Climate averages 1991–2020
Petrozavodsk weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Petrozavodsk: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 18 h 37 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Joensuu (254 km away). In July its highs average 20.2°C, about as warm as Petrozavodsk, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Petrozavodsk ranks 224th of 236 for the warmest July highs and joint 206th of 236 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 236 cities is 24.1°C; Petrozavodsk is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 88 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
Petrozavodsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 32 | 8.8 | 6.36 h |
| February | -6.0°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 28 | 8.2 | 8.89 h |
| March | -1.2°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 33 | 8.8 | 11.712 h |
| April | 5.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 37 | 9.0 | 14.715 h |
| May | 12.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 55 | 10.9 | 17.618 h |
| June | 17.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 68 | 12.1 | 19.419 h |
| July, selected | 20.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 86 | 14.0 | 18.619 h |
| August | 18.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 88 | 13.4 | 16.016 h |
| September | 13.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 58 | 11.6 | 13.013 h |
| October | 5.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 55 | 11.5 | 10.110 h |
| November | -0.1°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 49 | 10.9 | 7.27 h |
| December | -3.4°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 41 | 11.4 | 5.45 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
- Joensuu in JulyFinland · 254 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Saint Petersburg in JulyRussia · 300 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Kolpino in JulyRussia · 305 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Pushkin in JulyRussia · 315 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Peterhof in JulyRussia · 320 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Vyborg in JulyRussia · 322 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Gatchina in JulyRussia · 336 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Lappeenranta in JulyFinland · 337 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 73 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 Petrozavodsk) is explained once on the Petrozavodsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.