Tartu weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Tartu is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with August and June close behind. Tartu averages about 1,596 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 79 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

1,596

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

73/100

Rain / year

777 mm

Snow / year

≈2 m

Midday UV at peak

4 (moderate)

Population

91k

Elevation

66 m

When is the best time to visit Tartu?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Tartu is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 51 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Tartu?

Tartu isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,596 hours of sunshine a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate July (73) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 of 5 destinations in Estonia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,693 hours. The year's 777 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Tallinn Estonia · 163 km · best in Jul · 1,693 h sun/yr
• Riga Latvia · 223 km · best in Jul · 1,691 h sun/yr
• Helsinki (Vantaa) Finland · 244 km · best in Jul · 1,584 h sun/yr
• St. Petersburg Russia · 263 km · best in Jul · 1,522 h sun/yr
• Kaunas Lithuania · 404 km · best in Jun · 1,585 h sun/yr
• Vilnius Lithuania · 417 km · best in Jun · 1,582 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Pskov Russia · 116 km · 1,687 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Pärnu Estonia · 130 km · 1,650 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Kärdla Estonia · 236 km · 1,751 h sun/yr · best in Jul