-15-15-33-25

Average hourly temperature in Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy

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 -29°C.

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

Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy 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-17° / -29°20.91.88.20.0
Feb-11° / -26°30.91.79.60.0
Mar-1° / -16°62.12.811.50.0
Apr / -5°184.53.513.51.6
May16° / 387.71.815.35.2
Jun22° / 499.30.116.36.7
Jul24° / 13°7011.6015.96.6
Aug21° / 10°8311.6014.46.2
Sep15° / 4790.912.44.5
Oct / -6°174.43.710.40.7
Nov-7° / -17°82.73.98.60.0
Dec-15° / -26°51.83.37.70.0

Chance of rain

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

Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy 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 5.4 months, from around Apr 25 to Oct 6, peaking in August at about 41% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 25.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 83 mm over about 12 wet days; January is the driest, with 2 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 6 · 41%Jan 25 · 3%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan31
Feb41
Mar72
Apr155
May248
Jun319
Jul3812
Aug3812
Sep289
Oct164
Nov93
Dec62

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy collects about 348 mm of rain across 67 wet days — roughly 29 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 83 mm, while January is the driest at just 2 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 58% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2361838497083471785
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan212
Feb312
Mar623
Apr1854
May3882
Jun4990
Jul70120
Aug83120
Sep4791
Oct1744
Nov834
Dec523

Snow in Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy

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.

Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy averages about 24 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 7 to Jun 2 — about 8.8 months.

November is snowiest, with roughly 4 days of snow and an estimated 10 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 82 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonNov 1
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan25
Feb26
Mar38
Apr414
May29
Jun02
Jul00
Aug00
Sep16
Oct415
Nov410
Dec39

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy, 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 December 21 and lasts for 3.4 months, ending around April 1. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 48% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 1 and lasts for 1.6 months, ending around December 20. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 63% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 1 · 51%Dec 3 · 32%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4852
Feb4852
Mar4654
Apr4159
May4456
Jun4654
Jul4456
Aug4456
Sep4852
Oct4852
Nov3763
Dec4159

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 19, brings about 16 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around December 18, only 7 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 8 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.28:504:58
Feb9.68:105:48
Mar11.57:096:40
Apr13.55:587:32
May15.35:018:21
Jun16.34:358:55
Jul15.94:528:48
Aug14.45:378:00
Sep12.46:276:51
Oct10.47:185:41
Nov8.68:124:48
Dec7.78:514:31

Sunny days

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

Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 10 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 1.8 months, from around Sep 10 to Nov 3. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 10 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is December, down near 8 sunny days — about 17% fewer than the October peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedOct 1610 daysDec 36 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar10Mixed
Apr7Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun8Mixed
Jul7Gloomy
Aug8Gloomy
Sep9Mixed
Oct10Mixed
Nov7Gloomy
Dec8Mixed

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 Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 7% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJun 4 · 100%Jul 24 · 91%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar10000
Apr10000
May10000
Jun9361
Jul61327
Aug79183
Sep9910
Oct10000
Nov10000
Dec10000

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 Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 3.5 months, from around Feb 25 to Jun 11. The windiest month is April, averaging about 12 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 12 to Sep 18, with July the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeApr 24 · 12 km/hJul 20 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan8calm
Feb9calm
Mar11calm
Apr12calm
May12calm
Jun10calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep10calm
Oct10calm
Nov10calm
Dec9calm

Best time to visit Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late August, Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy 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 Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to early September, with a peak score in the second week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 14 · 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
Mar0.0poor
Apr1.7poor
May5.2fair
Jun6.7good
Jul6.6good
Aug6.2good
Sep4.5fair
Oct0.8poor
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 Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy for hot-weather activities is from mid June to early August, with a peak score in the third week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 17 · 5.7

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 Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy, 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 -17°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy 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 Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy peaks around July 16 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 16UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy

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 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4 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
Apr50
May70
Jun7.52
Jul84
Aug6.50
Sep3.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy 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 Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy is worst in May — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 27.0× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodMay 1840 µg/m³Dec 152 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan4Good
Feb5Good
Mar9Good
Apr31Moderate
May41Poor
Jun34Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep5Good
Oct8Good
Nov3Good
Dec2Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy typically lasts about 142 days, from around May 6 to September 24 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 28 to September 8.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonApr 1410%May 650%May 2890%Sep 890%Sep 2450%Oct 1010%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan031
Feb028
Mar231
Apr1530
May7027
Jun990
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep7221
Oct931
Nov030
Dec031

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. Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy banks about 629 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

0200400600800JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May15
Jun170
Jul255
Aug176
Sep13
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.

Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy receives about 3.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.0 and 6.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 11 to Sep 14. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.3 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.0 kWh/m² — roughly 83% less than the June peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 76.4 kWhDec 171.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.4Dim
Feb2.5Moderate
Mar4.0Moderate
Apr5.2Bright
May6.1Intense
Jun6.3Intense
Jul5.7Bright
Aug4.8Bright
Sep3.6Moderate
Oct2.5Moderate
Nov1.5Dim
Dec1.0Dim

Where is Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy?

Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy sits at 51.3°N, 108.8°E, 789 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Ulan-Ude, 106 km away.

Topography around Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 242 m around an average of 854 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 547 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,115 m.

The land around Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy is covered by trees (61%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (69%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
242 m
16 km
547 m
80 km
1,115 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Ulan-Ude 106 km · Gusinoozyorsk 163 km · Kyakhta 197 km · Sühbaatar 219 km · Darhan 287 km · Dzüünharaa 319 km · Baykal’sk 328 km · Chita 331 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 Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy (51.2758°, 108.8471°, elevation 789 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).