Yekaterinburg weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · city break · continental climate
The best time to visit Yekaterinburg is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 77/100), with June and July close behind. Yekaterinburg averages about 1,839 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 68 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,839
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 77/100
- Rain / year
- 574 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 1.5M
- Elevation
- 228 m
When is the best time to visit Yekaterinburg?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Yekaterinburg is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 24 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Yekaterinburg?
Yekaterinburg gets a moderate 1,839 hours of sunshine a year. 77 Sunshine Score points separate August (77) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #108 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 41% of the annual 574 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -20° / -4°F | 24 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -19° / -2°F | 21 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -11° / 12°F | 31 mm | 2 |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -2° / 28°F | 40 mm | 3 |
| May | 58 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 67 mm | 4 |
| June | 74 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 81 mm | 4 |
| July | 74 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 86 mm | 5 |
| August | 77 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 68 mm | 4 |
| September | 46 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 53 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -2° / 28°F | 47 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -10° / 14°F | 32 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -18° / 0°F | 24 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Chelyabinsk Russia · 166 km · best in Aug · 1,990 h sun/yr
- Tyumen Russia · 279 km · best in Aug · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Perm Russia · 315 km · best in Aug · 1,678 h sun/yr
- Ufa Russia · 393 km · best in Jul · 2,072 h sun/yr
- Izhevsk Russia · 447 km · best in Aug · 1,914 h sun/yr
- Nizhnekamsk Russia · 555 km · best in Aug · 2,004 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kurgan Russia · 319 km · 2,187 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Magnitogorsk Russia · 395 km · 2,243 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Yekaterinburg compares month by month: Yekaterinburg vs Chelyabinsk · Yekaterinburg vs Perm · Yekaterinburg vs Tyumen · all comparisons
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