Kotlas weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · small town · continental climate
The best time to visit Kotlas is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 69/100), with June and August close behind. Kotlas averages about 1,533 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 100 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,533
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 69/100
- Rain / year
- 882 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 59k
- Elevation
- 54 m
When is the best time to visit Kotlas?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kotlas is July, then June and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 48 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kotlas?
Kotlas isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,533 hours of sunshine a year. 69 Sunshine Score points separate July (69) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #140 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 882 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 | -11° / 12°F | -18° / 0°F | 48 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -17° / 1°F | 41 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -10° / 14°F | 52 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -3° / 27°F | 52 mm | 2 |
| May | 41 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 89 mm | 3 |
| June | 63 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 100 mm | 4 |
| July | 69 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 100 mm | 4 |
| August | 63 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 104 mm | 3 |
| September | 30 | 13° / 55°F | 6° / 43°F | 86 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 0° / 32°F | 86 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 67 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -14° / 7°F | 57 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Syktyvkar Russia · 225 km · best in Jul · 1,506 h sun/yr
- Kirov Russia · 338 km · best in Jul · 1,676 h sun/yr
- Archangelsk Russia · 481 km · best in Jul · 1,527 h sun/yr
- Cherepovets Russia · 526 km · best in Aug · 1,618 h sun/yr
- Cheboksary Russia · 573 km · best in Aug · 1,757 h sun/yr
- Nizhny Novgorod Russia · 582 km · best in Aug · 1,753 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Velikiy Ustyug Russia · 55 km · 1,566 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Leshukonskoye Russia · 410 km · 1,612 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ukhta Russia · 448 km · 1,660 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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