What’s the Weather Like?

Average wintertime temperature is -15 degrees Centigrade. The temperature falls considerably in January. On the coldest days, the temperature can drop to as low as -30 - -35 degrees. There’s lots of snow in February.

Spring usually arrives late. In March, the weather is often still quite wintery, and the temperature only starts rising considerably in early April. The snow usually melts by early May, and the first summer days arrive in the second half of May.

The average summertime temperature is +19 – +24 degrees Centigrade. On the hottest summer days, the temperature can rise to as high as +30 degrees. The hottest summer month is July. There’s not much rainfall in the summer, and there are frequent periods of drought, with occasional showers and thunderstorms.

It starts raining more often in late September, and it gets noticeably colder in October. The average September temperature is around +12.

The first cold days arrive in November with the first snow. The snow usually covers the ground in December.