Climate and average weather in Nevel’sk

In Nevel’sk, the summers are mild, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, breezy, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid July to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Nevel’sk typically varies from -8°C to 19°C, and is rarely below -13°C or above 22°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Nevel’sk for warm-weather activities is from mid July to late September.

Hottest
Aug
19°
Coldest
Jan
-8°
Wettest
Aug
103 mm
Driest
Feb
46 mm
Rain / yr
903 mm
142 wet days
Daylight
8.4–15.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
46.7°N
Clearest
Oct
54% cloud

Nevel’sk is human settlement in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,889/km²
people per km²
Founded
1901

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

Nevel’sk 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 mid July to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from June 22 to October 7, with daily high temperatures above 13°C. The hottest month of the year in Nevel’sk is August, with an average high of 19°C and low of 17°C.

The cool season lasts 3.4 months, from December 4 to March 15, with daily high temperatures below -1°C. The coldest month of the year in Nevel’sk is January, with an average low of -8°C and high of -5°C.

Days typically run about 3°C warmer than nights year-round.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-5-8
Feb-4-8
Mar0-4
Apr41
May85
Jun129
Jul1714
Aug1917
Sep1714
Oct118
Nov41
Dec-2-5

How hot and cold Nevel’sk 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 -17°C (around January 24), with roughly 190 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 107 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-5-5-16-8
Feb-4-4-16-8
Mar-10-10-4
Apr44-41
May8815
Jun121289
Jul17171414
Aug19191617
Sep17171414
Oct111158
Nov44-51
Dec-2-2-13-5

Average hourly temperature in Nevel’sk

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 August afternoons, near 19°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -8°C.

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

Nevel’sk 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-5° / -8°6114.5208.80.0
Feb-5° / -8°4611.316.2100.0
Mar-1° / -4°5510.512.511.60.0
Apr / 549.55.313.30.1
May / 649.80.914.81.3
Jun12° / 618.9015.63.2
Jul17° / 14°909.3015.35.1
Aug19° / 17°10310.10145.9
Sep17° / 14°10111.3012.45.3
Oct11° / 9512.90.410.62.7
Nov / 9015.711.89.20.2
Dec-2° / -5°8417.921.48.40.0

Chance of rain

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

Nevel’sk gets about 903 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 5.2 months, from around Sep 17 to Feb 21, peaking in December at about 60% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 29.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 103 mm over about 10 wet days; February is the driest, with 46 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 7 · 60%Jun 29 · 28%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4715
Feb4011
Mar3411
Apr3210
May3110
Jun309
Jul309
Aug3310
Sep3711
Oct4213
Nov5216
Dec5718

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Nevel’sk collects about 903 mm of rain across 142 wet days — roughly 75 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 103 mm, while February is the driest at just 46 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 33% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec61465554646190103101959084
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan611520
Feb461116
Mar551113
Apr54105
May64101
Jun6190
Jul9090
Aug103100
Sep101110
Oct95130
Nov901612
Dec841821

Snow in Nevel’sk

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.

Nevel’sk averages about 89 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 20 to May 18 — about 6.9 months.

December is snowiest, with roughly 21 days of snow and an estimated 88 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 366 cm of snow.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonDec 17
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan2071
Feb1665
Mar1351
Apr530
May13
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct01
Nov1259
Dec2188

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Nevel’sk, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around August 13 and lasts for 3.2 months, ending around November 17. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 54% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 18 and lasts for 3.6 months, ending around March 7. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 92% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecOct 5 · 58%Jan 20 · 8%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan892
Feb1783
Mar3862
Apr4555
May3961
Jun3070
Jul2872
Aug3565
Sep5248
Oct5446
Nov3565
Dec1486

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 11, brings about 15 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 8 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 7 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.88:205:04
Feb10.07:475:47
Mar11.66:556:30
Apr13.35:537:13
May14.85:057:53
Jun15.64:448:21
Jul15.34:598:17
Aug14.05:367:37
Sep12.46:176:37
Oct10.66:595:37
Nov9.27:444:52
Dec8.48:184:40

