Climate
Kaliningrad has a temperate climate, with cold, cloudy, moderate winters and mild summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms. Average temperatures range from -1.5 to 18.1 °C (29 to 65 °F) and rainfall varies from 36.0 millimeters (1.42 in)/month to 96.0 millimeters (3.78 in)/month. In general, it is a maritime climate and therefore damp, variable and mild.
The seasons are clearly differentiated. Spring starts in March and is initially cold and windy, later becoming pleasantly warm and often very sunny. Summer, which begins in June, is predominantly warm but hot at times (with temperature reaching as high as 30–35 °C (86–95 °F) at least once per year) with plenty of sunshine interspersed with heavy rain. The average annual hours of sunshine for Kaliningrad are 1700, similar to other Northern cities. July and August are the hottest months. Autumn comes in September and is at first warm and usually sunny, turning cold, damp and foggy in November. Winter lasts from December to March and includes periods of snow. January and February are the coldest months with the temperature sometimes dropping as low as −15 °C (5 °F).
| Climate data for Kaliningrad | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.7 (54.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
33.5 (92.3) |
36.3 (97.3) |
36.5 (97.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
19.4 (66.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
36.5 (97.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 0.7 (33.3) |
1.5 (34.7) |
5.6 (42.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
17.6 (63.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
5.6 (42.1) |
1.9 (35.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
2.0 (35.6) |
7.3 (45.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.6 (63.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
8.4 (47.1) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
2.9 (37.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
10.9 (51.6) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.2 (41.4) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
4.4 (39.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −32.5 (−26.5) |
−33.3 (−27.9) |
−21.7 (−7.1) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
0.7 (33.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−2 (28.4) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−18.7 (−1.7) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−33.3 (−27.9) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 68 (2.68) |
49 (1.93) |
51 (2.01) |
36 (1.42) |
54 (2.13) |
78 (3.07) |
76 (2.99) |
96 (3.78) |
74 (2.91) |
82 (3.23) |
82 (3.23) |
72 (2.83) |
818 (32.2) |
| % humidity | 85 | 83 | 78 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 79 |
| Avg. rainy days | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 185 |
| Avg. snowy days | 15 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 64 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 34.1 | 61.6 | 120.9 | 171.0 | 254.2 | 264.0 | 257.3 | 229.4 | 159.0 | 96.1 | 39.0 | 24.8 | 1,711.4 |
| Source #1: Pogoda.ru.net | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Hong Kong Observatory | |||||||||||||
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