Climate averages 1991–2020
Nizhniy Novgorod weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Nizhniy Novgorod: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 03 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dzerzhinsk (35 km away). In July its highs average 23.5°C, about as warm as Nizhniy Novgorod, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Nizhniy Novgorod ranks joint 144th of 236 for the warmest July highs and joint 123rd of 236 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 236 cities is 24.1°C; Nizhniy Novgorod is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Nizhniy Novgorod climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.8°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 36 | 10.3 | 7.68 h |
| February | -6.2°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 31 | 8.5 | 9.59 h |
| March | -0.3°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 32 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.1°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 38 | 8.6 | 14.214 h |
| May | 17.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 46 | 9.8 | 16.316 h |
| June | 21.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 72 | 12.0 | 17.618 h |
| July, selected | 23.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 73 | 11.5 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 68 | 10.7 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 55 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 63 | 11.8 | 10.510 h |
| November | -0.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 44 | 9.9 | 8.38 h |
| December | -4.9°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 41 | 10.4 | 7.07 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Dzerzhinsk in JulyRussia · 35 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Arzamas in JulyRussia · 104 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Murom in JulyRussia · 149 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Sarov in JulyRussia · 159 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Kovrov in JulyRussia · 165 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Kineshma in JulyRussia · 168 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Ivanovo in JulyRussia · 200 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Cheboksary in JulyRussia · 202 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 73 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Nizhniy Novgorod) is explained once on the Nizhniy Novgorod year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.