Okhotsk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · seaside town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Okhotsk is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 58/100), with August close behind. Okhotsk averages about 2,062 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 117 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,062
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 58/100
- Rain / year
- 796 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 15°C / 59°F
- Population
- 6k
- Elevation
- 14 m
When is the best time to visit Okhotsk?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Okhotsk is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 20 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Okhotsk?
Okhotsk gets a moderate 2,062 hours of sunshine a year. 58 Sunshine Score points separate July (58) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #60 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 August, carries about 46% of the annual 796 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -25° / -13°F | 20 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -25° / -13°F | 14 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -17° / 1°F | 34 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -9° / 16°F | 54 mm | 2 | 0° / 32°F |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 0° / 32°F | 67 mm | 3 | 5° / 41°F |
| June | 38 | 14° / 57°F | 6° / 43°F | 83 mm | 4 | 9° / 48°F |
| July | 58 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 117 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| August | 56 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 131 mm | 3 | 15° / 59°F |
| September | 23 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 118 mm | 2 | 12° / 54°F |
| October | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -6° / 21°F | 80 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| November | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -17° / 1°F | 49 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -23° / -9°F | 29 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Okhotsk by month
The sea off Okhotsk is warmest in August at around 15°C / 59°F, and coolest in January at -2°C / 28°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
- Magadan Russia · 434 km · best in Jul · 1,821 h sun/yr
- Yakutsk Russia · 779 km · best in Jun · 2,446 h sun/yr
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia · 1,172 km · best in Aug · 1,728 h sun/yr
- Khabarovsk Russia · 1,313 km · best in Jun · 2,595 h sun/yr
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Russia · 1,393 km · best in Jul · 1,599 h sun/yr
- Blagoveschensk Russia · 1,407 km · best in Jun · 2,736 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ust-Maya Russia · 492 km · 2,417 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Ust-Nera Russia · 572 km · 2,353 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Nikolayevsk-na-Amure Russia · 711 km · 1,699 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Khonuu Russia · 783 km · 2,335 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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