page_title: Shida Kartli
section_title: Temperature
hierarchical_section_title: Shida Kartli / Geography / Climate / Temperature
caption_attribution_description: English: Average temperature in Shida Kartli region of Georgia by month
context_page_description: Shida Kartli is a landlocked administrative region in eastern Georgia. Comprises a central part of the historical-geographic province of Shida Kartli. With an area of 5,729 square kilometres, Shida Kartli is the 8th largest Georgian region by land area. With 300,382 inhabitants, it is Georgia's seventh-most-populous region. Shida Kartli's capital and largest city, Gori, is the 5th largest city in Georgia.
  The region is bordered by the Russian Federation to the North, Georgian regions of Mtskheta-Mtianeti to the East, Kvemo Kartli to the South, Samtskhe-Javakheti to the Southwest, Imereti to the West, and Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti to the Northwest. It consists of the following municipalities: Gori, Kaspi, Kareli, Java, Khashuri; and one self-governing city, Gori.
  The northern part of the region, namely Java, and northern territories of Kareli and Gori municipalities, have been controlled by the authorities of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia since 1992 and occupied by Russian troops since 2008 Russo-Georgian war.
context_section_description: An average annual temperature of the region is 6.5 °C, maximum annual temperature of 12.2 °C is to the East of the Kaspi Municipality and minimum annual temperature of -5.0 °C is in the Java Municipality, on the Caucasus Mountains. The highest average annual temperature is on the Shida Kartli plain which rises from the West to the East direction from 9 °C to 12.2 °C.
  The hottest month of the region is August (18.5 °C) and its maximum average monthly temperature reaches 24.4 °C, while minimum – drops to 4.5 °C. The coldest month is January (-2,6 °C) and its minimum average monthly temperature drops to -12.6 °C, while maximum reaches – 1.6 °C.
caption: Average temperature in Shida Kartli by month
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