Yaroslavl weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · city break · continental climate
The best time to visit Yaroslavl is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with June and July close behind. Yaroslavl averages about 1,727 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 71 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,727
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 76/100
- Rain / year
- 739 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 609k
- Elevation
- 90 m
When is the best time to visit Yaroslavl?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Yaroslavl is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 46 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Yaroslavl?
Yaroslavl isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,727 hours of sunshine a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate August (76) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #119 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 739 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 | -8° / 18°F | -15° / 5°F | 46 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -14° / 7°F | 38 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -8° / 18°F | 43 mm | 2 |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -1° / 30°F | 48 mm | 2 |
| May | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 75 mm | 4 |
| June | 74 | 20° / 68°F | 11° / 52°F | 79 mm | 4 |
| July | 72 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 93 mm | 5 |
| August | 76 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 71 mm | 4 |
| September | 45 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 67 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 70 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -5° / 23°F | 59 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -11° / 12°F | 50 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Cherepovets Russia · 228 km · best in Aug · 1,618 h sun/yr
- Moscow Russia · 243 km · best in Aug · 1,676 h sun/yr
- Nizhny Novgorod Russia · 266 km · best in Aug · 1,753 h sun/yr
- Cheboksary Russia · 467 km · best in Aug · 1,757 h sun/yr
- Kirov Russia · 551 km · best in Jul · 1,676 h sun/yr
- Petrozavodsk Russia · 586 km · best in Jul · 1,601 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kostroma Russia · 58 km · 1,730 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Ivanovo Russia · 84 km · 1,774 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Rybinsk Russia · 95 km · 1,625 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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