Climate and average weather in Tarko-Sale

In Tarko-Sale, the summers are mild, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are frigid, breezy, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late June to mid August

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tarko-Sale typically varies from -27°C to 20°C, and is rarely below -42°C or above 28°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 Tarko-Sale for warm-weather activities is from late June to mid August.

Hottest
Jul
20°
Coldest
Jan
-27°
Wettest
Aug
79 mm
Driest
Feb
16 mm
Rain / yr
510 mm
116 wet days
Daylight
3.0–21.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
21 m
64.9°N
Clearest
Jul
67% cloud

Tarko-Sale is town in Russia.

Founded
1932

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

Tarko-Sale 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 June to mid August.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.5 months, from May 30 to September 12, with daily high temperatures above 10°C. The hottest month of the year in Tarko-Sale is July, with an average high of 20°C and low of 11°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 17 to March 4, with daily high temperatures below -13°C. The coldest month of the year in Tarko-Sale is January, with an average low of -27°C and high of -20°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 8°C) in July.

-40°-20°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-20-27
Feb-18-25
Mar-10-18
Apr-3-11
May5-3
Jun167
Jul2011
Aug169
Sep93
Oct-1-6
Nov-13-19
Dec-18-25

How hot and cold Tarko-Sale 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 -40°C (around January 5), with roughly 263 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 212 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-40°-20°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-20-20-39-27
Feb-18-18-37-25
Mar-10-10-28-18
Apr-3-3-20-11
May55-8-3
Jun161657
Jul20201111
Aug161679
Sep99-13
Oct-1-1-12-6
Nov-13-13-29-19
Dec-18-18-37-25

Average hourly temperature in Tarko-Sale

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 20°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -27°C.

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

Tarko-Sale 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-20° / -27°196.89.14.50.0
Feb-18° / -25°165.26.67.80.0
Mar-10° / -18°257.69.411.20.0
Apr-3° / -11°358.9814.70.0
May / -3°4510.75.418.20.5
Jun16° / 6812.10.920.74.5
Jul20° / 11°6210019.66.1
Aug16° / 7913016.24.5
Sep / 5210.91.712.71.6
Oct-1° / -6°5312.711.29.20.0
Nov-13° / -19°339.411.15.70.0
Dec-18° / -25°248.410.83.30.0

Chance of rain

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

Tarko-Sale gets about 510 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 3.6 months, from around Jul 27 to Nov 14, peaking in August at about 44% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 13.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 79 mm over about 13 wet days; February is the driest, with 16 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 20 · 44%Feb 13 · 17%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan227
Feb195
Mar248
Apr299
May3511
Jun4012
Jul3310
Aug4113
Sep3811
Oct4013
Nov329
Dec278

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tarko-Sale collects about 510 mm of rain across 116 wet days — roughly 43 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 79 mm, while February is the driest at just 16 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 41% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec191625354568627952533324
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan1979
Feb1657
Mar2589
Apr3598
May45115
Jun68121
Jul62100
Aug79130
Sep52112
Oct531311
Nov33911
Dec24811

Snow in Tarko-Sale

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.

Tarko-Sale averages about 74 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 7 to Jun 20 — about 9.4 months.

October is snowiest, with roughly 11 days of snow and an estimated 45 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 247 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonOct 26
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan926
Feb721
Mar927
Apr829
May518
Jun12
Jul00
Aug00
Sep28
Oct1145
Nov1140
Dec1132

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Tarko-Sale, 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 13 and lasts for 3.2 months, ending around August 18. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 34% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around August 19 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around March 9. The cloudiest month is October, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 90% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 20 · 37%Oct 22 · 9%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1387
Feb1387
Mar1981
Apr2179
May1981
Jun2674
Jul3466
Aug2080
Sep1585
Oct1090
Nov1288
Dec1288

