Kyzyl weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · regional city · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Kyzyl is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with June and August close behind. Kyzyl averages about 2,663 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 25 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,663
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 90/100
- Rain / year
- 291 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈65 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 117k
- Elevation
- 648 m
When is the best time to visit Kyzyl?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kyzyl is May, then June and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 9 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kyzyl?
Kyzyl gets a lot of sun: around 2,663 hours a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate May (90) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,004 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 52% of the annual 291 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -24° / -11°F | 9 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -21° / -6°F | 8 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -12° / 10°F | 9 mm | 3 |
| April | 31 | 12° / 54°F | -1° / 30°F | 14 mm | 4 |
| May | 90 | 20° / 68°F | 5° / 41°F | 25 mm | 5 |
| June | 88 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 36 mm | 6 |
| July | 82 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 67 mm | 6 |
| August | 86 | 26° / 79°F | 12° / 54°F | 48 mm | 5 |
| September | 82 | 19° / 66°F | 5° / 41°F | 31 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -2° / 28°F | 16 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -11° / 12°F | 14 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -20° / -4°F | 14 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Abakan Russia · 307 km · best in Aug · 2,235 h sun/yr
- Krasnoyarsk Russia · 516 km · best in Aug · 1,955 h sun/yr
- Novokuznetsk Russia · 559 km · best in Aug · 2,094 h sun/yr
- Altay China · 629 km · best in May · 3,054 h sun/yr
- Kemerovo Russia · 679 km · best in Aug · 1,934 h sun/yr
- Irkutsk Russia · 687 km · best in Jun · 2,466 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ulaangom Mongolia · 248 km · 2,535 h sun/yr · best in May
- Ölgii Mongolia · 435 km · 2,956 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Khovd Mongolia · 458 km · 3,096 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Mörön Mongolia · 459 km · 3,015 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Uliastai Mongolia · 466 km · 3,273 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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