May
Best time
17.9°C / 6.4°C
14 rain days
mild, rainy
Best time to visit Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg, Russia — ranked month by month from data: temperature, rainfall, snow, and peak hazard seasons. The standouts: May.
Best · May
About Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg, alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk (1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The city is located on the Iset River between the Volga-Ural region and Siberia, with a population of roughly 1.5 million residents, up to 2.2 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Yekaterinburg is the fourth most populous city in Russia, the largest city in the Ural Federal District, and one of Russia's main cultural and industrial centres.
— condensed from Wikipedia
Best months to visit
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OK — shoulder months
August
OK
21.3°C / 12.4°C
17 rain days
mild, very wet
- comfortable temperatures (avg high 21.3°C / 70°F)
September
OK
13.8°C / 6.2°C
16 rain days
cool, very wet
April
OK
8.9°C / -1.2°C
15 rain days
chilly, freezing nights, rainy
Months to skip
June
Skip
20.7°C / 11°C
19 rain days
mild, very wet
- extremely wet (19 rain days)
July
Skip
23°C / 13.8°C
19 rain days
warm, very wet
- extremely wet (19 rain days)
October
Skip
5°C / -0.4°C
20 rain days
chilly, freezing nights, very wet
- freezing at night (-0.4°C)
- extremely wet (20 rain days)
March
Skip
-0.2°C / -8.1°C
14 rain days
cold, freezing nights, rainy
- bitterly cold (overnight -8.1°C)
- heavy rain expected (14 days)
November
Skip
-4°C / -9°C
15 rain days
cold, freezing nights, rainy
- bitterly cold (overnight -9°C)
- heavy rain expected (15 days)
February
Skip
-7.6°C / -13.6°C
13 rain days
cold, freezing nights, rainy
- bitterly cold (overnight -13.6°C)
December
Skip
-8.8°C / -14.2°C
13 rain days
cold, freezing nights, rainy
- bitterly cold (overnight -14.2°C)
January
Skip
-10.8°C / -16.5°C
13 rain days
cold, freezing nights, rainy
- bitterly cold (overnight -16.5°C)
How we ranked these
Each month is scored on temperature comfort (18–27°C avg high is the sweet spot), rainfall (more rain days = lower score), snow days, and peak hazard seasons (hurricanes, monsoons, etc.). Green-tier months are within ideal range with no major issues. Yellow are workable but with trade-offs. Red has at least one significant problem — extreme heat or cold, heavy rain, or peak storm season.