According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Russia is May and September to October. Plan 7–14 days.
Best months for Russia
- Best months
- May and September to October
- How long to stay
- 7–14 days
- Continent
- Europe
What Russia is best for
Imperial palaces in Saint Petersburg, Moscow's Kremlin, ancient Golden Ring towns, and vast Siberian wilderness.
The UK or US government advises against travel here at the moment. Check your own government’s travel advice before you plan anything.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Russia by month
Monthly averages around Moscow; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about −11 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| February | about −10 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| March | about −4 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| April | about 4 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| May best | about 13 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
| June | about 16 °C | some rain (87 mm) |
| July | about 19 °C | some rain (90 mm) |
| August | about 17 °C | some rain (72 mm) |
| September best | about 12 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| October best | about 4 °C | some rain (66 mm) |
| November | about −2 °C | some rain (57 mm) |
| December | about −8 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Russia
- Capital
- Moscow
- Language
- Russian
- Currency
- Russian Ruble (RUB)
- Time
- UTC+2 to UTC+12 (several time zones)
- Plugs
- Type C, F · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +7
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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