The climate of Krasnoyarsk
Dfb Warm-summer humid continental. Warm summers and cold, snowy winters, with rain all year. A forest climate with four distinct seasons and a cold, snowy winter, but warm summers.
Krasnoyarsk is north of the equator, so summer falls in June to August and winter in December to February. The 1901 to 1930 map put Krasnoyarsk in Dfc (subarctic (boreal)), so its zone is different from a century ago.
Krasnoyarsk: then, now and by 2100
| Map | Climate zone | Compared with now |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 to 1930 | Dfc Subarctic (boreal) | Different from now |
| 1991 to 2020 (now) | Dfb Warm-summer humid continental | - |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP1-2.6 (low emissions) | Dfb Warm-summer humid continental | Same as now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP2-4.5 (middle of the road) | Dfa Hot-summer humid continental | Different from now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP5-8.5 (high emissions) | Dfa Hot-summer humid continental | Different from now |
The 2071 to 2099 rows are model projections under three emissions scenarios, not forecasts. The 1901 to 1930 row is a reconstruction. All come from Beck et al. (2023).
Under the middle-of-the-road scenario (SSP2-4.5), the model puts Krasnoyarsk in Dfa (hot-summer humid continental) in 2071 to 2099, instead of Dfb now. Under the high-emissions scenario (SSP5-8.5) it is Dfa (hot-summer humid continental).
Cities with the same climate as Krasnoyarsk
Other big cities that are Dfb (warm-summer humid continental) in 1991 to 2020, at most two per country:
Where Krasnoyarsk's future climate exists today
In the SSP2-4.5 map for 2071 to 2099, Krasnoyarsk is Dfa. These cities are Dfa in 1991 to 2020, so they give a rough idea of the future climate (the real conditions would differ in many ways).
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Population of Krasnoyarsk from GeoNames: 1,090,811 (rank 510 in our list of 1,000). Climate data: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0. Data sources and licences.