Yakutsk climate
Yakutsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -39 °C. August is the wettest month (44 mm) and December the driest (2.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Yakutsk averages 231 mm of rain, 31 days above 25 °C and 229 days below freezing.
Russia · population 235,600 · 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 -39 °C
- Driest month December 2 mm
- Wettest month August 44 mm
- Least cloud March 56 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 37 °C
- Coldest on record December -56 °C
What to expectYakutsk through the year
Yakutsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -33 °C in January to 25 °C in July, a swing of 56 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 31 days a year reach 25 °C, 7 of them reach 30 °C, 229 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 44 mm against 2 mm in December — 22 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -33.1 °C | 2 mm | 83 % |
| February | -27.0 °C | 2 mm | 68 % |
| March | -12.1 °C | 4 mm | 56 % |
| April | 1.6 °C | 10 mm | 59 % |
| May | 13.1 °C | 26 mm | 65 % |
| June | 22.3 °C | 33 mm | 57 % |
| July | 24.8 °C | 43 mm | 58 % |
| August | 20.7 °C | 44 mm | 61 % |
| September | 10.7 °C | 37 mm | 66 % |
| October | -3.2 °C | 17 mm | 77 % |
| November | -22.2 °C | 9 mm | 85 % |
| December | -33.5 °C | 2 mm | 85 % |
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 | -33.1 °C | -39.1 °C | -35.9 °C | -10.5 °C | -53.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| February | -27.0 °C | -36.1 °C | -31.3 °C | -4.4 °C | -50.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| March | -12.1 °C | -23.7 °C | -17.7 °C | 6.2 °C | -40.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| April | 1.6 °C | -9.6 °C | -3.8 °C | 16.4 °C | -28.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| May | 13.1 °C | 2.0 °C | 7.8 °C | 28.4 °C | -12.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| June | 22.3 °C | 10.9 °C | 17.0 °C | 33.7 °C | -1.6 °C | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| July | 24.8 °C | 14.7 °C | 19.9 °C | 36.8 °C | 4.3 °C | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| August | 20.7 °C | 11.2 °C | 15.9 °C | 34.1 °C | 0.3 °C | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| September | 10.7 °C | 2.7 °C | 6.4 °C | 24.8 °C | -6.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| October | -3.2 °C | -9.8 °C | -6.5 °C | 9.8 °C | -30.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| November | -22.2 °C | -28.5 °C | -25.1 °C | 2.7 °C | -46.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| December | -33.5 °C | -38.7 °C | -36.0 °C | -4.6 °C | -56.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 mm | 1 | 6.2 h/day | 83 % | 70 % | 8.4 km/h |
| February | 2 mm | 1 | 8.9 h/day | 68 % | 69 % | 9.1 km/h |
| March | 4 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 56 % | 69 % | 11 km/h |
| April | 10 mm | 3 | 15 h/day | 59 % | 65 % | 13 km/h |
| May | 26 mm | 7 | 18 h/day | 65 % | 54 % | 15 km/h |
| June | 33 mm | 7 | 20 h/day | 57 % | 55 % | 14 km/h |
| July | 43 mm | 8 | 19 h/day | 58 % | 62 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 44 mm | 8 | 16 h/day | 61 % | 68 % | 13 km/h |
| September | 37 mm | 8 | 13 h/day | 66 % | 73 % | 13 km/h |
| October | 17 mm | 5 | 10 h/day | 77 % | 74 % | 12 km/h |
| November | 9 mm | 3 | 7.1 h/day | 85 % | 75 % | 9.8 km/h |
| December | 2 mm | 1 | 5.2 h/day | 85 % | 70 % | 8.1 km/h |
Where Yakutsk ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Europe in June | 1st of 50 | 96/100 |
| The coolest places in Europe in December | 1st of 50 | -34 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in February | 1st of 50 | -27 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in January | 1st of 50 | -33 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in March | 1st of 50 | -12 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in November | 1st of 50 | -22 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Yakutsk.
QuestionsCommon questions about Yakutsk’s climate
When is the best time to visit Yakutsk?
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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Yakutsk get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 7 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 -39 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 229 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Yakutsk?
August, averaging 44 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is December with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 231 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 Yakutsk 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
- Data point
- 62.031°, 129.723° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- 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.