Kurilsk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · seaside town · subarctic climate
Kurilsk is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is September (Score 40/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,479
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 40/100
- Rain / year
- 957 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 18°C / 64°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 115 m
When is the best time to visit Kurilsk?
Kurilsk never gets truly sunny weather: September is as good as it gets at 40/100, and January is the low point (0/100). If sunshine is the point of the trip, the nearby alternatives below do better.
How sunny is Kurilsk?
Kurilsk isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,479 hours of sunshine a year. September (40/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #145 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 957 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 | -2° / 28°F | -4° / 25°F | 33 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| February | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -6° / 21°F | 43 mm | 1 | 0° / 32°F |
| March | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -4° / 25°F | 95 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -1° / 30°F | 48 mm | 3 | 2° / 36°F |
| May | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 59 mm | 4 | 4° / 39°F |
| June | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 6° / 43°F | 70 mm | 5 | 9° / 48°F |
| July | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 10° / 50°F | 88 mm | 6 | 14° / 57°F |
| August | 36 | 15° / 59°F | 13° / 55°F | 138 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| September | 40 | 15° / 59°F | 13° / 55°F | 97 mm | 4 | 17° / 63°F |
| October | 17 | 11° / 52°F | 8° / 46°F | 114 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 95 mm | 1 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 77 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
Sea temperature in Kurilsk by month
The sea off Kurilsk is warmest in August at around 18°C / 64°F, and coolest in March at -1°C / 30°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kitami Japan · 337 km · best in Jul · 1,825 h sun/yr
- Kushiro Japan · 388 km · best in Jul · 1,827 h sun/yr
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Russia · 443 km · best in Jul · 1,599 h sun/yr
- Asahikawa Japan · 471 km · best in Jun · 1,633 h sun/yr
- Obihiro Japan · 471 km · best in Jul · 1,878 h sun/yr
- Sapporo Japan · 572 km · best in Jun · 1,696 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Yuzhno-Kurilsk Russia · 230 km · 1,695 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Nakashibetsu Japan · 302 km · 1,826 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Monbetsu Japan · 374 km · 1,598 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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