Ust-Kut weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Ust-Kut is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 78/100), with July and August close behind. Ust-Kut averages about 2,034 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 67 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,034
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 78/100
- Rain / year
- 584 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 48k
- Elevation
- 668 m
When is the best time to visit Ust-Kut?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ust-Kut is June, then July and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 26 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ust-Kut?
Ust-Kut gets a moderate 2,034 hours of sunshine a year. 78 Sunshine Score points separate June (78) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #66 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 584 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 | -21° / -6°F | -28° / -18°F | 26 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -25° / -13°F | 23 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -16° / 3°F | 31 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -8° / 18°F | 41 mm | 3 |
| May | 20 | 11° / 52°F | -1° / 30°F | 60 mm | 4 |
| June | 78 | 20° / 68°F | 8° / 46°F | 67 mm | 5 |
| July | 76 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 81 mm | 5 |
| August | 71 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 73 mm | 4 |
| September | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 0° / 32°F | 59 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -7° / 19°F | 52 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -19° / -2°F | 40 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -28° / -18°F | 31 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Irkutsk Russia · 518 km · best in Jun · 2,466 h sun/yr
- Ulan Ude Russia · 572 km · best in Jun · 2,485 h sun/yr
- Chita Russia · 726 km · best in Jun · 2,733 h sun/yr
- Krasnoyarsk Russia · 815 km · best in Aug · 1,955 h sun/yr
- Abakan Russia · 970 km · best in Aug · 2,235 h sun/yr
- Ulaanbaatar (Sergelen) Mongolia · 1,027 km · best in Jun · 3,261 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bratsk Russia · 252 km · 2,075 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Nizhneangarsk Russia · 266 km · 2,041 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Vanavara Russia · 437 km · 2,119 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Bodaybo Russia · 522 km · 2,116 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Taksimo Russia · 565 km · 2,193 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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