Orenburg weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · city break · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Orenburg is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with September and June close behind. Orenburg averages about 2,478 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 27 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,478
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 448 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 565k
- Elevation
- 114 m
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When is the best time to visit Orenburg?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Orenburg is August, then September and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 36 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Orenburg?
Orenburg gets a moderate 2,478 hours of sunshine a year. 88 Sunshine Score points separate August (88) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #7 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 448 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 | -11° / 12°F | -18° / 0°F | 36 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -17° / 1°F | 33 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -9° / 16°F | 42 mm | 3 |
| April | 29 | 12° / 54°F | 0° / 32°F | 39 mm | 4 |
| May | 86 | 22° / 72°F | 9° / 48°F | 40 mm | 5 |
| June | 87 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 37 mm | 6 |
| July | 86 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 39 mm | 6 |
| August | 88 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 27 mm | 5 |
| September | 88 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 32 mm | 3 |
| October | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 46 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -6° / 21°F | 42 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -15° / 5°F | 35 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Aktobe Kazakhstan · 211 km · best in Aug · 2,609 h sun/yr
- Ufa Russia · 309 km · best in Jul · 2,072 h sun/yr
- Samara Russia · 405 km · best in May · 2,099 h sun/yr
- Nizhnekamsk Russia · 474 km · best in Aug · 2,004 h sun/yr
- Ulyanovsk Russia · 556 km · best in Aug · 1,992 h sun/yr
- Chelyabinsk Russia · 558 km · best in Aug · 1,990 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Orsk Russia · 232 km · 2,541 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Uralsk Kazakhstan · 280 km · 2,362 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Magnitogorsk Russia · 285 km · 2,243 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Bugulma Russia · 363 km · 2,055 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Orenburg compares month by month: Orenburg vs Samara · Orenburg vs Ufa · Orenburg vs Aktobe · all comparisons
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