Kamchatka

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

The warmest month is August, with an average high of 17°C; the coldest is February, with an average low of -11°C. A normal year brings 1138 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-2002040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

Normals for Sep 28

Normal high
11°C
Normal low
5°C
Reanalysis high
15°Cin 2018
Reanalysis low
2°Cin 1997
Chance of a wet day
41%
Daylight
11 h 50 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowWarmestColdestPrecipitationWet days
January-5°C-11°C2°C (2000)-27°C (2000)105 mm12.4
February-5°C-11°C1°C (2014)-26°C (2006)76 mm11.3
March-3°C-9°C4°C (2020)-22°C (2001)102 mm12.4
April0°C-5°C5°C (2000)-18°C (2010)84 mm9.0
May6°C0°C17°C (2005)-7°C (1998)62 mm9.3
June13°C6°C24°C (1998)0°C (1995)66 mm9.0
July17°C10°C27°C (2010)5°C (1991)74 mm9.3
August17°C11°C27°C (2009)5°C (1992)99 mm12.4
September14°C7°C23°C (2011)0°C (1993)102 mm12.0
October7°C2°C14°C (1994)-7°C (1998)127 mm12.4
November0°C-5°C7°C (1994)-16°C (2015)129 mm12.0
December-5°C-10°C4°C (2010)-21°C (1994)112 mm12.4
Year5°C-1°C1138 mm134

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

1138 mm in a normal year, most in November.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, in percent.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Days with a mean dew point of 18°C or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January-9°C93%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February-10°C92%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March-7°C90%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April-4°C89%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May1°C86%100%0%0%0%0%0%
June6°C84%100%0%0%0%0%0%
July10°C85%86%13%0%0%0%0%
August11°C85%87%12%1%0%0%0%
September7°C83%99%1%0%0%0%0%
October2°C85%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November-4°C90%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December-8°C93%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 13°C, comfortable to 16°C, humid to 18°C, muggy to 21°C, oppressive to 24°C, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is December, with the sky 59 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is August, at 72 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is January, averaging 19.1 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 17, with 16 h 57 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 19, with 7 h 33 min.

Hours of daylight at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

Where no station record is within reach, the extremes shown are the highest and lowest the reanalysis produced for the date in 1991-2020, not measured records.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.