Balakovo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · regional city · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Balakovo is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with September and May close behind. Balakovo averages about 2,263 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 32 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,263
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 86/100
- Rain / year
- 482 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 200k
- Elevation
- 28 m
When is the best time to visit Balakovo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Balakovo is August, then September and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 44 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Balakovo?
Balakovo gets a moderate 2,263 hours of sunshine a year. 86 Sunshine Score points separate August (86) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #29 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 482 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 | -8° / 18°F | -16° / 3°F | 44 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -15° / 5°F | 34 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -7° / 19°F | 39 mm | 2 |
| April | 36 | 13° / 55°F | 2° / 36°F | 37 mm | 3 |
| May | 84 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 45 mm | 5 |
| June | 84 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 44 mm | 6 |
| July | 84 | 29° / 84°F | 18° / 64°F | 46 mm | 6 |
| August | 86 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 32 mm | 5 |
| September | 85 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 39 mm | 3 |
| October | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 45 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -4° / 25°F | 40 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -12° / 10°F | 37 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Saratov Russia · 110 km · best in Aug · 2,262 h sun/yr
- Samara Russia · 245 km · best in May · 2,099 h sun/yr
- Ulyanovsk Russia · 270 km · best in Aug · 1,992 h sun/yr
- Volgograd Russia · 419 km · best in Aug · 2,257 h sun/yr
- Kazan Russia · 429 km · best in Aug · 1,964 h sun/yr
- Cheboksary Russia · 471 km · best in Aug · 1,757 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Penza Russia · 231 km · 2,027 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Uralsk Kazakhstan · 274 km · 2,362 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Ulyanovsk Russia · 291 km · 1,993 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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