Zhigansk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Zhigansk is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 81/100). Zhigansk averages about 2,405 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 66 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,405
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 81/100
- Rain / year
- 441 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 87 m
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When is the best time to visit Zhigansk?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Zhigansk is July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 15 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Zhigansk?
Zhigansk gets a moderate 2,405 hours of sunshine a year. 81 Sunshine Score points separate July (81) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #15 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 July, carries about 44% of the annual 441 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -35° / -31°F | -42° / -44°F | 15 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -33° / -27°F | -40° / -40°F | 12 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -28° / -18°F | 18 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -14° / 7°F | 33 mm | 2 |
| May | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -3° / 27°F | 44 mm | 3 |
| June | 67 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 66 mm | 3 |
| July | 81 | 20° / 68°F | 12° / 54°F | 66 mm | 4 |
| August | 61 | 17° / 63°F | 8° / 46°F | 62 mm | 2 |
| September | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 0° / 32°F | 47 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -14° / 7°F | 40 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -26° / -15°F | -31° / -24°F | 23 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -35° / -31°F | -41° / -42°F | 15 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Yakutsk Russia · 606 km · best in Jun · 2,446 h sun/yr
- Norilsk Russia · 1,500 km · best in Jul · 1,847 h sun/yr
- Magadan Russia · 1,546 km · best in Jul · 1,821 h sun/yr
- Chita Russia · 1,733 km · best in Jun · 2,733 h sun/yr
- Blagoveschensk Russia · 1,835 km · best in Jun · 2,736 h sun/yr
- Ulan Ude Russia · 1,883 km · best in Jun · 2,485 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Batagay-Alyta Russia · 321 km · 2,357 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Vilyuisk Russia · 347 km · 2,396 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Verkhnevilyuisk Russia · 398 km · 2,394 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Batagay Russia · 496 km · 2,332 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Udachny Russia · 502 km · 2,113 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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