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 17, brings about 21 hours of light; the shortest, around December 17, only 3 hours — a swing of roughly 18 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan4.59:442:13
Feb7.88:093:58
Mar11.26:245:34
Apr14.74:277:11
May18.22:408:51
Jun20.71:2210:17
Jul19.62:049:45
Aug16.23:468:00
Sep12.75:236:03
Oct9.26:584:10
Nov5.78:452:24
Dec3.310:131:17

Sunny days

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

Tarko-Sale averages about 3 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 8 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 2.8 months, from around May 19 to Aug 11. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 7 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is October, down near 2 sunny days — about 76% fewer than the July peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedJul 208 daysOct 201 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb2Gloomy
Mar4Gloomy
Apr4Gloomy
May3Gloomy
Jun5Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug3Gloomy
Sep2Gloomy
Oct2Gloomy
Nov2Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

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 Tarko-Sale, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 10% 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 19 · 100%Jul 16 · 89%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May99100
Jun88930
Jul721881
Aug841230
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 Tarko-Sale is typically light breeze, near 17 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Nov 8 to May 15. The windiest month is April, averaging about 20 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 16 to Nov 7, with August the calmest month at about 13 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyApr 4 · 21 km/hAug 17 · 13 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan20light breeze
Feb19light breeze
Mar20breezy
Apr20breezy
May17light breeze
Jun14light breeze
Jul14light breeze
Aug13light breeze
Sep14light breeze
Oct16light breeze
Nov18light breeze
Dec20light breeze

Best time to visit Tarko-Sale

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late June, Tarko-Sale 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 Tarko-Sale for general outdoor tourist activities is from late June to mid August, with a peak score in the third week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 20 · 6.3

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
Apr0.0poor
May0.6poor
Jun4.4fair
Jul6.1good
Aug4.5fair
Sep1.6poor
Oct0.0poor
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 Tarko-Sale for hot-weather activities is from early July to late July, with a peak score in the third week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 18 · 3.4

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 Tarko-Sale, 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 20°C), the essentials are rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -20°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Tarko-Sale sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Tarko-Sale 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 Tarko-Sale peaks around July 13 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 13UV 4Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun4Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Tarko-Sale

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 6 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended). 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
Apr00
May50
Jun5.50
Jul60
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Tarko-Sale 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 Tarko-Sale is worst in July — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 22.0× the cleanest month (January, 1 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 2023 µg/m³Jan 151 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan1Good
Feb2Good
Mar4Good
Apr8Good
May12Good
Jun13Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct6Good
Nov1Good
Dec2Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Tarko-Sale typically lasts about 127 days, from around May 25 to September 28 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from June 11 to September 8.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonApr 1810%May 2550%Jun 1190%Sep 890%Sep 2850%Oct 2410%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan031
Feb128
Mar331
Apr930
May3231
Jun919
Jul1000
Aug990
Sep7721
Oct2031
Nov330
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. Tarko-Sale banks about 311 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

0100200300400JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun60
Jul175
Aug76
Sep0
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.

Tarko-Sale receives about 2.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.0 and 5.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 2. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.1 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.0 kWh/m² — roughly 99% less than the June peak.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightJun 265.2 kWhDec 200.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.1Dim
Feb0.7Dim
Mar2.2Moderate
Apr4.0Bright
May4.8Bright
Jun5.2Bright
Jul4.9Bright
Aug3.1Moderate
Sep1.8Dim
Oct0.7Dim
Nov0.2Dim
Dec0.0Dim

Where is Tarko-Sale?

Tarko-Sale sits at 64.9°N, 77.8°E, 21 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Gubkinskiy, 81 km away.

Topography around Tarko-Sale

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tarko-Sale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m.

The land around Tarko-Sale is covered by trees (46%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and wetland (32%) within 16 km, and wetland (48%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
12 m
16 km
37 m
80 km
83 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Gubkinskiy 81 km · Novyy Urengoy 140 km · Muravlenko 200 km · Noyabrsk 223 km · Nadym 254 km · Raduzhny 314 km · Kogalym 337 km · Pokachi 375 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 Tarko-Sale (64.9161°, 77.7746°, elevation 21 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).