Climate averages 1991–2020
Smolensk weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Smolensk: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 43 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orsha (110 km away). In July its highs average 22.8°C, about as warm as Smolensk, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Smolensk ranks joint 193rd of 236 for the warmest July highs and 221st of 236 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 236 cities is 24.1°C; Smolensk is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 74 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
Smolensk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.0°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 42 | 10.5 | 7.98 h |
| February | -3.4°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 39 | 9.7 | 9.610 h |
| March | 1.9°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 38 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 42 | 9.4 | 14.114 h |
| May | 16.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 74 | 12.3 | 16.116 h |
| June | 20.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 80 | 13.0 | 17.217 h |
| July, selected | 22.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 93 | 13.4 | 16.717 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 74 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 60 | 9.5 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 64 | 11.3 | 10.611 h |
| November | 1.6°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 48 | 10.0 | 8.59 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 41 | 10.6 | 7.37 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
- Orsha in JulyBelarus · 110 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Vitebsk in JulyBelarus · 126 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Mahilyow in JulyBelarus · 147 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Velikiye Luki in JulyRussia · 198 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Polotsk in JulyBelarus · 222 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Bryansk in JulyRussia · 224 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Novopolotsk in JulyBelarus · 235 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Barysaw in JulyBelarus · 237 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 86 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 Smolensk) is explained once on the Smolensk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.