Climate averages 1991–2020
Yakutsk weather
in April.
A cold month with very little precipitation: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cold month in Yakutsk: daytime highs average 1.5°C and nights cool to about -10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.6 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes April a month with very little precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 45 min on an average April day.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Yakutsk ranks joint 228th of 236 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 236 for the driest April (precipitation, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Yakutsk is 8.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 11.4°C to 12.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 9.6 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Yakutsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -33.1°C-38.7°C | -38.7°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 6.26 h |
| February | -27.0°C-35.2°C | -35.2°C | 2.0 | 0.8 | 8.89 h |
| March | -12.2°C-23.5°C | -23.5°C | 4.0 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| April, selected | 1.5°C-10.3°C | -10.3°C | 9.6 | 3.1 | 14.715 h |
| May | 12.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 26 | 7.0 | 17.718 h |
| June | 22.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 19.620 h |
| July | 24.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 45 | 7.8 | 18.719 h |
| August | 20.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 44 | 7.7 | 16.016 h |
| September | 10.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 37 | 8.4 | 13.013 h |
| October | -3.3°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 16 | 5.1 | 10.010 h |
| November | -22.2°C-27.9°C | -27.9°C | 8.0 | 2.8 | 7.27 h |
| December | -33.6°C-38.5°C | -38.5°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 5.35 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Magadan in AprilRussia · 1170 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -9.3°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Blagoveshchensk in AprilRussia · 1314 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -1.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur in AprilRussia · 1351 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Chita in AprilRussia · 1474 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -3.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Birobidzhan in AprilRussia · 1485 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 46 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Yakutsk) is explained once on the Yakutsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.