Nizhny Novgorod weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · city break · continental climate
The best time to visit Nizhny Novgorod is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with July and June close behind. Nizhny Novgorod averages about 1,753 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 71 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,753
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 76/100
- Rain / year
- 703 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 1.3M
- Elevation
- 77 m
When is the best time to visit Nizhny Novgorod?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Nizhny Novgorod is August, then July and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 47 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Nizhny Novgorod?
Nizhny Novgorod isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,753 hours of sunshine a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate August (76) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #116 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 703 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -15° / 5°F | 47 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -14° / 7°F | 40 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -8° / 18°F | 42 mm | 2 |
| April | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 0° / 32°F | 50 mm | 3 |
| May | 72 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 55 mm | 4 |
| June | 73 | 21° / 70°F | 12° / 54°F | 84 mm | 5 |
| July | 75 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 76 mm | 5 |
| August | 76 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 71 mm | 4 |
| September | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 62 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 1° / 34°F | 68 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -5° / 23°F | 53 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -12° / 10°F | 55 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Cheboksary Russia · 221 km · best in Aug · 1,757 h sun/yr
- Kazan Russia · 349 km · best in Aug · 1,964 h sun/yr
- Ulyanovsk Russia · 356 km · best in Aug · 1,992 h sun/yr
- Moscow Russia · 396 km · best in Aug · 1,676 h sun/yr
- Kirov Russia · 419 km · best in Jul · 1,676 h sun/yr
- Cherepovets Russia · 481 km · best in Aug · 1,618 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ivanovo Russia · 191 km · 1,774 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kostroma Russia · 242 km · 1,730 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Saransk Russia · 251 km · 1,949 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Yaroslavl Russia · 266 km · 1,727 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Nizhny Novgorod compares month by month: Nizhny Novgorod vs Moscow · Nizhny Novgorod vs Kazan · Nizhny Novgorod vs Ulyanovsk · Nizhny Novgorod vs Cheboksary · all comparisons
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