Anapa weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · beach resort · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Anapa is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with July and September close behind. Anapa averages about 2,222 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 32 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,222
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 86/100
- Rain / year
- 624 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈32 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 27°C / 81°F
- Population
- 54k
- Elevation
- 45 m
When is the best time to visit Anapa?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Anapa is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 68 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Anapa?
Anapa gets a moderate 2,222 hours of sunshine a year. 86 Sunshine Score points separate August (86) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #41 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 624 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -1° / 30°F | 68 mm | 1 | 11° / 52°F |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -1° / 30°F | 54 mm | 1 | 10° / 50°F |
| March | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 57 mm | 2 | 11° / 52°F |
| April | 49 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 43 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| May | 83 | 22° / 72°F | 13° / 55°F | 49 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| June | 82 | 26° / 79°F | 18° / 64°F | 52 mm | 7 | 23° / 73°F |
| July | 84 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 42 mm | 7 | 26° / 79°F |
| August | 86 | 31° / 88°F | 20° / 68°F | 32 mm | 6 | 27° / 81°F |
| September | 84 | 25° / 77°F | 16° / 61°F | 44 mm | 4 | 25° / 77°F |
| October | 68 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 53 mm | 2 | 22° / 72°F |
| November | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 61 mm | 1 | 16° / 61°F |
| December | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 69 mm | 0 | 13° / 55°F |
Sea temperature in Anapa by month
The sea off Anapa is warmest in August at around 27°C / 81°F, and coolest in February at 10°C / 50°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 5 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Krasnodar Russia · 144 km · best in Jul · 2,260 h sun/yr
- Simferopol Ukraine · 265 km · best in Aug · 2,298 h sun/yr
- Sochi Russia · 270 km · best in Aug · 2,236 h sun/yr
- Rostov-on-Don Russia · 341 km · best in Aug · 2,114 h sun/yr
- Stavropol Russia · 374 km · best in Sep · 2,167 h sun/yr
- Samsun Türkiye · 422 km · best in Aug · 2,195 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gelendzhik Russia · 70 km · 2,261 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Yeysk Russia · 198 km · 2,238 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Mariupol Ukraine · 231 km · 2,101 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Anapa compares month by month: Anapa vs Rostov-on-Don · Anapa vs Krasnodar · Anapa vs Simferopol · Anapa vs Sochi · all comparisons
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