Angarsk climate
Angarsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -26 °C. August is the wettest month (86 mm) and January the driest (4.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Angarsk averages 393 mm of rain, 42 days above 25 °C and 207 days below freezing.
Russia · population 243,158 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month July 25 °C
- Coldest month January -26 °C
- Driest month January 5 mm
- Wettest month August 86 mm
- Least cloud March 57 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 37 °C
- Coldest on record January -48 °C
What to expectAngarsk through the year
Angarsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -15 °C in January to 25 °C in July, a swing of 40 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 42 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C, 207 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 86 mm against 5 mm in January — 19 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -15.3 °C | 5 mm | 62 % |
| February | -9.1 °C | 5 mm | 59 % |
| March | -0.1 °C | 9 mm | 57 % |
| April | 9.8 °C | 20 mm | 60 % |
| May | 17.3 °C | 34 mm | 59 % |
| June | 23.4 °C | 60 mm | 60 % |
| July | 25.0 °C | 85 mm | 63 % |
| August | 22.5 °C | 86 mm | 61 % |
| September | 15.4 °C | 52 mm | 58 % |
| October | 6.6 °C | 18 mm | 58 % |
| November | -4.5 °C | 10 mm | 69 % |
| December | -13.1 °C | 9 mm | 69 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -15.3 °C | -25.6 °C | -20.4 °C | 0.7 °C | -48.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| February | -9.1 °C | -22.6 °C | -15.6 °C | 5.4 °C | -43.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| March | -0.1 °C | -13.7 °C | -6.5 °C | 19.1 °C | -31.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| April | 9.8 °C | -2.4 °C | 3.5 °C | 26.9 °C | -19.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| May | 17.3 °C | 4.1 °C | 10.7 °C | 33.5 °C | -5.1 °C | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| June | 23.4 °C | 11.6 °C | 17.6 °C | 37.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 25.0 °C | 14.7 °C | 19.9 °C | 35.1 °C | 6.2 °C | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 22.5 °C | 12.4 °C | 17.4 °C | 36.2 °C | 2.2 °C | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| September | 15.4 °C | 5.1 °C | 10.1 °C | 29.9 °C | -4.7 °C | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 6.6 °C | -2.8 °C | 1.6 °C | 21.2 °C | -17.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| November | -4.5 °C | -13.2 °C | -8.8 °C | 9.9 °C | -35.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| December | -13.1 °C | -22.1 °C | -17.4 °C | 2.2 °C | -41.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5 mm | 1 | 8.2 h/day | 62 % | 75 % | 12 km/h |
| February | 5 mm | 1 | 9.9 h/day | 59 % | 73 % | 13 km/h |
| March | 9 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 57 % | 68 % | 15 km/h |
| April | 20 mm | 5 | 14 h/day | 60 % | 54 % | 18 km/h |
| May | 34 mm | 8 | 16 h/day | 59 % | 53 % | 19 km/h |
| June | 60 mm | 10 | 17 h/day | 60 % | 61 % | 16 km/h |
| July | 85 mm | 12 | 16 h/day | 63 % | 70 % | 14 km/h |
| August | 86 mm | 11 | 15 h/day | 61 % | 73 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 52 mm | 10 | 13 h/day | 58 % | 74 % | 16 km/h |
| October | 18 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 58 % | 74 % | 15 km/h |
| November | 10 mm | 3 | 8.8 h/day | 69 % | 76 % | 14 km/h |
| December | 9 mm | 3 | 7.7 h/day | 69 % | 77 % | 12 km/h |
How Angarsk compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angarsk | 25 °C | -26 °C | 393 mm | 42 |
| Irkutsk · Russia | 24 °C | -24 °C | 456 mm | 37 |
| Ulan-Ude · Russia | 26 °C | -28 °C | 296 mm | 46 |
| Bratsk · Russia | 21 °C | -22 °C | 365 mm | 7 |
Where Angarsk ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The driest places in Europe in February | 4thof 50 | 4.7 mm |
| The driest places in Europe in March | 4thof 50 | 9.2 mm |
| The driest places in Europe in November | 4thof 50 | 10 mm |
| The driest places in Europe in December | 5thof 50 | 9.2 mm |
| The driest places in Europe in January | 5thof 50 | 4.6 mm |
| The driest places in Europe in October | 5thof 50 | 18 mm |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Angarsk’s climate
When is the best time to visit Angarsk?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Angarsk get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -26 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 207 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Angarsk?
August, averaging 86 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is January with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 393 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Angarsk rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.