Lensk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Lensk is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 77/100), with June and July close behind. Lensk averages about 2,073 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 77 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,073
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 77/100
- Rain / year
- 630 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 24k
- Elevation
- 239 m
When is the best time to visit Lensk?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Lensk is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 24 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Lensk?
Lensk gets a moderate 2,073 hours of sunshine a year. 77 Sunshine Score points separate August (77) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #58 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 43% of the annual 630 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -23° / -9°F | -30° / -22°F | 24 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -28° / -18°F | 22 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -18° / 0°F | 28 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -8° / 18°F | 39 mm | 2 |
| May | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 1° / 34°F | 67 mm | 3 |
| June | 76 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 82 mm | 4 |
| July | 71 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 109 mm | 4 |
| August | 77 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 77 mm | 3 |
| September | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 70 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -7° / 19°F | 49 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -22° / -8°F | 38 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -23° / -9°F | -30° / -22°F | 25 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Yakutsk Russia · 808 km · best in Jun · 2,446 h sun/yr
- Chita Russia · 971 km · best in Jun · 2,733 h sun/yr
- Ulan Ude Russia · 1,089 km · best in Jun · 2,485 h sun/yr
- Irkutsk Russia · 1,134 km · best in Jun · 2,466 h sun/yr
- Hailar China · 1,318 km · best in Jun · 3,019 h sun/yr
- Krasnoyarsk Russia · 1,386 km · best in Aug · 1,955 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mirny Russia · 206 km · 2,270 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Suntar Russia · 221 km · 2,349 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Olyokminsk Russia · 311 km · 2,291 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Bodaybo Russia · 319 km · 2,116 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Verkhnevilyuisk Russia · 416 km · 2,394 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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