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Russia: weather & best time to visit

55 destinations with long-term climate data. Best time to visit overall: May – September.

Weather by month

Daytime highs and sea temperatures range across the destinations; the score is their average. Best months are marked.

Month	Score	Air	Sea	Best weather
JanuaryJan	21	-34–8°	-1–11°	Vladivostok
FebruaryFeb	24	-27–8°	-1–9°	Birobidzhan
MarchMar	28	-17–11°	-1–10°	Yakutsk
AprilApr	45	-9–17°	-1–12°	Astrakhan
MayMay	71	-1–24°	-1–18°	Orenburg
JuneJun	77	8–30°	2–23°	Yakutsk
JulyJul	78	12–33°	10–25°	Derbent
AugustAug	75	12–32°	11–26°	Derbent
SeptemberSep	63	6–25°	8–24°	Taganrog
OctoberOct	30	-6–19°	3–21°	Makhachkala
NovemberNov	22	-22–15°	-1–16°	Sochi
DecemberDec	19	-34–11°	-1–13°	Vladivostok

Destinations55

Anadyr
Sun, sea & sandBest time to visit:Apr – Jun
1. 17
2. 17
3. 26
4. 34
5. 34
6. 36
7. 27
8. 20
9. 19
10. 15
11. 15
12. 17
Arkhangelsk
City breakBest time to visit:Jun – Aug
1. 17
2. 23
3. 25
4. 31
5. 51
6. 81
7. 82
8. 73
9. 37
10. 11
11. 14
12. 15
Astrakhan
City breakBest time to visit:Apr – Jun, Sep
1. 30
2. 31
3. 38
4. 85
5. 91
6. 80
7. 65
8. 71
9. 91
10. 73
11. 29
12. 27
Barnaul
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 22
2. 28
3. 31
4. 45
5. 87
6. 87
7. 83
8. 84
9. 70
10. 17
11. 14
12. 17
Birobidzhan
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 38
2. 42
3. 41
4. 45
5. 74
6. 72
7. 67
8. 65
9. 77
10. 35
11. 34
12. 36
Chelyabinsk
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 27
2. 30
3. 34
4. 44
5. 86
6. 83
7. 85
8. 80
9. 62
10. 18
11. 23
12. 25
Derbent
Sun, sea & sandBest time to visit:Jun – Aug
1. 16
2. 17
3. 19
4. 27
5. 31
6. 87
7. 100
8. 98
9. 72
10. 25
11. 16
12. 16
Grozny
City breakBest time to visit:Apr – Jun, Sep – Oct
1. 23
2. 27
3. 36
4. 75
5. 83
6. 88
7. 72
8. 71
9. 85
10. 75
11. 38
12. 24
Irkutsk
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 32
2. 39
3. 44
4. 53
5. 85
6. 87
7. 81
8. 80
9. 67
10. 34
11. 31
12. 30
Kaliningrad
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 15
2. 16
3. 22
4. 54
5. 82
6. 82
7. 78
8. 79
9. 79
10. 35
11. 15
12. 13
Kazan
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 17
2. 20
3. 26
4. 38
5. 86
6. 88
7. 88
8. 87
9. 66
10. 15
11. 16
12. 14
Khabarovsk
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 37
2. 41
3. 39
4. 43
5. 77
6. 76
7. 70
8. 66
9. 77
10. 33
11. 32
12. 36
Krasnodar
City breakBest time to visit:May – Jun, Sep – Oct
1. 17
2. 21
3. 32
4. 73
5. 81
6. 90
7. 73
8. 74
9. 88
10. 76
11. 39
12. 16
Krasnoyarsk
City breakBest time to visit:Jun – Aug
1. 28
2. 31
3. 33
4. 33
5. 69
6. 86
7. 81
8. 77
9. 50
10. 17
11. 17
12. 20
Kronstadt
Sun, sea & sandBest time to visit:Jul
1. 9
2. 11
3. 16
4. 23
5. 29
6. 28
7. 47
8. 30
9. 16
10. 8
11. 8
12. 6
Kursk
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 18
2. 19
3. 24
4. 56
5. 87
6. 85
7. 84
8. 92
9. 82
10. 34
11. 21
12. 16
Magadan
Sun, sea & sandBest time to visit:Apr – May
1. 20
2. 25
3. 27
4. 33
5. 31
6. 27
7. 25
8. 18
9. 17
10. 18
11. 14
12. 16
Makhachkala
City breakBest time to visit:May – Jun, Aug – Oct
1. 27
2. 29
3. 41
4. 75
5. 90
6. 94
7. 77
8. 79
9. 89
10. 82
11. 47
12. 28
Moscow
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 17
2. 20
3. 25
4. 39
5. 76
6. 80
7. 80
8. 79
9. 64
10. 16
11. 16
12. 14
Murmansk
City breakBest time to visit:Jul
1. 22
2. 24
3. 23
4. 27
5. 23
6. 52
7. 73
8. 54
9. 24
10. 11
11. 21
12. 19
Nizhny Novgorod
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 16
2. 20
3. 26
4. 40
5. 83
6. 84
7. 85
8. 85
9. 62
10. 14
11. 16
12. 15
Norilsk
City breakBest time to visit:Jul
1. 18
2. 20
3. 22
4. 33
5. 34
6. 44
7. 80
8. 54
9. 11
10. 8
11. 16
12. 15
Novorossiysk
City breakBest time to visit:May – Oct
1. 16
2. 23
3. 31
4. 67
5. 87
6. 90
7. 85
8. 83
9. 89
10. 77
11. 46
12. 16
Novosibirsk
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 21
2. 26
3. 27
4. 36
5. 82
6. 87
7. 83
8. 80
9. 59
10. 16
11. 13
12. 14
Omsk
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 27
2. 34
3. 38
4. 47
5. 91
6. 86
7. 85
8. 83
9. 69
10. 24
11. 21
12. 24
Orenburg
