Sochi
Elevation 65 m43.59° N, 39.72° E
Do not travel
The governments of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States advise against all travel to the whole country. The advice is for the country: it holds here too.
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When to go?
Mean 6 °C, 14 rain days in the month (137 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 7 °C, 12 rain days in the month (115 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 8 °C, 13 rain days in the month (116 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 12 °C, 10 rain days in the month (79 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 17 °C, 9 rain days in the month (74 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 21 °C, 8 rain days in the month (76 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 22 °C
Mean 24 °C, 8 rain days in the month (77 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Mean 24 °C, 6 rain days in the month (64 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Mean 21 °C, 8 rain days in the month (105 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Mean 16 °C, 9 rain days in the month (121 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 11 rain days in the month (106 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 8 °C, 13 rain days in the month (128 mm).
Nothing against it.
The best months are May–October. Ideal for the sea: June–September.
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Black Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: Black Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Black Sea (°C)
Snow on the ground
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.0 °C; in the last ten years by +1.5 °C. Warmest year: 2010 (+2.6 °C), coldest: 1992 (−1.6 °C).
August and July warmed the most (+2.1 and +1.5 °C), April the least (+0.3 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 14 °C) begins 2 days earlier and ends 8 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.
The sea, then and now
+1.0 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990
Snow, then and now
≈no clear change of winter snow compared with 1961–1990