Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · seaside town · continental climate
The best time to visit Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 70/100), with August close behind. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk averages about 1,599 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 96 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,599
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 70/100
- Rain / year
- 904 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 18°C / 64°F
- Population
- 199k
- Elevation
- 18 m
When is the best time to visit Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 57 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk?
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,599 hours of sunshine a year. 70 Sunshine Score points separate July (70) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #137 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 904 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 | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -13° / 9°F | 57 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -14° / 7°F | 48 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -8° / 18°F | 52 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -1° / 30°F | 55 mm | 3 | 3° / 37°F |
| May | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 4° / 39°F | 67 mm | 4 | 6° / 43°F |
| June | 55 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 78 mm | 5 | 11° / 52°F |
| July | 70 | 21° / 70°F | 13° / 55°F | 96 mm | 5 | 16° / 61°F |
| August | 67 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 115 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| September | 59 | 18° / 64°F | 12° / 54°F | 95 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| October | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 96 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| November | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -3° / 27°F | 74 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| December | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -10° / 14°F | 71 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
Sea temperature in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk by month
The sea off Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is warmest in August at around 18°C / 64°F, and coolest in February at -2°C / 28°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
- Kitami Japan · 353 km · best in Jul · 1,825 h sun/yr
- Asahikawa Japan · 358 km · best in Jun · 1,633 h sun/yr
- Kushiro Japan · 443 km · best in Jul · 1,827 h sun/yr
- Obihiro Japan · 463 km · best in Jul · 1,878 h sun/yr
- Sapporo Japan · 464 km · best in Jun · 1,696 h sun/yr
- Hakodate Japan · 588 km · best in Jun · 1,408 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Wakkanai Japan · 179 km · 1,513 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Rishiri Japan · 218 km · 1,513 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Shakhtyorsk Russia · 261 km · 1,794 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Monbetsu Japan · 292 km · 1,598 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk compares month by month: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk vs Khabarovsk · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk vs Asahikawa · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk vs Kushiro · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk vs Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky · all comparisons
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