Two elements - the mountains and the sea - built this country. Warm air masses, going to the Black Sea coast, trapped by ridges of mountains. These same mountains here prevent the penetration of cold air from the north. The presence of obstacles in the form of the Main Caucasian ridge especially noticeable in winter. Average January temperature in northern and southern Caucasus ranges from - 2 to 7 degrees. Black Sea, insulating air in winter, high mountains, harboring in Coast from cold northern winds and, conversely, inhibit the southern-WIDE warm and moist air masses on their slopes, creating in low humid subtropical climate. In Sochi climate three seasons instead of four, as in central Russia. The climate in Sochi is the only of its kind: it is the world's most northern subtropics, neighbors of eternal ice. Average temperature on the coast from April to November - about 18 degrees, and in the cold period - about 7. That is why Sochi - always green, blossoming and fragrant garden city, bathed in blinding sun and filled with clean air. Here, warm and humid summers.
