Tallinn weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇪 Estonia · seaside town · continental climate
The best time to visit Tallinn is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with August close behind. Tallinn averages about 1,693 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 65 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,693
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 76/100
- Rain / year
- 684 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 20°C / 68°F
- Population
- 394k
- Elevation
- 39 m
When is the best time to visit Tallinn?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tallinn is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 52 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tallinn?
Tallinn isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,693 hours of sunshine a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate July (76) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 5 destinations in Estonia for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 1,693 hours. The year's 684 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 | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 52 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| February | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -7° / 19°F | 42 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| March | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -4° / 25°F | 40 mm | 1 | 1° / 34°F |
| April | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 40 mm | 2 | 3° / 37°F |
| May | 33 | 13° / 55°F | 6° / 43°F | 48 mm | 4 | 9° / 48°F |
| June | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 11° / 52°F | 72 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| July | 76 | 21° / 70°F | 15° / 59°F | 65 mm | 4 | 20° / 68°F |
| August | 75 | 20° / 68°F | 15° / 59°F | 72 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
| September | 45 | 15° / 59°F | 11° / 52°F | 57 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
| October | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 5° / 41°F | 71 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 68 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -3° / 27°F | 57 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
Sea temperature in Tallinn by month
The sea off Tallinn is warmest in July at around 20°C / 68°F, and coolest in February at 0°C / 32°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
- Helsinki (Vantaa) Finland · 101 km · best in Jul · 1,584 h sun/yr
- Riga Latvia · 282 km · best in Jul · 1,691 h sun/yr
- St. Petersburg Russia · 308 km · best in Jul · 1,522 h sun/yr
- Stockholm Sweden · 390 km · best in Jul · 1,710 h sun/yr
- Kaunas Lithuania · 497 km · best in Jun · 1,585 h sun/yr
- Vilnius Lithuania · 532 km · best in Jun · 1,582 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Pärnu Estonia · 112 km · 1,650 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kärdla Estonia · 123 km · 1,751 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Tartu Estonia · 163 km · 1,596 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kuressaare Estonia · 188 km · 1,739 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Turku Finland · 188 km · 1,640 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Tallinn compares month by month: Tallinn vs St. Petersburg · Tallinn vs Stockholm · Tallinn vs Helsinki (Vantaa) · Tallinn vs Riga · all comparisons
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