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 20
2. 27
3. 29
4. 63
5. 92
6. 94
7. 88
8. 97
9. 91
10. 38
11. 22
12. 21
Perm
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 16
2. 20
3. 21
4. 29
5. 69
6. 79
7. 82
8. 75
9. 44
10. 12
11. 14
12. 14
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
City breakBest time to visit:Jul – Aug
1. 14
2. 23
3. 20
4. 28
5. 28
6. 46
7. 69
8. 63
9. 47
10. 15
11. 15
12. 14
Pskov
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 12
2. 18
3. 23
4. 41
5. 74
6. 79
7. 80
8. 77
9. 65
10. 16
11. 13
12. 12
Rostov-on-Don
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 18
2. 21
3. 23
4. 70
5. 89
6. 91
7. 77
8. 81
9. 92
10. 63
11. 23
12. 19
Saint Petersburg
City breakBest time to visit:Jun – Aug
1. 13
2. 18
3. 22
4. 29
5. 66
6. 82
7. 82
8. 78
9. 54
10. 11
11. 12
12. 11
Samara
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 20
2. 21
3. 27
4. 49
5. 89
6. 88
7. 92
8. 90
9. 75
10. 25
11. 21
12. 18
Saratov
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 20
2. 22
3. 28
4. 55
5. 88
6. 90
7. 91
8. 96
9. 83
10. 36
11. 21
12. 21
Smolensk
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 16
2. 17
3. 24
4. 41
5. 75
6. 81
7. 79
8. 81
9. 67
10. 16
11. 15
12. 14
Sochi
City breakBest time to visit:May – Oct
1. 8
2. 15
3. 23
4. 59
5. 74
6. 79
7. 79
8. 84
9. 75
10. 71
11. 52
12. 22
Sovetsk
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 13
2. 16
3. 23
4. 52
5. 81
6. 83
7. 77
8. 76
9. 75
10. 30
11. 14
12. 13
Taganrog
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 17
2. 21
3. 23
4. 60
5. 91
6. 91
7. 89
8. 96
9. 93
10. 56
11. 22
12. 19
Tolyatti
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 20
2. 21
3. 28
4. 48
5. 90
6. 88
7. 90
8. 90
9. 76
10. 24
11. 21
12. 19
Tomsk
City breakBest time to visit:Jun – Aug
1. 21
2. 24
3. 25
4. 32
5. 67
6. 84
7. 83
8. 75
9. 47
10. 13
11. 13
12. 13
Tula
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 18
2. 20
3. 23
4. 42
5. 79
6. 80
7. 78
8. 80
9. 67
10. 20
11. 18
12. 15
Tver
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 16
2. 19
3. 23
4. 38
5. 71
6. 79
7. 78
8. 75
9. 59
10. 12
11. 14
12. 13
Tyumen
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 27
2. 30
3. 32
4. 38
5. 78
6. 84
7. 84
8. 78
9. 53
10. 21
11. 22
12. 24
Ufa
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 18
2. 22
3. 26
4. 44
5. 87
6. 84
7. 88
8. 85
9. 66
10. 14
11. 16
12. 14
Ulan-Ude
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 33
2. 40
3. 46
4. 56
5. 89
6. 92
7. 88
8. 82
9. 70
10. 37
11. 31
12. 30
Ulyanovsk
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 20
2. 23
3. 28
4. 46
5. 89
6. 87
7. 90
8. 88
9. 73
10. 20
11. 20
12. 19
Veliky Novgorod
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 13
2. 18
3. 22
4. 34
5. 69
6. 76
7. 75
8. 73
9. 58
10. 8
11. 10
12. 9
Vladikavkaz
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 22
2. 24
3. 16
4. 50
5. 71
6. 77
7. 84
8. 84
9. 79
10. 57
11. 29
12. 23
Vladivostok
City breakBest time to visit:Jul, Sep
1. 39
2. 41
3. 40
4. 32
5. 44
6. 66
7. 69
8. 67
9. 84
10. 59
11. 35
12. 36
Volgograd
City breakBest time to visit:May – Jun, Aug – Sep
1. 21
2. 24
3. 27
4. 72
5. 89
6. 90
7. 74
8. 81
9. 88
10. 54
11. 25
12. 21
Vorkuta
City breakBest time to visit:Jul
1. 18
2. 22
3. 17
4. 25
5. 26
6. 38
7. 73
8. 40
9. 11
10. 7
11. 13
12. 14
Voronezh
City breakBest time to visit:May – Sep
1. 17
2. 19
3. 26
4. 58
5. 87
6. 87
7. 87
8. 95
9. 85
10. 34
11. 21
12. 18
Vyborg
Sun, sea & sandBest time to visit:Jul
1. 9
2. 11
3. 16
4. 24
5. 30
6. 28
7. 49
8. 34
9. 16
10. 8
11. 7
12. 6
Yakutsk
City breakBest time to visit:Jun – Aug
1. 30
2. 32
3. 47
4. 50
5. 70
6. 96
7. 93
8. 90
9. 41
10. 28
11. 30
12. 30
Yekaterinburg
City breakBest time to visit:May – Aug
1. 27
2. 30
3. 30
4. 33
5. 72
6. 77
7. 80
8. 74
9. 50
10. 20
11. 21
12. 24
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
City breakBest time to visit:Jun – Sep
1. 28
2. 35
3. 32
4. 32
5. 47
6. 69
7. 77
8. 74
9. 78
10. 40
11. 21
12. 23

Russia month by month

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences

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