Climate and average weather in Verkhniy Ufaley

In Verkhniy Ufaley, 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 Verkhniy Ufaley typically varies from -17°C to 22°C, and is rarely below -27°C or above 29°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 Verkhniy Ufaley for warm-weather activities is from mid May to early September.

Hottest
Jul
22°
Coldest
Jan
-17°
Wettest
Jul
92 mm
Driest
Feb
15 mm
Rain / yr
536 mm
111 wet days
Daylight
6.7–17.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
360 m
56.1°N
Clearest
May
64% cloud

Verkhniy Ufaley is human settlement in Verkhny Ufaley Urban Okrug, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
511/km²
people per km²
Founded
1761

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

Verkhniy Ufaley 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 Verkhniy Ufaley, 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 6 to September 13, with daily high temperatures above 14°C. The hottest month of the year in Verkhniy Ufaley is July, with an average high of 22°C and low of 13°C.

The cool season lasts 3.5 months, from November 17 to March 3, with daily high temperatures below -4°C. The coldest month of the year in Verkhniy Ufaley is January, with an average low of -17°C and high of -10°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-10-17
Feb-8-16
Mar-1-9
Apr9-1
May165
Jun2110
Jul2213
Aug2011
Sep146
Oct60
Nov-3-9
Dec-9-15

How hot and cold Verkhniy Ufaley 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 -25°C (around January 28), with roughly 217 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 148 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-10-10-24-17
Feb-8-8-23-16
Mar-1-1-15-9
Apr89-5-1
May161635
Jun2121910
Jul22221213
Aug20201011
Sep141436
Oct66-40
Nov-3-3-15-9
Dec-9-9-22-15

Average hourly temperature in Verkhniy Ufaley

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 -17°C.

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

Verkhniy Ufaley 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-10° / -17°185.67.47.30.0
Feb-8° / -16°154.96.79.10.0
Mar-1° / -9°287.28.311.40.0
Apr / -1°3683.613.81.6
May16° / 5610.40.9165.0
Jun21° / 10°7013.20.117.25.8
Jul22° / 13°9213.7016.76.1
Aug20° / 11°7613.5014.85.6
Sep14° / 4810.30.412.53.8
Oct / -0°479.84.710.10.7
Nov-3° / -9°287.78.37.90.0
Dec-9° / -15°226.58.66.80.0

Chance of rain

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

Verkhniy Ufaley gets about 536 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 6.0 months, from around Apr 25 to Oct 24, peaking in July at about 46% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 19.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 92 mm over about 14 wet days; February is the driest, with 15 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 10 · 46%Feb 19 · 16%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan196
Feb175
Mar227
Apr278
May3410
Jun4313
Jul4414
Aug4314
Sep3510
Oct3210
Nov268
Dec217

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Verkhniy Ufaley collects about 536 mm of rain across 111 wet days — roughly 45 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 92 mm, while February is the driest at just 15 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 44% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec181528365670927648472822
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan1867
Feb1557
Mar2878
Apr3684
May56101
Jun70130
Jul92140
Aug76140
Sep48100
Oct47105
Nov2888
Dec2279

Snow in Verkhniy Ufaley

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.

Verkhniy Ufaley averages about 49 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 17 to May 26 — about 8.3 months.

November is snowiest, with roughly 8 days of snow and an estimated 27 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 169 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonNov 28
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan724
Feb721
Mar829
Apr415
May16
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep01
Oct521
Nov827
Dec925

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Verkhniy Ufaley, 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 22 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around September 11. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 41% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 12 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around March 21. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 90% 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 · 43%Dec 16 · 10%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1387
Feb2278
Mar2674
Apr3268
May3961
Jun4060
Jul4159
Aug3466
Sep2674
Oct1882
Nov1387
Dec1090

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 18 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 6 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 10 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan7.39:304:47
Feb9.18:395:49
Mar11.47:266:51
Apr13.86:037:56
May16.04:548:56
Jun17.24:209:38
Jul16.74:419:28
Aug14.85:378:29
Sep12.56:407:07
Oct10.17:425:47
Nov7.98:484:41
Dec6.89:354:16

Sunny days

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

Verkhniy Ufaley averages about 4 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 7 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.8 months, from around Feb 17 to Aug 13. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 6 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is December, down near 2 sunny days — about 72% fewer than the May peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedMay 277 daysDec 192 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr6Gloomy
May7Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug4Gloomy
Sep4Gloomy
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 Verkhniy Ufaley, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.6 months, from around June 11 to August 27. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 16% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around August 28 to June 10, 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 13 · 100%Jul 23 · 81%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May99100
Jun791650
Jul5528161
Aug692380
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 Verkhniy Ufaley is typically light breeze, near 12 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 7.0 months, from around Sep 29 to Apr 28. The windiest month is October, averaging about 13 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 29 to Sep 28, with July the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeOct 22 · 14 km/hJul 23 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan13light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May12light breeze
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep12light breeze
Oct13light breeze
Nov13light breeze
Dec13light breeze

Hazard calendar for Verkhniy Ufaley

In seasonPeak

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

Verkhniy Ufaley'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 Verkhniy Ufaley

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 24 · 6.2

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
May5.0fair
Jun5.8good
Jul6.1good
Aug5.6good
Sep3.8fair
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 Verkhniy Ufaley for hot-weather activities is from mid June to early August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 22 · 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 Verkhniy Ufaley, 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 light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -10°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Verkhniy Ufaley sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Verkhniy Ufaley 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 Verkhniy Ufaley peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 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 21UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Verkhniy Ufaley

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 7.5 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
Apr2.50
May50
Jun7.50
Jul70
Aug5.50
Sep2.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Verkhniy Ufaley typically lasts about 182 days, from around April 18 to October 16 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 19 to September 20.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 2710%Apr 1850%May 1990%Sep 2090%Oct 1650%Nov 1910%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan131
Feb228
Mar631
Apr4430
May8717
Jun990
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep9210
Oct5131
Nov1230
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. Verkhniy Ufaley banks about 610 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
May35
Jun162
Jul228
Aug164
Sep21
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.

Verkhniy Ufaley receives about 2.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.4 and 5.7 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 5.7 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.5 kWh/m² — roughly 92% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 95.7 kWhDec 210.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.7Dim
Feb1.5Dim
Mar2.9Moderate
Apr4.3Bright
May5.3Bright
Jun5.7Bright
Jul5.2Bright
Aug4.0Moderate
Sep2.7Moderate
Oct1.4Dim
Nov0.7Dim
Dec0.4Dim

Where is Verkhniy Ufaley?

Verkhniy Ufaley sits at 56.1°N, 60.2°E, 360 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Snezhinsk, 33 km away.

Topography around Verkhniy Ufaley

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Verkhniy Ufaley has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m around an average of 390 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 397 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 945 m.

The land around Verkhniy Ufaley is covered by trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (91%) within 16 km, and trees (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
156 m
16 km
397 m
80 km
945 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Snezhinsk 33 km · Kasli 38 km · Kyshtym 43 km · Polevskoy 43 km · Ozersk 45 km · Sysert’ 62 km · Karabash 63 km · Degtyarsk 73 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 Verkhniy Ufaley (56.0549°, 60.2257°, elevation 360 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).