Sunny days

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

Nevel’sk averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 12 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 2.9 months, from around Aug 14 to Nov 10. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is January, down near 1 sunny days — about 93% fewer than the October peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedOct 312 daysJan 111 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan1Gloomy
Feb2Gloomy
Mar7Gloomy
Apr9Mixed
May8Mixed
Jun6Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep11Mixed
Oct11Mixed
Nov5Gloomy
Dec1Gloomy

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 Nevel’sk, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.4 months, from around July 10 to September 20. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 49% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 21 to July 9, and June 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJun 5 · 100%Aug 8 · 48%muggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May100000
Jun95500
Jul4040192
Aug15363613
Sep5825143
Oct97300
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 Nevel’sk is typically breezy, near 21 km/h, and varies a lot with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Sep 27 to Apr 12. The windiest month is December, averaging about 25 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 13 to Sep 26, with July the calmest month at about 15 km/h.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezywindyDec 1 · 26 km/hJul 13 · 15 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan24breezy
Feb23breezy
Mar22breezy
Apr20breezy
May18light breeze
Jun16light breeze
Jul15light breeze
Aug16light breeze
Sep19light breeze
Oct23breezy
Nov25breezy
Dec25breezy

Best time to visit Nevel’sk

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late July, Nevel’sk is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

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 Nevel’sk for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid July to late September, with a peak score in the last week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 27 · 6.0

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
Mar0.0poor
Apr0.1poor
May1.3poor
Jun3.2poor
Jul5.1fair
Aug5.9good
Sep5.2fair
Oct2.6poor
Nov0.2poor
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 Nevel’sk for hot-weather activities is from late July to early September, with a peak score in the third week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 19 · 2.6

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 Nevel’sk, 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 August (highs near 19°C), the essentials are rain gear. In the cold season around January (highs near -5°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Nevel’sk sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 17°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Nevel’sk

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in January near 2°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan2Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr4Bracing
May7Bracing
Jun10Bracing
Jul15Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index (midday) in Nevel’sk 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 Nevel’sk peaks around August 13 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 13UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Nevel’sk

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 August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 3.5 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
Apr50
May70.5
Jun7.52
Jul72
Aug73.5
Sep50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Nevel’sk typically lasts about 222 days, from around April 9 to November 16 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 27 to November 2.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 1610%Apr 950%Apr 2790%Nov 290%Nov 1650%Dec 610%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan131
Feb128
Mar1231
Apr6725
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct990
Nov5528
Dec531

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. Nevel’sk banks about 613 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

0200400600800JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun29
Jul163
Aug239
Sep163
Oct19
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.

Nevel’sk receives about 3.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.1 and 5.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Mar 8 to Sep 24. The brightest month is May, averaging about 5.4 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.2 kWh/m² — roughly 78% less than the May peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 235.5 kWhDec 171.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.4Dim
Feb2.5Moderate
Mar3.9Moderate
Apr5.0Bright
May5.5Bright
Jun5.2Bright
Jul4.8Bright
Aug4.3Bright
Sep3.8Moderate
Oct2.7Moderate
Nov1.6Dim
Dec1.1Dim

Where is Nevel’sk?

Nevel’sk sits at 46.7°N, 141.9°E, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kholmsk, 43 km away.

Topography around Nevel’sk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nevel’sk has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 368 m around an average of 72 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 556 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 766 m.

The land around Nevel’sk is covered by water (52%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, water (52%) and trees (45%) within 16 km, and water (55%) and trees (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
368 m
16 km
556 m
80 km
766 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Kholmsk 43 km · Korsakov 71 km · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 74 km · Wakkanai 142 km · Makubetsu 145 km · Nayoro 263 km · Sovetskaya Gavan’ 280 km · Minamishibetsuchō 284 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 Nevel’sk (46.6796°, 141.8559°), 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).