Moscow weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · major city break · continental climate
The best time to visit Moscow is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with June and July close behind. Moscow averages about 1,676 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 75 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,676
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 764 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 10.5M
- Elevation
- 189 m
When is the best time to visit Moscow?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Moscow is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 48 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Moscow?
Moscow isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,676 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate August (75) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #125 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 764 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -14° / 7°F | 48 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -13° / 9°F | 42 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -8° / 18°F | 42 mm | 2 |
| April | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 0° / 32°F | 49 mm | 3 |
| May | 60 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 86 mm | 4 |
| June | 73 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 86 mm | 5 |
| July | 71 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 93 mm | 5 |
| August | 75 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 75 mm | 4 |
| September | 51 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 64 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 69 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -5° / 23°F | 58 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -11° / 12°F | 52 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Cherepovets Russia · 368 km · best in Aug · 1,618 h sun/yr
- Nizhny Novgorod Russia · 396 km · best in Aug · 1,753 h sun/yr
- Voronezh Russia · 478 km · best in Aug · 2,048 h sun/yr
- Belgorod Russia · 596 km · best in Aug · 2,011 h sun/yr
- St. Petersburg Russia · 599 km · best in Jul · 1,522 h sun/yr
- Cheboksary Russia · 617 km · best in Aug · 1,757 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ivanovo Russia · 242 km · 1,774 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Yaroslavl Russia · 243 km · 1,727 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Rybinsk Russia · 254 km · 1,625 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kostroma Russia · 298 km · 1,730 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Bryansk Russia · 371 km · 1,808 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Moscow compares month by month: Moscow vs Nizhny Novgorod · Moscow vs Voronezh · Moscow vs Cherepovets · all comparisons
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