Chelyabinsk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · city break · continental climate
The best time to visit Chelyabinsk is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 80/100), with June and July close behind. Chelyabinsk averages about 1,990 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 58 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,990
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 80/100
- Rain / year
- 525 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 1.2M
- Elevation
- 231 m
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When is the best time to visit Chelyabinsk?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Chelyabinsk is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 25 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Chelyabinsk?
Chelyabinsk gets a moderate 1,990 hours of sunshine a year. 80 Sunshine Score points separate August (80) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #79 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 525 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 | -13° / 9°F | -20° / -4°F | 25 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -19° / -2°F | 23 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -11° / 12°F | 33 mm | 2 |
| April | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 35 mm | 3 |
| May | 67 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 57 mm | 4 |
| June | 78 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 65 mm | 5 |
| July | 76 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 77 mm | 5 |
| August | 80 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 58 mm | 4 |
| September | 55 | 16° / 61°F | 6° / 43°F | 44 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -1° / 30°F | 48 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -10° / 14°F | 33 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -18° / 0°F | 27 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Yekaterinburg Russia · 166 km · best in Aug · 1,839 h sun/yr
- Tyumen Russia · 315 km · best in Aug · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Ufa Russia · 369 km · best in Jul · 2,072 h sun/yr
- Perm Russia · 444 km · best in Aug · 1,678 h sun/yr
- Izhevsk Russia · 527 km · best in Aug · 1,914 h sun/yr
- Orenburg Russia · 558 km · best in Aug · 2,478 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kurgan Russia · 248 km · 2,187 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kostanay Kazakhstan · 268 km · 2,470 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Magnitogorsk Russia · 277 km · 2,243 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Chelyabinsk compares month by month: Chelyabinsk vs Yekaterinburg · Chelyabinsk vs Ufa · Chelyabinsk vs Tyumen · all comparisons
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