Barnaul weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · city break · continental climate
The best time to visit Barnaul is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 85/100), with June and July close behind. Barnaul averages about 2,294 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 38 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,294
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 85/100
- Rain / year
- 479 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 632k
- Elevation
- 254 m
When is the best time to visit Barnaul?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Barnaul is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 27 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Barnaul?
Barnaul gets a moderate 2,294 hours of sunshine a year. 85 Sunshine Score points separate August (85) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #25 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 479 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 | -15° / 5°F | -23° / -9°F | 27 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -20° / -4°F | 24 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -12° / 10°F | 29 mm | 2 |
| April | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -3° / 27°F | 32 mm | 3 |
| May | 63 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 46 mm | 4 |
| June | 83 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 49 mm | 5 |
| July | 81 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 61 mm | 5 |
| August | 85 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 38 mm | 4 |
| September | 64 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 35 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -2° / 28°F | 49 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -11° / 12°F | 51 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -20° / -4°F | 38 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Novosibirsk Russia · 194 km · best in Aug · 2,127 h sun/yr
- Novokuznetsk Russia · 226 km · best in Aug · 2,094 h sun/yr
- Kemerovo Russia · 270 km · best in Aug · 1,934 h sun/yr
- Tomsk Russia · 352 km · best in Aug · 1,984 h sun/yr
- Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen) Kazakhstan · 377 km · best in Aug · 2,437 h sun/yr
- Abakan Russia · 520 km · best in Aug · 2,235 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Semey Kazakhstan · 404 km · 2,713 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Barnaul compares month by month: Barnaul vs Novosibirsk · Barnaul vs Kemerovo · Barnaul vs Novokuznetsk · Barnaul vs Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen) · all comparisons
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