Magadan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Magadan is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 63/100). Magadan averages about 1,821 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 110 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,821
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 63/100
- Rain / year
- 884 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 93k
- Elevation
- 175 m
When is the best time to visit Magadan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Magadan is July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 31 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Magadan?
Magadan gets a moderate 1,821 hours of sunshine a year. 63 Sunshine Score points separate July (63) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #110 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 42% of the annual 884 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -25° / -13°F | 31 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -26° / -15°F | 26 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -19° / -2°F | 43 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -11° / 12°F | 46 mm | 2 |
| May | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -1° / 30°F | 69 mm | 3 |
| June | 42 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 94 mm | 4 |
| July | 63 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 110 mm | 4 |
| August | 47 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 148 mm | 3 |
| September | 11 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 112 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -8° / 18°F | 86 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -17° / 1°F | 79 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -23° / -9°F | 40 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia · 886 km · best in Aug · 1,728 h sun/yr
- Yakutsk Russia · 1,150 km · best in Jun · 2,446 h sun/yr
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Russia · 1,540 km · best in Jul · 1,599 h sun/yr
- Khabarovsk Russia · 1,611 km · best in Jun · 2,595 h sun/yr
- Blagoveschensk Russia · 1,802 km · best in Jun · 2,736 h sun/yr
- Kitami Japan · 1,836 km · best in Jul · 1,825 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Okhotsk Russia · 434 km · 2,062 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ust-Nera Russia · 648 km · 2,353 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Zyryanka Russia · 649 km · 2,299 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Khonuu Russia · 817 km · 2,335 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Srednekolymsk Russia · 854 km · 2,257 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Magadan compares month by month: Magadan vs Yakutsk · Magadan vs Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk · Magadan vs Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky · all comparisons
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