Climate averages 1991–2020
Tartu weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Tartu: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 33 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pskov (113 km away). In July its highs average 22.3°C, about as warm as Tartu, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Estonia, Tartu ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 2 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 2 cities is 21.7°C; Tartu is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Tartu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.2°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 40 | 10.4 | 7.27 h |
| February | -2.3°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 36 | 8.9 | 9.39 h |
| March | 2.3°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 35 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 9.6 | 14.414 h |
| May | 15.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 53 | 10.6 | 16.717 h |
| June | 19.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 84 | 13.1 | 18.218 h |
| July, selected | 21.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 68 | 12.3 | 17.518 h |
| August | 20.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 75 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| September | 15.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 50 | 10.3 | 12.913 h |
| October | 8.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.310 h |
| November | 2.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 50 | 10.7 | 7.98 h |
| December | -0.4°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 44 | 10.8 | 6.57 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
July in nearby cities
- Pskov in JulyRussia · 113 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Tallinn in JulyEstonia · 163 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Riga in JulyLatvia · 223 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Helsinki in JulyFinland · 223 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Vantaa in JulyFinland · 233 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Espoo in JulyFinland · 235 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Gatchina in JulyRussia · 236 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Peterhof in JulyRussia · 246 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 62 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 Tartu) is explained once on the Tartu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.