Geography and Climate
Yekaterinburg is situated on the border of Europe and Asia, 1,667 kilometers (1,036 mi) east of Moscow, on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains on the Iset River. It is surrounded by partially wooded plains, mainly cultivated for agricultural purposes, and small lakes. The city features a humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen climate classification. The winter lasts for about six months—from October until the middle of April—and the temperature may fall to −45 °C (−49 °F), though rarely lower than −20 °C (−4 °F) to +25 °C (77 °F). Summer in the Urals is short, with warm weather for only 65–70 days and an average temperature of +18 °C (64 °F). The city's location "behind" the mountain range and highly variable winds mean that the weather is quite changeable from one day to the next and from year to year.
| Climate data for Yekaterinburg | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) |
9.4 (48.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
38.8 (101.8) |
37.2 (99.0) |
31.9 (89.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
13.5 (56.3) |
5.9 (42.6) |
38.8 (101.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −9.1 (15.6) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
17.4 (63.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
6.8 (44.2) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
7.6 (45.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.6 (9.3) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
4.3 (39.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
9.8 (49.6) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−11 (12.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −15.7 (3.7) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
0.0 (32.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
12.1 (53.8) |
14.4 (57.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−13.7 (7.3) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −44.6 (−48.3) |
−42.4 (−44.3) |
−39.2 (−38.6) |
−21.8 (−7.2) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−1 (30) |
−9 (16) |
−26.6 (−15.9) |
−39.2 (−38.6) |
−46.7 (−52.1) |
−46.7 (−52.1) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 26 (1.02) |
20 (0.79) |
20 (0.79) |
28 (1.1) |
50 (1.97) |
74 (2.91) |
89 (3.5) |
72 (2.83) |
58 (2.28) |
39 (1.54) |
33 (1.3) |
28 (1.1) |
537 (21.14) |
| % humidity | 79 | 75 | 68 | 60 | 57 | 63 | 68 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 78 | 79 | 71 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 46.5 | 96.1 | 164.3 | 207.0 | 257.3 | 273.0 | 269.7 | 217.0 | 144.0 | 77.5 | 51.0 | 37.2 | 1,840.6 |
| Source #1: pogoda.ru.net | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: HKO | |||||||||||||
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