Abakan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · regional city · continental climate
The best time to visit Abakan is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 80/100), with June and July close behind. Abakan averages about 2,235 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 65 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,235
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 80/100
- Rain / year
- 476 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 184k
- Elevation
- 252 m
When is the best time to visit Abakan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Abakan is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 16 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Abakan?
Abakan gets a moderate 2,235 hours of sunshine a year. 80 Sunshine Score points separate August (80) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #39 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,004 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 45% of the annual 476 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -21° / -6°F | 16 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -19° / -2°F | 14 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -10° / 14°F | 18 mm | 2 |
| April | 29 | 12° / 54°F | -1° / 30°F | 29 mm | 3 |
| May | 75 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 53 mm | 4 |
| June | 79 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 71 mm | 5 |
| July | 77 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 80 mm | 5 |
| August | 80 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 65 mm | 4 |
| September | 63 | 17° / 63°F | 6° / 43°F | 46 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -1° / 30°F | 34 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -9° / 16°F | 26 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -18° / 0°F | 24 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Krasnoyarsk Russia · 280 km · best in Aug · 1,955 h sun/yr
- Novokuznetsk Russia · 296 km · best in Aug · 2,094 h sun/yr
- Kemerovo Russia · 381 km · best in Aug · 1,934 h sun/yr
- Tomsk Russia · 491 km · best in Aug · 1,984 h sun/yr
- Barnaul Russia · 520 km · best in Aug · 2,294 h sun/yr
- Novosibirsk Russia · 585 km · best in Aug · 2,127 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kyzyl Russia · 307 km · 2,663 h sun/yr · best in May
- Ulaangom Mongolia · 410 km · 2,535 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Abakan compares month by month: Abakan vs Krasnoyarsk · Abakan vs Kemerovo · Abakan vs Novokuznetsk · all comparisons
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