Kaliningrad weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · city break · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Kaliningrad is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with July and June close behind. Kaliningrad averages about 1,700 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 80 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,700
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 74/100
- Rain / year
- 770 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈65 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 23°C / 73°F
- Population
- 475k
- Elevation
- 10 m
When is the best time to visit Kaliningrad?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kaliningrad is August, then July and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 66 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kaliningrad?
Kaliningrad isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,700 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate August (74) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #120 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 770 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 | 0° / 32°F | -3° / 27°F | 66 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 47 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -1° / 30°F | 47 mm | 2 | 4° / 39°F |
| April | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 36 mm | 3 | 7° / 45°F |
| May | 40 | 14° / 57°F | 8° / 46°F | 51 mm | 4 | 15° / 59°F |
| June | 64 | 18° / 64°F | 13° / 55°F | 65 mm | 5 | 19° / 66°F |
| July | 73 | 21° / 70°F | 16° / 61°F | 85 mm | 5 | 22° / 72°F |
| August | 74 | 21° / 70°F | 16° / 61°F | 80 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| September | 57 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 66 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
| October | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 7° / 45°F | 78 mm | 1 | 14° / 57°F |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 77 mm | 0 | 10° / 50°F |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 72 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
Sea temperature in Kaliningrad by month
The sea off Kaliningrad is warmest in August at around 23°C / 73°F, and coolest in January at 2°C / 36°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 2 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
- Gdańsk Poland · 149 km · best in Aug · 1,636 h sun/yr
- Kaunas Lithuania · 223 km · best in Jun · 1,585 h sun/yr
- Bydgoszcz Poland · 263 km · best in Sep · 1,598 h sun/yr
- Vilnius Lithuania · 302 km · best in Jun · 1,582 h sun/yr
- Warsaw Poland · 304 km · best in Sep · 1,623 h sun/yr
- Riga Latvia · 308 km · best in Jul · 1,691 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Palanga Lithuania · 124 km · 1,713 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Olsztyn Poland · 158 km · 1,628 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Kaliningrad compares month by month: Kaliningrad vs Gdańsk · Kaliningrad vs Kaunas · Kaliningrad vs Bydgoszcz · all comparisons
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