Sayanogorsk weather in April

In April, Sayanogorsk sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 11.7 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Sayanogorsk's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sayanogorsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: -2°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 55 mm; 11.7 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 42 min; 6:04 AM – 7:45 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 10th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.0; out of 10

Sayanogorsk is human settlement in Khakas Republic, Russia.

Density: 2,628/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1830

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical April day in Sayanogorsk reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 9°C warmer than March and about 7°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	-6	-5	-5	-5	-5	-4	-4	-4	-4	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	6	-6
2	6	-5
3	7	-5
4	7	-5
5	7	-5
6	7	-4
7	8	-4
8	8	-4
9	8	-4
10	8	-3
11	9	-3
12	9	-3
13	9	-3
14	10	-2
15	10	-2
16	10	-2
17	10	-2
18	11	-1
19	11	-1
20	11	-1
21	11	-1
22	12	0
23	12	0
24	12	0
25	12	0
26	12	0
27	13	1
28	13	1
29	13	1
30	13	1

How April really feels in Sayanogorsk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Sayanogorsk weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-11° / -21°	12	4.1	6.7	7.9	0.0
Feb	-7° / -19°	12	4.1	5.7	9.5	0.0
Mar	1° / -11°	23	6.5	7.2	11.5	0.0
Apr	10° / -2°	55	11.7	6.5	13.6	2.0
May	16° / 4°	90	14.4	2.3	15.5	4.5
Jun	22° / 10°	112	15.3	0	16.6	5.7
Jul	23° / 13°	128	15.6	0	16.2	5.9
Aug	21° / 11°	130	16.9	0	14.5	5.4
Sep	15° / 5°	88	13.8	1	12.4	4.1
Oct	7° / -2°	53	10.8	6.2	10.3	1.1
Nov	-3° / -11°	35	9.4	10.3	8.4	0.0
Dec	-9° / -18°	23	7	9.3	7.4	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	30	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	29	29	28	29	29	29	28	29	30	30	30
Cloudier (%)	66	66	67	68	68	69	69	70	71	71	71	71	72	71	71	71	71	72	72	71	71	72	71	71	71	72	71	70	70	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	28	72
27	29	71
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Sayanogorsk gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 38% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	28	29	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	46
Snow chance (%)	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	24
2	29	25
3	29	25
4	30	25
5	31	25
6	32	25
7	33	25
8	34	25
9	35	25
10	36	24
11	37	24
12	38	23
13	38	22
14	39	22
15	39	21
16	40	20
17	40	20
18	41	19
19	41	19
20	42	18
21	42	18
22	43	18
23	43	18
24	44	18
25	44	18
26	44	18
27	45	17
28	45	17
29	45	17
30	46	16

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 8 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 120 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 8:10 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.6	14.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:40	6:38	6:35	6:33	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:23	6:21	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:11	6:09	6:06	6:04	6:02	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:33
Sunset (PM)	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:23	7:25	7:27	7:29	7:31	7:32	7:34	7:36	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:43	7:45	7:47	7:49	7:51	7:52	7:54	7:56	7:58	8:00	8:01	8:03	8:05	8:07	8:09	8:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:40	7:18
2	12.7	6:38	7:20
3	12.8	6:35	7:21
4	12.8	6:33	7:23
5	12.9	6:30	7:25
6	13.0	6:28	7:27
7	13.1	6:26	7:29
8	13.1	6:23	7:31
9	13.2	6:21	7:32
10	13.3	6:18	7:34
11	13.3	6:16	7:36
12	13.4	6:14	7:38
13	13.5	6:11	7:40
14	13.5	6:09	7:41
15	13.6	6:06	7:43
16	13.7	6:04	7:45
17	13.8	6:02	7:47
18	13.8	5:59	7:49
19	13.9	5:57	7:51
20	14.0	5:55	7:52
21	14.0	5:53	7:54
22	14.1	5:50	7:56
23	14.2	5:48	7:58
24	14.2	5:46	8:00
25	14.3	5:44	8:01
26	14.4	5:42	8:03
27	14.4	5:39	8:05
28	14.5	5:37	8:07
29	14.6	5:35	8:09
30	14.6	5:33	8:10

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.74 kWh/m² to a high of 6.03 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Sayanogorsk

In seasonPeak

None of Sayanogorsk's seasonal hazards are active in April. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Sayanogorsk's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Sayanogorsk?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sayanogorsk.

