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Russia
About 144.5M people live in Russia, on 17,100,000 km² in 83 regions; the capital is Moscow. The highest summit is Mount Elbrus (5,642 m).
Best timeJun–Aug
Best weather in OctoberRostov-on-Don 66
October: highs5° – 16°
Rain this month, on average53mm
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: Jun–Aug.
Russia at a glance
The atlas follows 188,635 places here month by month, with 747 mountains and 11,153 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are June, July and August.
Moscow now9°CCloudy · 15:51Sunrise · sunset07:14 · 17:15MoscowNext holiday4 NovemberUnity DayEarthquakes2in the last 7 days (M2.5+)Events1010 concerts · 0 matches in 14 daysTravel adviceUS 4UK 4Do not travel
188,635places in 83 regions747summits, highest Mount Elbrus11,153monuments1,295museums3,470lakes19beaches48ski areas10festivals11,128huts, viewpoints, campsites…
Russia's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+39%103.4M in 1950 → 144M in 2025 → 136.1M in 2050Russia · In numbers
GDP per person (PPP)$49,6002025 · 47/181 among countries · World: $25,700
Life expectancy73.42024 · 120/212 among countries · World: 73.5
Living in towns and cities75 %2025 · 73/212 among countries · World: 58 %
Using the internet94 %2024 · 32/179 among countries · World: 71 %
Children per woman1.422024 · 168/212 among countries · World: 2.19
Forest cover51 %2024 · 55/206 among countries
The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.
When to go to Russia
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
Places and regions of Russia
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
16OctoberMoscow
May · Jul–Aug
9° / 3°69 mm
20OctoberNovosibirsk
Jun–Aug
6° / -1°46 mm
15OctoberSaint Petersburg
Jun–Aug
9° / 4°73 mm
19OctoberYekaterinburg
Jun–Aug
5° / 0°40 mm
15OctoberNizhny Novgorod
May–Jun · Aug
9° / 3°68 mm
66OctoberRostov-on-Don
Apr–May · Sep
16° / 7°38 mm
27OctoberSamara
May · Jul–Aug
9° / 3°48 mm
15OctoberUfa
Jun–Aug
7° / 2°68 mm
83 regions
Tver Oblast10,359 places · 1 summits · Tver
Pskov Oblast7,037 places · Pskov
Vologda Oblast6,562 places · Vologda
Smolensk Oblast6,419 places · Smolensk
Kirov Oblast6,146 places · Kirov
Moscow Oblast5,659 places · 1 summits · Balashikha
Bashkortostan Republic5,461 places · 18 summits · Ufa
Yaroslavl Oblast5,355 places · 1 summits · Yaroslavl
Novgorod Oblast4,979 places · Veliky Novgorod
Perm Krai4,543 places · 1 summits · Perm
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast4,346 places · Nizhny Novgorod
Kostroma Oblast4,105 places · 1 summits · Kostroma
Leningradskaya Oblast'3,856 places · 3 summits · Vyborg
Kaluga Oblast3,723 places · Kaluga
Rostov3,578 places · Rostov-on-Don
Bryansk Oblast3,555 places · Bryansk
Oryol oblast3,518 places · Oryol
Tula Oblast3,450 places · Tula
Ivanovo Oblast3,410 places · Ivanovo
Tatarstan Republic3,349 places · Kazan
Arkhangelskaya3,134 places · Arkhangelsk
Kursk Oblast3,102 places · Kursk
Krasnodar Krai3,008 places · 34 summits · Sochi
Ryazan Oblast2,968 places · Ryazan
Krasnoyarsk Krai2,834 places · 8 summits · Krasnoyarsk
Sverdlovsk Oblast2,833 places · 27 summits · Yekaterinburg
Novosibirsk Oblast2,643 places · 2 summits · Novosibirsk
Orenburg Oblast2,622 places · Orenburg
Vladimir Oblast2,537 places · Vladimir
Irkutsk Oblast2,512 places · 4 summits · Irkutsk
Sakha2,495 places · 1 summits · Yakutsk
Volgograd Oblast2,492 places · 3 summits · Volgograd
Saratov Oblast2,478 places · Saratov
Voronezh Oblast2,367 places · Voronezh
Altai Krai2,339 places · 5 summits · Barnaul
Karelia2,159 places · 2 summits · Petrozavodsk
Tambov Oblast2,087 places · Tambov
Belgorod Oblast2,060 places · Stary Oskol
Omsk Oblast1,990 places · Omsk
Lipetsk Oblast1,987 places · Lipetsk
Udmurtiya Republic1,986 places · 1 summits · Izhevsk
Chelyabinsk1,930 places · 17 summits · Chelyabinsk
Dagestan1,905 places · 27 summits · Derbent
Chuvash Republic1,866 places · Cheboksary
Samara Oblast1,820 places · 3 summits · Samara
Mariy-El Republic1,791 places · Yoshkar-Ola
Penza Oblast1,646 places · Penza
Kuzbass1,584 places · 2 summits · Kemerovo
Kaliningrad Oblast1,477 places · 1 summits · Kaliningrad
Stavropol Kray1,459 places · 11 summits · Stavropol
Mordoviya Republic1,439 places · Saransk
Kurgan Oblast1,430 places · Kurgan
Tomsk Oblast1,265 places · Tomsk
Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray1,256 places · 4 summits · Chita
