Climate of Moscow, Russia

Dfb

Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Dfb — Cold, no dry season, warm summer.

Moscow has a mean annual temperature of 5.9 °C and receives 695 mm of precipitation per year (1991–2020 climate normals). The warmest month is July with a mean temperature of 19.2 °C, while January is the coldest month at -6.8 °C. Most precipitation falls in July (83 mm); the driest month is April (38 mm).

Climate Diagram

Climate diagram for Moscow: monthly mean temperature (red line, left axis, °C) and monthly precipitation (blue bars, right axis, mm), 1991–2020 -10 -20 0 0 10 20 20 40 30 60 40 80 50 100 °C mm J F M A M J J A S O N D

Walter–Lieth diagram: blue bars show monthly precipitation (right axis, mm), the red line shows monthly mean temperature (left axis, °C). Scale: 1 °C ≡ 2 mm.

Climate Table

MonthMean temperature (°C)Precipitation (mm)
January-6.850.0
February-6.442.3
March-1.339.3
April6.537.8
May13.559.5
June17.175.8
July19.282.9
August17.277.1
September11.863.9
October5.567.4
November-0.949.8
December-4.848.9
Year5.9694.5

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Data Source

Climate normals and Köppen-Geiger classification: Beck et al. (2023), Scientific Data 10, 724, CC BY 4.0. Period 1991–2020. Classification resolution ≈ 1 km; monthly climate data resolution ≈ 1 km (0.01°, Original 2023 release; predates the January 2026 correction), sampled at the grid cell containing the city coordinates (55.76°, 37.62°). Climate normals describe the long-term average, not current weather.