The climate of Kaliningrad is called a transition from maritime to moderately continental. The western wind prevails, which brings the moist masses of Atlantic air in winter warmer than the continental air. Due to this, the average January temperature in Kaliningrad is approximately 10 ° C higher than the average in latitude. So, in Kaliningrad in January the average temperature is -2 ... -4 ° C. Rain lasts about 185 days a year, snow - 55 days, 60 days are overcast, 68 days - sunny.

Heat and frosts are short. The minimum precipitation in Kaliningrad falls in January - February.

The influence of the Baltic Sea and its shallow bays on the annual temperature fluctuation is small, and the open areas of the North Atlantic are located approximately 1000 km from Kaliningrad. According to such signs as the shift of the coldest month from January to February and the volatility of the snow cover, the climatic zone of Kaliningrad is sometimes referred to as an oceanic transition characteristic of Central Europe.

If we compare the relative humidity in Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg, the same - 78% in St. Petersburg and 79% in Kaliningrad. The average annual rainfall in Kaliningrad is 818 mm, and in St. Petersburg - 661 mm, and the snow cover in the latter lasts about 4, 3 months, and in Kaliningrad - no more than 3 months.

For more information, see page "Weather in Kaliningrad."