Kuressaare weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇪 Estonia · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Kuressaare is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 77/100), with August close behind. Kuressaare averages about 1,739 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 61 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,739
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 77/100
- Rain / year
- 643 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈85 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 21°C / 70°F
- Population
- 13k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Kuressaare?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kuressaare 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 Kuressaare?
Kuressaare isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,739 hours of sunshine a year. 77 Sunshine Score points separate July (77) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 5 destinations in Estonia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,693 hours. The year's 643 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 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 52 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| February | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -3° / 27°F | 42 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 38 mm | 1 | 1° / 34°F |
| April | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 35 mm | 2 | 4° / 39°F |
| May | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 7° / 45°F | 35 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| June | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 57 mm | 5 | 19° / 66°F |
| July | 77 | 20° / 68°F | 16° / 61°F | 61 mm | 5 | 21° / 70°F |
| August | 69 | 19° / 66°F | 17° / 63°F | 72 mm | 4 | 21° / 70°F |
| September | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 13° / 55°F | 56 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
| October | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 8° / 46°F | 66 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 4° / 39°F | 71 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 1° / 34°F | 58 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
Sea temperature in Kuressaare by month
The sea off Kuressaare 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 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
- Riga Latvia · 170 km · best in Jul · 1,691 h sun/yr
- Tallinn Estonia · 188 km · best in Jul · 1,693 h sun/yr
- Helsinki (Vantaa) Finland · 271 km · best in Jul · 1,584 h sun/yr
- Stockholm Sweden · 306 km · best in Jul · 1,710 h sun/yr
- Kaunas Lithuania · 376 km · best in Jun · 1,585 h sun/yr
- Kaliningrad Russia · 389 km · best in Aug · 1,700 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kärdla Estonia · 87 km · 1,751 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Pärnu Estonia · 117 km · 1,650 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Tartu Estonia · 244 km · 1,596 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Visby Sweden · 254 km · 1,890 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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