Buryatiya Republic1,179 places · Ulan-Ude
Komi1,140 places · Syktyvkar
Tyumen Oblast1,134 places · Tyumen
Ulyanovsk1,107 places · Ulyanovsk
Primorye1,089 places · 39 summits · Vladivostok
Amur Oblast1,032 places · Blagoveshchensk
Khabarovsk918 places · 25 summits · Khabarovsk
Astrakhan Oblast756 places · Astrakhan
Khanty-Mansia743 places · Surgut
Sakhalin Oblast686 places · 18 summits · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Kalmykiya Republic674 places · 1 summits · Elista
Chechnya607 places · 13 summits · Grozny
Murmansk504 places · 9 summits · Murmansk
Altai456 places · 3 summits · Gorno-Altaysk
Khakasiya Republic391 places · 1 summits · Abakan
Adygeya Republic377 places · Maykop
Magadan Oblast350 places · Magadan
Kamchatka346 places · 22 summits · Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
North Ossetia–Alania295 places · 19 summits · Vladikavkaz
Chukotka288 places · 1 summits · Anadyr
Yamalo-Nenets270 places · Salekhard
Republic of Tyva246 places · 1 summits · Kyzyl
Kabardino-Balkariya Republic231 places · 45 summits · Nalchik
Moscow205 places · Moscow
Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic203 places · 18 summits · Cherkessk
Jewish Autonomous Oblast173 places · 3 summits · Birobidzhan
Nenets165 places · Naryan-Mar
Ingushetiya Republic115 places · 7 summits · Magas
St.-Petersburg44 places · 1 summits · Saint Petersburg
Russia from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Russia
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Nature in Russia
Summit5,642 m
Mount Elbrus
Summit5,204 m
Dykh-Tau
Summit5,193 m
Shkhara
Lake
Lake Onega
Lake
Ilmen, Novgorod Oblast
Lake
Beloye Lake, Vologda OblastWildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Russia
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
Camp sites5,014Viewpoints3,166Mountain huts1,401Theme parks714Zoos369Climbing171Hot springs & thermal baths145Water parks46Golf courses36Surf spots34
Шерегеш102 km of pistes · 23 lifts
Большой Вудъявр32 km of pistes · 11 lifts
ГЛЦ Металлург-Магнитогорск21 km of pistes · 2 lifts
ГЛЦ Ежовая5 km of pistes · 6 lifts
Горнолыжный комплекс "Хабарское"5 km of pistes · 7 lifts
СТЦ Нечкино5 km of pistes · 2 lifts
Спортивный курорт Чекерил5 km of pistes · 6 lifts
Золотая Долина4 km of pistes · 12 lifts
Culture in Russia
11,153 monuments and 1,295 museums; the best known first.
Peterhof Palaces and complexBuilt 1711 · Gothic Revival
KremlinBuilt 1420
Gatchina PalaceBuilt 1766 · Classicism
Alexander PalaceBuilt 1793 · Classicism
St. Basil's CathedralBuilt 1555 · Russian
Winter PalaceBuilt 1754 · Elizabethan Baroque
Museum
Hermitage MuseumBuilt 1764
Museum
Russian MuseumBuilt 1895The festival year
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Nov
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What's on in Russia
The ground and the sky in Russia
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Last 30 days28magnitude 2.5 or moreSince 19501,665magnitude 5+, of them 219 of 6+StrongestM9.0Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 92 km ↘ · 1952Deadliest1,989deaths · 1995The moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · MoscowNext eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipseOrionids~15 an hour21 October · MoscowNorthern lightsKp 0is enough somewhere in the country
Getting to Russia
43 large airports, 12,372 railway stations, 847 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Vnukovo International AirportVKO · Moscow
29 kmNovosibirsk Tolmachevo AirportOVB · Novosibirsk
20 kmPulkovo AirportLED · Saint Petersburg
16 kmKoltsovo AirportSVX · Yekaterinburg
17 kmNizhny Novgorod / Strigino International AirportGOJ · Nizhny Novgorod
18 kmKrasnodar Pashkovsky International AirportKRR · Rostov-on-Don
247 kmМосква-Пассажирская-КурскаяMoscow
2.9 kmПравая ОбьNovosibirsk
0.7 kmСанкт-Петербург-ВитебскийSaint Petersburg
2.4 kmЕкатеринбург-ПассажирскийYekaterinburg
0.7 kmНижний Новгород-МосковскийNizhny Novgorod
3.5 kmРостов-ГлавныйRostov-on-Don
1.3 kmSaint Petersburg · ferry port→ Речной вокзал
0.3 kmPractical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.
PlugsCF220 V
Emergency112Calling code +7
TrafficOn the rightside of the road
CurrencyRussian RubleRUB
LanguagesRussian · Tatar · Kalmyk
Local time15:51Moscow
Tipping
About 10% in restaurants and cafés with table service is customary; at self-service counters nobody expects a tip.