Archangelsk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · regional city · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Archangelsk is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 72/100). Archangelsk averages about 1,527 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 83 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,527
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 72/100
- Rain / year
- 812 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 350k
- Elevation
- 18 m
When is the best time to visit Archangelsk?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Archangelsk is July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 47 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Archangelsk?
Archangelsk isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,527 hours of sunshine a year. 72 Sunshine Score points separate July (72) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #141 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 812 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -16° / 3°F | 47 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -16° / 3°F | 36 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -11° / 12°F | 44 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -4° / 25°F | 48 mm | 2 |
| May | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 78 mm | 3 |
| June | 48 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 87 mm | 3 |
| July | 72 | 20° / 68°F | 12° / 54°F | 83 mm | 4 |
| August | 51 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 103 mm | 2 |
| September | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 86 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 79 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -7° / 19°F | 64 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -12° / 10°F | 57 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Petrozavodsk Russia · 446 km · best in Jul · 1,601 h sun/yr
- Murmansk Russia · 581 km · best in Jul · 1,514 h sun/yr
- Syktyvkar Russia · 605 km · best in Jul · 1,506 h sun/yr
- Cherepovets Russia · 609 km · best in Aug · 1,618 h sun/yr
- Naryan Mar Russia · 651 km · best in Jul · 1,615 h sun/yr
- Rovaniemi Finland · 716 km · best in Jul · 1,636 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Leshukonskoye Russia · 240 km · 1,612 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Solovetsky Islands Russia · 241 km · 1,671 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kotlas Russia · 481 km · 1,533 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Velikiy Ustyug Russia · 509 km · 1,566 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kuusamo Finland · 554 km · 1,587 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Archangelsk compares month by month: Archangelsk vs Murmansk · Archangelsk vs Petrozavodsk · Archangelsk vs Syktyvkar · Archangelsk vs Naryan Mar · all comparisons
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