Climate and average weather in Slyudyanka

In Slyudyanka, the summers are mild, wet, 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 Slyudyanka typically varies from -25°C to 21°C, and is rarely below -33°C or above 26°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 Slyudyanka for warm-weather activities is from late May to early September.

Hottest
Jul
21°
Coldest
Jan
-25°
Wettest
Jul
133 mm
Driest
Jan
7 mm
Rain / yr
654 mm
114 wet days
Daylight
7.6–16.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
477 m
51.7°N
Clearest
Feb
55% cloud

Slyudyanka is town in Slyudyansky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
495/km²
people per km²
Founded
1899

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

Slyudyanka 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 Slyudyanka, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.5 months, from May 8 to September 21, with daily high temperatures above 12°C. The hottest month of the year in Slyudyanka is July, with an average high of 21°C and low of 11°C.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from November 23 to February 23, with daily high temperatures below -7°C. The coldest month of the year in Slyudyanka is January, with an average low of -25°C and high of -14°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in March.

-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-14-24
Feb-9-22
Mar-2-15
Apr7-5
May142
Jun198
Jul2111
Aug1910
Sep143
Oct6-4
Nov-5-14
Dec-12-21

How hot and cold Slyudyanka 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 -30°C (around January 24), with roughly 241 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 168 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-14-14-30-24
Feb-9-9-27-22
Mar-2-2-19-15
Apr77-8-5
May1414-12
Jun191978
Jul21211111
Aug1919910
Sep141413
Oct66-8-4
Nov-5-5-18-14
Dec-12-12-27-21

Average hourly temperature in Slyudyanka

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 21°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -25°C.

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

Slyudyanka 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-14° / -25°72.74.58.10.0
Feb-10° / -22°82.94.19.60.0
Mar-2° / -15°226.67.711.50.0
Apr / -5°389.98.413.60.9
May14° / 6412.34.315.33.9
Jun19° / 10014.50.216.35.4
Jul21° / 11°13316.3015.95.4
Aug19° / 10°13115.8014.45.3
Sep14° / 8313.42.812.43.6
Oct / -4°358.57.310.40.7
Nov-5° / -14°216.688.60.0
Dec-12° / -21°124.36.17.70.0

Chance of rain

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

Slyudyanka gets about 654 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 6.0 months, from around Apr 10 to Oct 9, peaking in July at about 54% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 13.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 133 mm over about 16 wet days; January is the driest, with 7 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 27 · 54%Jan 13 · 8%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan93
Feb113
Mar217
Apr3310
May4012
Jun4815
Jul5316
Aug5116
Sep4313
Oct299
Nov217
Dec144

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Slyudyanka collects about 654 mm of rain across 114 wet days — roughly 54 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 133 mm, while January is the driest at just 7 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 56% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150175JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec7822386410013313183352112
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan735
Feb834
Mar2278
Apr38108
May64124
Jun100150
Jul133160
Aug131160
Sep83133
Oct3597
Nov2178
Dec1246

Snow in Slyudyanka

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.

Slyudyanka averages about 53 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 1 to Jun 8 — about 9.2 months.

April is snowiest, with roughly 8 days of snow and an estimated 31 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 176 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonApr 11
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan510
Feb414
Mar825
Apr831
May416
Jun01
Jul00
Aug00
Sep311
Oct728
Nov824
Dec616

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Slyudyanka, 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 December 12 and lasts for 3.4 months, ending around March 23. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 50% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 24 and lasts for 5.4 months, ending around September 4. The cloudiest month is April, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 67% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 3 · 53%Apr 19 · 31%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5050
Feb4951
Mar4258
Apr3367
May3664
Jun3862
Jul3565
Aug3862
Sep4258
Oct4456
Nov4060
Dec4357

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 13, brings about 16 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 7 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 8 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.19:135:16
Feb9.68:326:08
Mar11.57:307:00
Apr13.66:177:53
May15.35:208:43
Jun16.34:539:17
Jul15.95:119:11
Aug14.45:578:22
Sep12.46:487:11
Oct10.47:396:01
Nov8.68:345:07
Dec7.79:134:49

Sunny days

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

Slyudyanka averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 12 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Dec 9 to Mar 25. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is April, down near 6 sunny days — about 48% fewer than the February peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyergloomymixedFeb 312 daysApr 205 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar9Mixed
Apr6Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul6Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep8Gloomy
Oct9Mixed
Nov8Gloomy
Dec9Mixed

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 Slyudyanka, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 12% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 25 · 100%Jul 20 · 84%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May100000
Jun841420
Jul4543121
Aug702640
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.

Wind in Slyudyanka is steady company: average speeds sit near 7 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeApr 24 · 8 km/hJan 16 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan6calm
Feb6calm
Mar7calm
Apr8calm
May8calm
Jun7calm
Jul6calm
Aug7calm
Sep7calm
Oct7calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Hazard calendar for Slyudyanka

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

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

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Slyudyanka

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late August, Slyudyanka 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 Slyudyanka for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to early September, with a peak score in the second week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 12 · 5.5

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
Mar0.0poor
Apr1.0poor
May3.9fair
Jun5.3fair
Jul5.4fair
Aug5.2fair
Sep3.6fair
Oct0.7poor
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 Slyudyanka for hot-weather activities is from late June to mid August, with a peak score in the second week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 13 · 3.5

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 Slyudyanka, 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 21°C), the essentials are rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -14°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Slyudyanka sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Slyudyanka 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 Slyudyanka peaks around July 12 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 12UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Slyudyanka

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 July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 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
Apr60
May70
Jun83
Jul83.5
Aug60
Sep3.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Slyudyanka by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Slyudyanka is worst in July — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.9× the cleanest month (November, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodGoodModerateGoodJul 1317 µg/m³Nov 185 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar9Good
Apr12Moderate
May10Good
Jun15Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep6Good
Oct5Good
Nov5Good
Dec5Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Slyudyanka typically lasts about 144 days, from around May 8 to September 28 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 30 to September 14.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonApr 910%May 850%May 3090%Sep 1490%Sep 2850%Oct 2010%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan031
Feb028
Mar231
Apr1630
May6729
Jun980
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep8215
Oct1731
Nov130
Dec031

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. Slyudyanka banks about 440 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

0200400600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun104
Jul190
Aug135
Sep9
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.

Slyudyanka receives about 3.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.9 and 6.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 10 to Sep 14. The brightest month is May, averaging about 5.9 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.9 kWh/m² — roughly 84% less than the May peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 296.1 kWhDec 180.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.3Dim
Feb2.3Moderate
Mar3.9Moderate
Apr5.2Bright
May6.0Bright
Jun5.9Bright
Jul5.3Bright
Aug4.6Bright
Sep3.5Moderate
Oct2.3Moderate
Nov1.4Dim
Dec0.9Dim

Where is Slyudyanka?

Slyudyanka sits at 51.7°N, 103.7°E, 477 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Baykal’sk, 34 km away.

Topography around Slyudyanka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Slyudyanka has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 463 m around an average of 534 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,435 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,201 m.

The land around Slyudyanka is covered by trees (50%) and water (34%) within 3 km, trees (74%) and water (22%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) within 80 km.

3 km
463 m
16 km
1,435 m
80 km
2,201 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermoss and lichen
Nearby: Baykal’sk 34 km · Shelekhov 67 km · Markova 70 km · Irkutsk 81 km · Angarsk 101 km · Usol’ye-Sibirskoye 121 km · Cheremkhovo 171 km · Gusinoozyorsk 198 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 Slyudyanka (51.6621°, 103.71°, elevation 477 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).