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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Yakutsk
Yakutsk climate by month
Subarctic · DfcBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean-8°day and night
Seasonal swing57°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation275 mm80 wet days a year
62.03° N, 129.72° EElevation 126 mUTC+9 · Yakutsk Standard Time
When to goYakutsk · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low-4° / -11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Yakutsk has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 24° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -34° and lows of -40°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 57°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 275 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (22 mm, 11 wet days) and February the driest (9 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in July to 61% in December.
Compared with Moscow, the capital, Yakutsk is 0.5° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · July
- Coldest nights
- -40° · January
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 19 h 41 min
- Shortest day
- 5 h 14 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -34° | -27° | -13° | 1° | 12° | 21° | 24° | 20° | 10° | -4° | -23° | -33° |
| Average low | -40° | -37° | -25° | -11° | 1° | 10° | 14° | 11° | 2° | -11° | -29° | -39° |
| Precipitation | 10 mm | 9 mm | 8 mm | 9 mm | 22 mm | 41 mm | 44 mm | 45 mm | 35 mm | 21 mm | 19 mm | 12 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 10.8 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 5.4 | 2.3 |
| Cloud cover | 59% | 45% | 38% | 40% | 44% | 37% | 35% | 39% | 45% | 52% | 59% | 61% |
| Daylight | 6h 06 | 8h 52 | 11h 39 | 14h 44 | 17h 38 | 19h 41 | 18h 49 | 16h 05 | 13h 03 | 10h 07 | 7h 10 | 5h 14 |
| Month score | 40 | 47 | 46 | 39 | 39 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 30 | 27 | 33 | 40 |
ivMonth by month
Yakutsk in every month
January40
-34° / -40°
10 mm · 2.5 wet days
February47
-27° / -37°
9 mm · 1.9 wet days
March46
-13° / -25°
8 mm · 3.6 wet days
April39
1° / -11°
9 mm · 6.2 wet days
May39
12° / 1°
22 mm · 10.8 wet days
June74
21° / 10°
41 mm · 9.7 wet days
July76
24° / 14°
44 mm · 9.2 wet days
August75
20° / 11°
45 mm · 8.9 wet days
September30
10° / 2°
35 mm · 9.8 wet days
October27
-4° / -11°
21 mm · 9.2 wet days
November33
-23° / -29°
19 mm · 5.4 wet days
December40
-33° / -39°
12 mm · 2.3 wet days