What to pack for Sayanogorsk in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Sayanogorsk sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sayanogorsk in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sayanogorsk peaks around July 12 at about 6 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	2	4	6	6	6	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Sayanogorsk in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Sayanogorsk is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.0× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	7	10	11	15	9	10	12	9	7	6	6	4
Level	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	15	Moderate
May	9	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	12	Good
Aug	9	Good
Sep	7	Good
Oct	6	Good
Nov	6	Good
Dec	4	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Sayanogorsk?

Sayanogorsk sits at 53.1°N, 91.4°E, 314 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Shushenskoye, 43 km away.

Topography around Sayanogorsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sayanogorsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 320 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 888 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,056 m.

The land around Sayanogorsk is covered by grassland (42%), trees (26%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, grassland (47%) and trees (45%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

70 m

grassland 42%

16 km

888 m

grassland 47%

80 km

2,056 m

trees 52%

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← March Sayanogorsk year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Shushenskoye 43 km · Abakan 68 km · Minusinsk 70 km · Chernogorsk 81 km · Abaza 101 km · Mezhdurechensk 231 km · Tashtagol 239 km · Myski 249 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

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 Sayanogorsk (53.0998°, 91.4074°, elevation 314 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	6	-6
2	6	-5
3	7	-5
4	7	-5
5	7	-5
6	7	-4
7	8	-4
8	8	-4
9	8	-4
10	8	-3
11	9	-3
12	9	-3
13	9	-3
14	10	-2
15	10	-2
16	10	-2
17	10	-2
18	11	-1
19	11	-1
20	11	-1
21	11	-1
22	12	0
23	12	0
24	12	0
25	12	0
26	12	0
27	13	1
28	13	1
29	13	1
30	13	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	28	72
27	29	71
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	24
2	29	25
3	29	25
4	30	25
5	31	25
6	32	25
7	33	25
8	34	25
9	35	25
10	36	24
11	37	24
12	38	23
13	38	22
14	39	22
15	39	21
16	40	20
17	40	20
18	41	19
19	41	19
20	42	18
21	42	18
22	43	18
23	43	18
24	44	18
25	44	18
26	44	18
27	45	17
28	45	17
29	45	17
30	46	16

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	6	-6
2	6	-5
3	7	-5
4	7	-5
5	7	-5
6	7	-4
7	8	-4
8	8	-4
9	8	-4
10	8	-3
11	9	-3
12	9	-3
13	9	-3
14	10	-2
15	10	-2
16	10	-2
17	10	-2
18	11	-1
19	11	-1
20	11	-1
21	11	-1
22	12	0
23	12	0
24	12	0
25	12	0
26	12	0
27	13	1
28	13	1
29	13	1
30	13	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	28	72
27	29	71
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	24
2	29	25
3	29	25
4	30	25
5	31	25
6	32	25
7	33	25
8	34	25
9	35	25
10	36	24
11	37	24
12	38	23
13	38	22
14	39	22
15	39	21
16	40	20
17	40	20
18	41	19
19	41	19
20	42	18
21	42	18
22	43	18
23	43	18
24	44	18
25	44	18
26	44	18
27	45	17
28	45	17
29	45	17
30	46	16

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	6	-6
2	6	-5
3	7	-5
4	7	-5
5	7	-5
6	7	-4
7	8	-4
8	8	-4
9	8	-4
10	8	-3
11	9	-3
12	9	-3
13	9	-3
14	10	-2
15	10	-2
16	10	-2
17	10	-2
18	11	-1
19	11	-1
20	11	-1
21	11	-1
22	12	0
23	12	0
24	12	0
25	12	0
26	12	0
27	13	1
28	13	1
29	13	1
30	13	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	28	72
27	29	71
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	24
2	29	25
3	29	25
4	30	25
5	31	25
6	32	25
7	33	25
8	34	25
9	35	25
10	36	24
11	37	24
12	38	23
13	38	22
14	39	22
15	39	21
16	40	20
17	40	20
18	41	19
19	41	19
20	42	18
21	42	18
22	43	18
23	43	18
24	44	18
25	44	18
26	44	18
27	45	17
28	45	17
29	45	17
30	46	16

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100