Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · regional city · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 58/100), with July close behind. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky averages about 1,728 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 105 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,728
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 58/100
- Rain / year
- 1,185 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈5.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 181k
- Elevation
- 38 m
When is the best time to visit Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is August, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 102 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky?
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,728 hours of sunshine a year. 58 Sunshine Score points separate August (58) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #118 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 1,185 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 | -5° / 23°F | -10° / 14°F | 102 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -11° / 12°F | 85 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -8° / 18°F | 115 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -4° / 25°F | 82 mm | 3 |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 60 mm | 4 |
| June | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 6° / 43°F | 68 mm | 4 |
| July | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 11° / 52°F | 74 mm | 4 |
| August | 58 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 105 mm | 4 |
| September | 35 | 14° / 57°F | 8° / 46°F | 104 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 2° / 36°F | 121 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -4° / 25°F | 143 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -9° / 16°F | 126 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Magadan Russia · 886 km · best in Jul · 1,821 h sun/yr
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Russia · 1,319 km · best in Jul · 1,599 h sun/yr
- Kitami Japan · 1,469 km · best in Jul · 1,825 h sun/yr
- Kushiro Japan · 1,540 km · best in Jul · 1,827 h sun/yr
- Asahikawa Japan · 1,578 km · best in Jun · 1,633 h sun/yr
- Obihiro Japan · 1,616 km · best in Jul · 1,878 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Nogliki Russia · 1,046 km · 1,846 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kurilsk Russia · 1,162 km · 1,479 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Okhotsk Russia · 1,172 km · 2,062 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Nikolayevsk-na-Amure Russia · 1,184 km · 1,699 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Bogorodskoye Russia · 1,211 km · 1,932 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky compares month by month: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky vs Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk · Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky vs Kitami · Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky vs Magadan · all comparisons
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