Tiksi weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Tiksi is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 19/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 19/100
- Rain / year
- 420 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 12°C / 54°F
- Population
- 6k
- Elevation
- 9 m
When is the best time to visit Tiksi?
Tiksi never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 19/100, and January is the low point (0/100). If sunshine is the point of the trip, the nearby alternatives below do better.
How sunny is Tiksi?
Tiksi never scores well for sunshine: even July, its best month, reaches only 19/100. July (19/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It is one of 152 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in Russia. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 46% of the annual 420 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -28° / -18°F | -33° / -27°F | 15 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| February | 0 | -28° / -18°F | -33° / -27°F | 12 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| March | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -25° / -13°F | 15 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| April | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -16° / 3°F | 21 mm | 2 | 0° / 32°F |
| May | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -7° / 19°F | 48 mm | 3 | 0° / 32°F |
| June | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 2° / 36°F | 56 mm | 3 | 1° / 34°F |
| July | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 70 mm | 3 | 10° / 50°F |
| August | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 68 mm | 2 | 12° / 54°F |
| September | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 0° / 32°F | 48 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| October | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -13° / 9°F | 30 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| November | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -25° / -13°F | 22 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| December | 0 | -27° / -17°F | -32° / -26°F | 15 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
Sea temperature in Tiksi by month
The sea off Tiksi is warmest in August at around 12°C / 54°F, and coolest in January 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
- Yakutsk Russia · 1,069 km · best in Jun · 2,446 h sun/yr
- Norilsk Russia · 1,533 km · best in Jul · 1,847 h sun/yr
- Magadan Russia · 1,625 km · best in Jul · 1,821 h sun/yr
- Sabetta Russia · 1,937 km · best in Jul
- Novy Urengoy Russia · 2,112 km · best in Jul · 1,849 h sun/yr
- Nadym Russia · 2,286 km · best in Jul · 1,874 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ust-Kuyga Russia · 309 km · best in Jul
- Batagay-Alyta Russia · 438 km · 2,357 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Deputatskiy Russia · 480 km · 2,173 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Batagay Russia · 502 km · 2,332 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Saskylakh Russia · 514 km · best in Jul
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