Kazan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · city break · continental climate
The best time to visit Kazan is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 80/100), with June and July close behind. Kazan averages about 1,964 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 57 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,964
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 80/100
- Rain / year
- 614 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 1.2M
- Elevation
- 118 m
When is the best time to visit Kazan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kazan is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 43 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kazan?
Kazan gets a moderate 1,964 hours of sunshine a year. 80 Sunshine Score points separate August (80) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #84 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 614 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 | -10° / 14°F | -17° / 1°F | 43 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -17° / 1°F | 35 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -9° / 16°F | 44 mm | 2 |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 42 mm | 3 |
| May | 67 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 53 mm | 4 |
| June | 78 | 22° / 72°F | 13° / 55°F | 67 mm | 5 |
| July | 78 | 24° / 75°F | 16° / 61°F | 67 mm | 5 |
| August | 80 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 57 mm | 4 |
| September | 54 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 52 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 58 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -7° / 19°F | 47 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -15° / 5°F | 49 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Cheboksary Russia · 132 km · best in Aug · 1,757 h sun/yr
- Ulyanovsk Russia · 163 km · best in Aug · 1,992 h sun/yr
- Nizhnekamsk Russia · 177 km · best in Aug · 2,004 h sun/yr
- Samara Russia · 241 km · best in May · 2,099 h sun/yr
- Izhevsk Russia · 292 km · best in Aug · 1,914 h sun/yr
- Kirov Russia · 322 km · best in Jul · 1,676 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ulyanovsk Russia · 137 km · 1,993 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Bugulma Russia · 248 km · 2,055 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Kazan compares month by month: Kazan vs Nizhny Novgorod · Kazan vs Samara · Kazan vs Izhevsk · Kazan vs Ulyanovsk · all comparisons
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