Climate and average weather in Abaza

In Abaza, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are frigid, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late May to early September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Abaza typically varies from -22°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -33°C or above 29°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Abaza for warm-weather activities is from late May to early September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-22°
Wettest
Jul
88 mm
Driest
Feb
12 mm
Rain / yr
584 mm
113 wet days
Daylight
7.4–16.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
450 m
52.7°N
Clearest
Jun
62% cloud

Abaza is town in Russia.

Density
222/km²
people per km²
Founded
1856

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Abaza weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late May to early September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Abaza, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.3 months, from May 8 to September 15, with daily high temperatures above 15°C. The hottest month of the year in Abaza is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 12°C.

The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from November 20 to February 24, with daily high temperatures below -4°C. The coldest month of the year in Abaza is January, with an average low of -22°C and high of -10°C.

Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in March.

-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-10-22
Feb-6-20
Mar2-12
Apr11-2
May174
Jun2210
Jul2412
Aug2110
Sep153
Oct7-3
Nov-2-11
Dec-9-18

How hot and cold Abaza really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -28°C (around January 28), with roughly 230 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 150 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-30°-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-10-10-27-22
Feb-6-6-25-20
Mar22-17-12
Apr1011-6-2
May171724
Jun2222910
Jul24241212
Aug2121910
Sep151513
Oct77-6-3
Nov-2-2-16-11
Dec-9-9-24-18

Average hourly temperature in Abaza

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 24°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -22°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Abaza weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-10° / -22°123.96.380.0
Feb-6° / -20°123.65.39.50.0
Mar / -12°2166.711.50.1
Apr11° / -2°5010.45.213.62.4
May17° / 7512.71.315.54.9
Jun22° / 10°8513.1016.56.0
Jul24° / 12°8812.9016.16.4
Aug21° / 10°7712.8014.56.1
Sep15° / 6111.60.912.44.5
Oct / -3°449.64.810.31.2
Nov-2° / -11°36910.18.50.0
Dec-9° / -18°237.29.77.50.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Abaza gets about 584 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.0 months, from around Apr 10 to Nov 8, peaking in June at about 45% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 23.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 88 mm over about 13 wet days; February is the driest, with 12 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 28 · 45%Jan 23 · 13%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan144
Feb144
Mar206
Apr3410
May4113
Jun4413
Jul4213
Aug4113
Sep3812
Oct3210
Nov309
Dec227

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Abaza collects about 584 mm of rain across 113 wet days — roughly 49 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 88 mm, while February is the driest at just 12 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec121221507585887761443623
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan1246
Feb1245
Mar2167
Apr50105
May75131
Jun85130
Jul88130
Aug77130
Sep61121
Oct44105
Nov36910
Dec23710

Snow in Abaza

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Abaza averages about 50 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 15 to May 22 — about 8.2 months.

November is snowiest, with roughly 10 days of snow and an estimated 34 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 155 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonNov 26
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan617
Feb518
Mar719
Apr522
May13
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep12
Oct515
Nov1034
Dec1025

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Abaza, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 20 and lasts for 4.5 months, ending around October 4. The clearest month is June, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 43% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 5 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around January 18. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 73% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 8 · 44%Nov 29 · 24%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3664
Feb3862
Mar3862
Apr3268
May3664
Jun4357
Jul4159
Aug4357
Sep4159
Oct3268
Nov2773
Dec3070

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 14, brings about 16 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 7 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 9 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.09:125:06
Feb9.58:296:00
Mar11.57:256:54
Apr13.66:107:50
May15.55:108:41
Jun16.54:429:17
Jul16.15:019:10
Aug14.55:488:19
Sep12.46:427:06
Oct10.37:355:54
Nov8.58:334:57
Dec7.59:134:38

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Abaza averages about 7 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 10 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 2.7 months, from around Jan 9 to Mar 31. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 9 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 5 sunny days — about 38% fewer than the February peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyergloomymixedFeb 110 daysNov 255 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan8Gloomy
Feb8Mixed
Mar8Mixed
Apr6Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun7Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep7Gloomy
Oct7Gloomy
Nov5Gloomy
Dec7Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Abaza, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.2 months, from around June 13 to August 18. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 17% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around August 19 to June 12, and May is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 13 · 100%Jul 17 · 81%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May99100
Jun752240
Jul4440152
Aug742240
Sep99100
Oct100000
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Abaza is typically calm, near 7 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 3.1 months, from around Feb 27 to Jun 1. The windiest month is April, averaging about 9 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 2 to Oct 3, with July the calmest month at about 6 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeApr 27 · 9 km/hJul 17 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar8calm
Apr9calm
May8calm
Jun7calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep7calm
Oct8calm
Nov8calm
Dec8calm

Best time to visit Abaza

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Abaza throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late August, Abaza is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Abaza for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to early September, with a peak score in the third week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 15 · 6.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.1poor
Apr2.4poor
May4.9fair
Jun6.0good
Jul6.4good
Aug6.1good
Sep4.5fair
Oct1.2poor
Nov0.0poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Abaza for hot-weather activities is from mid June to mid August, with a peak score in the second week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 14 · 5.4

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Abaza, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 24°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -10°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Abaza sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Abaza by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Abaza peaks around May 22 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowMay 22UV 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May7High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Abaza

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in May the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 2 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr4.50
May7.52
Jun7.52
Jul7.51
Aug6.50
Sep3.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Abaza typically lasts about 159 days, from around April 26 to October 1 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 23 to September 10.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 2810%Apr 2650%May 2390%Sep 1090%Oct 150%Nov 610%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan031
Feb028
Mar531
Apr3230
May8223
Jun990
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep8021
Oct2731
Nov630
Dec131

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Abaza banks about 637 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

0200400600800JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May27
Jun172
Jul247
Aug174
Sep17
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Abaza receives about 3.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.8 and 6.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 13 to Sep 17. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.0 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.8 kWh/m² — roughly 87% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 116.1 kWhDec 190.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.1Dim
Feb2.1Moderate
Mar3.6Moderate
Apr4.9Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun6.1Intense
Jul5.5Bright
Aug4.7Bright
Sep3.5Moderate
Oct2.0Moderate
Nov1.1Dim
Dec0.8Dim

Where is Abaza?

Abaza sits at 52.7°N, 90.1°E, 450 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Sayanogorsk, 101 km away.

Topography around Abaza

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Abaza.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abaza has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 624 m around an average of 600 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,046 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,171 m.

The land around Abaza is covered by trees (79%) within 3 km, trees (89%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
624 m
16 km
1,046 m
80 km
2,171 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen
Nearby: Sayanogorsk 101 km · Shushenskoye 144 km · Abakan 148 km · Tashtagol 149 km · Chernogorsk 154 km · Minusinsk 159 km · Mezhdurechensk 178 km · Myski 193 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,547
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
other Christian 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Abaza (52.653°, 90.0945°, elevation 450 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).