Аннотация:To estimate the energy amount needed to heat indoor living and public spaces, the heating degreeday (HDD) parameter is applied. This is the most common climatic indicator of energyconsumption for the building heating, which is calculated for a certain period of the year bysumming the absolute deviations of the average daily ambient temperature from the selectedbase temperature. However, human biometeorological sensitivity is based not only on theambient temperature, but on a combination of temperature, humidity, and wind speed.We have conducted a comparative analysis of the climatic and biometeorological characteristics ofthe regions including the largest Russian cities. For the effective ambient temperature range of17.2 to 21.70C (comfort zone), we have calculated changes in the comfort zone for Moscow, St.Petersburg, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, and Vladivostok according to data from 1959 to the present.Despite all climate differences between regions with selected cities, allowance for wind speedleads to a decrease in the number of days with temperature within the comfort zone.This study supported by Russian Science Foundation (project No 16-17-00114).