Kärdla weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇪 Estonia · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Kärdla is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 78/100), with August close behind. Kärdla averages about 1,751 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 56 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,751
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 78/100
- Rain / year
- 634 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 21°C / 70°F
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 5 m

When is the best time to visit Kärdla?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kärdla is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 52 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kärdla?
Kärdla isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,751 hours of sunshine a year. 78 Sunshine Score points separate July (78) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. Kärdla is the sunniest of the 5 destinations tracked in Estonia. The year's 634 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 | 52 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| February | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -4° / 25°F | 42 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 39 mm | 1 | 1° / 34°F |
| April | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 36 mm | 2 | 4° / 39°F |
| May | 27 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 41 mm | 4 | 12° / 54°F |
| June | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 55 mm | 5 | 19° / 66°F |
| July | 78 | 20° / 68°F | 16° / 61°F | 56 mm | 5 | 21° / 70°F |
| August | 76 | 20° / 68°F | 16° / 61°F | 70 mm | 4 | 20° / 68°F |
| September | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 55 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
| October | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 7° / 45°F | 67 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| November | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 67 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 0° / 32°F | 54 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
Sea temperature in Kärdla by month
The sea off Kärdla is warmest in July at around 21°C / 70°F, and coolest in January at 0°C / 32°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 1 month 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
- Tallinn Estonia · 123 km · best in Jul · 1,693 h sun/yr
- Helsinki (Vantaa) Finland · 190 km · best in Jul · 1,584 h sun/yr
- Riga Latvia · 240 km · best in Jul · 1,691 h sun/yr
- Stockholm Sweden · 287 km · best in Jul · 1,710 h sun/yr
- St. Petersburg Russia · 430 km · best in Jul · 1,522 h sun/yr
- Kaunas Lithuania · 454 km · best in Jun · 1,585 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kuressaare Estonia · 87 km · 1,739 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Pärnu Estonia · 114 km · 1,650 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Turku Finland · 172 km · 1,640 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Mariehamn Finland · 208 km · 1,841 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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