Vostok Station climate

Name: Vostok Station
Address: Antarctica - East Antarctic Plateau, Antarctica (Russian station)

Antarctica (Russian station) · Antarctica - East Antarctic Plateau · 78.465° S, 106.837° E

Köppen EFice cap (extreme)Polar & alpine

Coldest place on Earth: recorded -89C, ultra-dry high-altitude polar desert with essentially no liquid water ever.

Cold enough that no month is truly warm — tundra, ice cap, or high mountain.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

December, -24°F / -31°C

Coldest month

August, -82°F / -63°C

Annual swing

58°F / 32°C

Wettest month

March

Driest month

January

Rain per year

0.0" / 0 mm

Snow per year

0.2" / 6 mm

Elevation

11473 ft / 3497 m

Time zone

Antarctica/Vostok

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	-27 / -33	-36 / -38	0.00 / 0	0.0 / 0	70%	10.1 / 16.3	46%
February	-38 / -39	-48 / -44	0.00 / 0	0.0 / 1	69%	12.1 / 19.5	48%
March	-59 / -50	-66 / -55	0.00 / 0	0.0 / 1	64%	12.8 / 20.6	74%
April	-69 / -56	-75 / -59	0.00 / 0	0.0 / 0	65%	13.8 / 22.2	91%
May	-71 / -57	-79 / -61	0.00 / 0	0.0 / 0	67%	13.8 / 22.2	90%
June	-71 / -57	-78 / -61	0.00 / 0	0.0 / 0	68%	14.7 / 23.7	91%
July	-70 / -56	-78 / -61	0.00 / 0	0.0 / 1	70%	14.1 / 22.7	93%
August	-73 / -58	-82 / -63	0.00 / 0	0.0 / 0	71%	14.0 / 22.5	92%
September	-68 / -56	-77 / -61	0.00 / 0	0.0 / 0	68%	14.2 / 22.9	86%
October	-56 / -49	-66 / -55	0.00 / 0	0.0 / 0	65%	14.3 / 23.0	63%
November	-37 / -39	-48 / -44	0.00 / 0	0.1 / 2	67%	12.3 / 19.8	48%
December	-24 / -31	-32 / -36	0.00 / 0	0.0 / 0	70%	10.9 / 17.5	50%

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