Yakutsk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · regional city · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Yakutsk is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 85/100), with July and August close behind. Yakutsk averages about 2,446 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 47 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,446
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 85/100
- Rain / year
- 393 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 236k
- Elevation
- 95 m
When is the best time to visit Yakutsk?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Yakutsk is June, then July and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 11 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Yakutsk?
Yakutsk gets a moderate 2,446 hours of sunshine a year. 85 Sunshine Score points separate June (85) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #9 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,004 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 44% of the annual 393 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -34° / -29°F | -40° / -40°F | 11 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -30° / -22°F | -38° / -36°F | 9 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -24° / -11°F | 13 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -10° / 14°F | 25 mm | 3 |
| May | 35 | 13° / 55°F | 2° / 36°F | 51 mm | 3 |
| June | 85 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 47 mm | 4 |
| July | 82 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 60 mm | 4 |
| August | 82 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 62 mm | 3 |
| September | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 52 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -10° / 14°F | 31 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -23° / -9°F | -28° / -18°F | 21 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -34° / -29°F | -39° / -38°F | 11 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Magadan Russia · 1,150 km · best in Jul · 1,821 h sun/yr
- Blagoveschensk Russia · 1,305 km · best in Jun · 2,736 h sun/yr
- Chita Russia · 1,490 km · best in Jun · 2,733 h sun/yr
- Khabarovsk Russia · 1,546 km · best in Jun · 2,595 h sun/yr
- Hailar China · 1,559 km · best in Jun · 3,019 h sun/yr
- Jiamusi China · 1,696 km · best in Sep · 2,548 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ust-Maya Russia · 315 km · 2,417 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Vilyuisk Russia · 448 km · 2,396 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Verkhnevilyuisk Russia · 506 km · 2,394 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Olyokminsk Russia · 531 km · 2,291 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Zhigansk Russia · 606 km · 2,405 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Yakutsk compares month by month: Yakutsk vs Chita · Yakutsk vs Blagoveschensk · Yakutsk vs Magadan · all comparisons
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