Climate and average weather in Surgut

In Surgut, the summers are mild, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are frigid, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid June to mid August

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Surgut typically varies from -23°C to 22°C, and is rarely below -38°C or above 28°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 Surgut for warm-weather activities is from mid June to mid August.

Hottest
Jul
22°
Coldest
Jan
-23°
Wettest
Aug
98 mm
Driest
Feb
18 mm
Rain / yr
563 mm
122 wet days
Daylight
5.0–19.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
43 m
61.3°N
Clearest
Jul
64% cloud

Surgut is city in Russia.

Density
849/km²
people per km²
Founded
1594

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

Surgut 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 June to mid August.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.7 months, from May 22 to September 10, with daily high temperatures above 12°C. The hottest month of the year in Surgut is July, with an average high of 22°C and low of 13°C.

The cool season lasts 3.4 months, from November 19 to March 1, with daily high temperatures below -9°C. The coldest month of the year in Surgut is January, with an average low of -23°C and high of -17°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 9°C) in May.

-40°-20°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-17-23
Feb-14-21
Mar-5-13
Apr2-6
May112
Jun1910
Jul2213
Aug1810
Sep114
Oct2-3
Nov-8-15
Dec-14-21

How hot and cold Surgut 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 -34°C (around January 4), with roughly 244 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 184 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-30°-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-17-17-33-23
Feb-14-14-31-21
Mar-5-5-21-13
Apr22-12-6
May1111-22
Jun1919910
Jul22221313
Aug1818910
Sep111114
Oct22-8-3
Nov-8-8-22-15
Dec-15-14-31-21

Average hourly temperature in Surgut

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 22°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -23°C.

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

Surgut 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° / -23°206.78.860.0
Feb-14° / -21°185.97.98.40.0
Mar-5° / -14°277.89.211.30.0
Apr / -6°368.96.414.30.0
May11° / 51112.517.12.4
Jun19° / 10°7312.90.118.85.4
Jul22° / 13°6911.1018.16.3
Aug18° / 10°9814.80.115.64.9
Sep11° / 6211.7112.62.4
Oct / -3°4812.58.39.60.1
Nov-9° / -15°359.911.56.90.0
Dec-15° / -21°268.311.45.20.0

Chance of rain

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

Surgut gets about 563 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 16 to Nov 17, peaking in August at about 48% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 17.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 98 mm over about 15 wet days; February is the driest, with 18 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 17 · 48%Feb 17 · 19%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan237
Feb206
Mar258
Apr299
May3511
Jun4313
Jul3711
Aug4715
Sep4012
Oct4013
Nov3310
Dec278

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Surgut collects about 563 mm of rain across 122 wet days — roughly 47 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 98 mm, while February is the driest at just 18 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec201827365173699862483526
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan2079
Feb1868
Mar2789
Apr3696
May51113
Jun73130
Jul69110
Aug98150
Sep62121
Oct48138
Nov351012
Dec26811

Snow in Surgut

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.

Surgut averages about 67 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 10 to Jun 4 — about 8.8 months.

November is snowiest, with roughly 12 days of snow and an estimated 40 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 222 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonNov 15
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan927
Feb824
Mar930
Apr620
May313
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep14
Oct833
Nov1240
Dec1131

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Surgut, 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 3 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around August 22. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 39% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around August 23 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around March 2. 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 20 · 41%Dec 14 · 7%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1189
Feb1585
Mar2476
Apr2872
May2674
Jun3268
Jul3961
Aug2575
Sep1684
Oct1090
Nov991
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 20, brings about 19 hours of light; the shortest, around December 19, only 5 hours — a swing of roughly 14 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan6.09:173:14
Feb8.48:064:35
Mar11.36:375:55
Apr14.34:577:16
May17.13:308:35
Jun18.82:409:33
Jul18.13:089:16
Aug15.64:237:57
Sep12.65:446:18
Oct9.67:024:40
Nov6.98:283:15
Dec5.29:302:35

Sunny days

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

Surgut averages about 3 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 8 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.5 months, from around Mar 1 to Aug 15. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 7 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is December, down near 1 sunny days — about 84% fewer than the July peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedJul 208 daysDec 111 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb2Gloomy
Mar4Gloomy
Apr5Gloomy
May4Gloomy
Jun5Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug4Gloomy
Sep3Gloomy
Oct2Gloomy
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 Surgut, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.7 months, from around June 6 to August 26. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 18% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around August 27 to June 5, 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 9 · 100%Jul 15 · 81%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May98100
Jun761671
Jul5626153
Aug732071
Sep98200
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 Surgut is typically light breeze, near 14 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.8 months, from around Oct 15 to May 8. The windiest month is March, averaging about 16 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 9 to Oct 14, with July the calmest month at about 12 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 19 · 16 km/hJul 26 · 12 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan16light breeze
Feb15light breeze
Mar16light breeze
Apr16light breeze
May14light breeze
Jun13light breeze
Jul12light breeze
Aug12light breeze
Sep13light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov15light breeze
Dec15light breeze

Hazard calendar for Surgut

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Surgut's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Surgut

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late June, Surgut 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 Surgut for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid June to mid August, with a peak score in the third week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 17 · 6.5

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
Mar0.0poor
Apr0.1poor
May2.4poor
Jun5.3fair
Jul6.3good
Aug4.9fair
Sep2.4poor
Oct0.1poor
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 Surgut for hot-weather activities is from late June to late July, with a peak score in the third week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 17 · 4.5

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 Surgut, 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 22°C), the essentials are 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, Surgut sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Surgut 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 Surgut peaks around June 20 at about 5 (moderate) — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 20UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Surgut

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
Apr1.50
May40
Jun6.50
Jul5.50
Aug30
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Surgut typically lasts about 149 days, from around May 11 to October 6 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from June 3 to September 14.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonApr 110%May 1150%Jun 390%Sep 1490%Oct 650%Nov 510%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan131
Feb228
Mar531
Apr2030
May6031
Jun970
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep8614
Oct3231
Nov730
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. Surgut banks about 491 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

0200400600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun131
Jul231
Aug126
Sep3
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.

Surgut receives about 2.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.2 and 5.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Mar 16 to Sep 3. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.3 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.2 kWh/m² — roughly 96% less than the June peak.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightJun 265.4 kWhDec 190.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.3Dim
Feb1.1Dim
Mar2.6Moderate
Apr4.2Bright
May5.0Bright
Jun5.3Bright
Jul5.2Bright
Aug3.4Moderate
Sep2.1Moderate
Oct1.0Dim
Nov0.4Dim
Dec0.2Dim

Where is Surgut?

Surgut sits at 61.3°N, 73.4°E, 43 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Belyy Yar, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Surgut

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Surgut has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m.

The land around Surgut is covered by artificial surfaces (74%) within 3 km, trees (42%) within 16 km, and trees (38%) and wetland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
78 m
80 km
82 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Belyy Yar 9.0 km · Fedorovskiy 42 km · Nefteyugansk 47 km · Pyt-Yakh 64 km · Lyantor 78 km · Poykovskiy 87 km · Langepas 96 km · Pokachi 116 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 Surgut (61.2576°, 73.4177°, elevation 43 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).