Yekaterinburg weather by month
The best time to visit Yekaterinburg is June to August — 93/100 in August, 23°C and 10 rainy days. The best season is summer, June to August (90/100 on average).
The worst month is January at 26/100 — freezing, dry, clean air. See January →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: June to August (90/100 on average) · worst January (26/100)
- Days
- 23°C
- Nights
- 12°C
- Wet days
- 10
- Sun
- 10.6 h
- Humidity
- 71%
- Daylight
- 15 h

Yekaterinburg, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Yekaterinburg is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Yekaterinburg through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- February
- Maslenitsa16–22 FebFestival
- May
- Night of Museums14–21 May (usually)Festival
- Victory Day9 MayHoliday
- June
- Ural Music Night20 Jun – 5 Jul (usually)Festival
- July
- Tsar's Days procession15–19 JulFestival
- August
- Mushroom and berry season1 Aug – 25 Sep (usually)Season
- November
- Night of Arts3–4 NovFestival
- December
- New Year holidays31 Dec – 8 JanHoliday
- Ice sculpture season20 Dec – 25 Feb (usually)Season
Crowds in Yekaterinburg in August
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Busyschool holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Yekaterinburg
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters discussing January travel through this part of Russia describe conditions as terribly cold, with temperatures easily reaching -30C in a given cold snap, though posters note precipitation itself stays minimal this time of year - one traveler on the Trans-Siberian route specifically reported no rain at all in January, consistent with the deep-winter continental pattern where cold, not wetness, defines the season. Given limited destination-specific detail for Yekaterinburg itself, this note leans on that broader regional pattern for Russia's Ural region in January: bitterly cold, generally dry, with short daylight hours. Posters generally recommend serious cold-weather gear as the non-negotiable preparation for any January visit to this part of Russia.
Forum posters describe Russia's brief summer (June-July) as bringing normal warm-season temperatures generally in the 20-30C range, a real contrast to the long, very cold winters this Ural-region city is otherwise known for. Posters discussing Russia's broader climate note that summers this far into the Urals and beyond stay noticeably shorter than in European Russia, with the warm window itself lasting only about two months. Given limited detailed trip reports specific to Yekaterinburg's July weather, the general pattern posters describe for Russia's short, genuinely warm summer is the most reliable guide - real summer heat, but a narrow window compared to much of the rest of the year.
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