St.-Petersburg, Russia
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a major city in St.-Petersburg, Russia, close to the sea. It has a population of about 5,652,922 (2025). The climate is classified as warm-summer humid continental (Köppen Dfb), with warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
Now12°C
Best timeJun–Aug
Population5.65M
Local time15:53
59.94° N, 30.31° EElevation 11 mUTC+3 · Moscow Standard Time
Postal codes191015, 191025 …October: high / low9° / 4°
Rain this month73mm
Sea this month9°
Best timeJun–Aug
Best: Jun–Aug. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Saint Petersburg at a glance
Sunrise · sunset07:55 · 17:339 h 38 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 16:29Northern lights tonightPossible low on the horizonKp needed: 2.2Next holiday4 NovemberUnity DayNext eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse
Best time to visitJun–Aug
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month24°C
Average high in July
Coolest month-7°C
Average low in January
Wettest monthJuly
77 mm of rain
Driest monthApril
32 mm of rain
Warmest sea17°C
July
Monuments nearby10+
within 2.5 km
How Saint Petersburg has grown
People living in the built-up area (550 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+31%3.72M in 1975 → 4.88M in 2025Weather in Saint Petersburg
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
12°C
Today hour by hourPartly cloudy · wind 9 km/h · humidity 72%
Today22 Oct12°4°
Fri23 Oct12°7°
Sat24 Oct14°9°
Sun25 Oct12°9°3.1 mm
Mon26 Oct12°10°3.4 mm
Tue27 Oct11°9°
Wed28 Oct11°8°2.5 mm
Thu29 Oct10°8°3.4 mm
Fri30 Oct11°7°
Sat31 Oct8°5°0.5 mm
When to go to Saint Petersburg
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 13 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 60 | 64 | 65 | 63 | 53 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
| High | -2° | -2° | 2° | 10° | 17° | 21° | 24° | 22° | 16° | 9° | 3° | -1° |
| Low | -7° | -8° | -4° | 2° | 7° | 12° | 15° | 14° | 9° | 4° | -1° | -5° |
| Rain (mm) | 46 | 35 | 39 | 32 | 48 | 73 | 77 | 84 | 67 | 73 | 60 | 56 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Sea | 0° | 0° | 0° | 2° | 8° | 14° | 17° | 17° | 13° | 9° | 5° | 2° |
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What's on in Saint Petersburg
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Music venues
Mod Clubнаб. канала Грибоедова, д. 7 · 0.7 km
9 showsА2Санкт-Петербург, пр. Медиков, 3 · 3.4 km
8 showsЗал ожиданияnab. Obvodnogo Kanala, 118 · 3.5 km
8 showsБКЗ "Октябрьский"Лиговский пр., 6 · 2.9 km
6 showsMonuments and museums in Saint Petersburg
0.2 km
Winter PalaceBuilt 1754
0.7 km
Saint Isaac's CathedralBuilt 18180.8 km
Kazan Cathedral, Saint PetersburgBuilt 1801
0.8 km
Church of the Savior on BloodBuilt 1907
1.9 km
Saint Petersburg MosqueBuilt 1921
2.5 km
Trinity Cathedral, Saint PetersburgBuilt 1828
Museum0.2 km
Hermitage MuseumBuilt 1764
Museum1 km
Russian MuseumBuilt 1895More museums: Alex Show · Movie Art · Route 66 · Woo-hoo! · Анатомический эрмитаж · Anna Akhmatova. The Silver Century · Аптека доктора Пеля и сыновей · Art center Pushkinskaya 10 · ArtDynamics · Блокадный мемориал · Grand Ducal Burial Vault · Внутри человека
Outdoors around Saint Petersburg
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Spit of the Vasilievsky IslandViewpoints
0.7 kmДумская башняViewpoints · 47 m
1 kmЕнотовильZoos
1.2 kmLeningrad ZooZoos
1.5 kmОкеанариумAquariums
2.6 kmSevernaya StenaClimbing
3.5 kmСпортивный комплекс "Юкки" ГАУ ЛО "Спортивно-тренировочный центр Ленинградской области"Ski area · 0 km of pistes · 3 lifts
19 kmАндреевский склонSki area · 1 lifts
29 kmБелый тюленьDive site
3 kmОткрытое мореDive site
3 kmCheckStopDive site
3.5 kmПланета ДайвингаDive site
3.5 kmNature around Saint Petersburg
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of Russia seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Saint Petersburg
Fossil sites near this town
Fossil sites: 3 · 2 km
Ordovician · 1Cambrian · 1Precambrian · 1
Formations around the town
Universities and research institutes
Military Space Academy named after AF MozhaiskyUniversity or college · founded 1712
Library of the Russian Academy of SciencesUniversity or college · founded 1714
St Petersburg UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1724
Vaganova Ballet AcademyUniversity or college · founded 1738
Saint Petersburg Mining UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1773
Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts AcademyUniversity or college · founded 1779
Herzen UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1797
S. M. Kirov Military Medical AcademyUniversity or college · founded 1798
Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1803
Saint Petersburg State University of Veterinary MedicineUniversity or college · founded 1808
Petersburg State Transport UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1809
Naval Academy named after Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union NG KuznetsovUniversity or college · founded 1827
Saint-Petersburg State University of Technology and DesignUniversity or college · founded 1828
St. Petersburg State Technological InstituteUniversity or college · founded 1828
Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil EngineeringUniversity or college · founded 1832
Mikhailovsky Military Artillery AcademyUniversity or college · founded 1855
Saint Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-KorsakovUniversity or college · founded 1862
Baltic State Technical University VoenmehUniversity or college · founded 1871
Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland ShippingUniversity or college · founded 1876
Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and DesignUniversity or college · founded 1876
Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1886
Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting Sculpture and Architecture named after I.E. RepinUniversity or college · founded 1893
Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education «Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health, St. Petersburg», Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and HealthUniversity or college · founded 1896
First Pavlov State Medical University of St. PetersburgUniversity or college · founded 1897
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1899
ITMO UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1900
Saint Petersburg State University of Cinema and TelevisionUniversity or college · founded 1918
Saint Petersburg State University of Culture and ArtsUniversity or college · founded 1918
Military Academy of Communications named after Marshal of the Soviet Union SM BudennogoUniversity or college · founded 1919
Saint - Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical AcademyUniversity or college · founded 1919
Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1925
Central Research and Design InstituteUniversity or college · founded 1929
St. Petersburg Scientific Research Institute of ForestryUniversity or college · founded 1929
North-West State Technical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1930
Russian State Hydrometeorological UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1930
Saint Petersburg State University of EconomicsUniversity or college · founded 1930
Saint-Petersburg State University of TelecommunicationsUniversity or college · founded 1930
State Marine Technical University of St. PetersburgUniversity or college · founded 1930
Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace and InstrumentationUniversity or college · founded 1941
Институт ГипростроймостUniversity or college · founded 1945
Institute of Transport EngineeringUniversity or college · founded 1949
Institute of Linguistic StudiesUniversity or college · founded 1952
Vilnius Higher Command School of Radioelectronics Air DefenseUniversity or college · founded 1953
Saint Petersburg Medical Technical InstituteUniversity or college · founded 1954
Saint Petersburg State University of Civil AviationUniversity or college · founded 1955
Institute of Foreign LanguagesUniversity or college · founded 1989
International Management Institute Saint PetersburgUniversity or college · founded 1989
Russian Christian Humanitarian AcademyUniversity or college · founded 1989
St. Petersburg Institute of Jewish StudiesUniversity or college · founded 1989
East European Institute of PsychoanalysisUniversity or college · founded 1991
International Banking InstituteUniversity or college · founded 1991
North-West Institute of ManagementUniversity or college · founded 1991
St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social SciencesUniversity or college · founded 1991
Saint Petersburg Institute of Law named after Prince P. OldenburgUniversity or college · founded 1992
Saint Petersburg Social and Economic InstituteUniversity or college · founded 1992
Saint Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social WorkUniversity or college · founded 1992
Baltic Institute of Ecology, Politics and LawUniversity or college · founded 1993
Wallenberg Institute of Special Education and PsychologyUniversity or college · founded 1993
European University at Saint PetersburgUniversity or college · founded 1994
Institute of Law and BusinessUniversity or college · founded 1994
Saint - Petersburg Institute of Management and LawUniversity or college · founded 1994
Saint Petersburg Institute of International Economic Relations, Economics and LawUniversity or college · founded 1994
Saint-Petersburg Institute of Economy and ManagementUniversity or college · founded 1994
Baltic Institute of Foreign Languages and International Intercultural CooperationUniversity or college · founded 1996
International Academy of Ecology, Human and Nature SafetyUniversity or college · founded 1996
Nevsky Institute of Language and CultureUniversity or college · founded 1996
Nevsky Institute of Management and DesignUniversity or college · founded 1996
St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of RussiaUniversity or college · founded 1996
Saint Petersburg Academic UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1997
Stockholm School of Economics in RussiaUniversity or college · founded 1997
International University of Fundamental StudiesUniversity or college · founded 1998
Смольный университетUniversity or college · founded 1998
North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. MechnikovUniversity or college · founded 2011
Northwest Open Technical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2012
St. Petersburg School of Religion and PhilosophyUniversity or college · founded 2016
University of the Federal Penitentiary Service of RussiaUniversity or college · founded 2020
Saint Petersburg University of Management and EconomicsUniversity or college
Saint-Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade UnionsUniversity or college
St. Petersburg Christian UniversityUniversity or college
Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of SciencesResearch institute · founded 1714
Saint Petersburg from above
Around Saint Petersburg40 places to see, do and reach nearby
FontankaNature3.8 kmMoyka RiverNature1.4 kmOkhta, St.-PetersburgNature5.2 kmGreat NevaNature4.7 kmMalaya NevaNature1.0 kmGreat NevkaNature2.3 kmVasilyevsky Island, St.-PetersburgNature3.2 kmDekabristov IslandNature4.2 kmOrekhovaya MountainMountain29 kmVoron'ya MountainMountain28 kmPulkovo MountainMountain19 kmСпортивный комплекс "Юкки" ГАУ ЛО "Спортивно-тренировочный центр Ленинградской области"Ski area19 kmАндреевский склонSki area29 kmDive siteDive site3.0 kmDive siteDive site3.0 kmCheckStopDive site3.5 kmWinter PalaceMonument0.2 kmSaint Isaac's CathedralMonument0.7 kmKazan Cathedral, Saint PetersburgMonument0.8 kmChurch of the Savior on BloodMonument0.8 kmSaint Petersburg MosqueMonument1.9 kmTrinity Cathedral, Saint PetersburgMonument2.5 kmSaint Michael's CastleMonument1.3 kmMariinsky PalaceMonument0.9 kmHermitage MuseumMuseum0.2 kmRussian MuseumMuseum1.0 kmFabergé museum in Saint PetersburgMuseum1.7 kmMuseum of Political History of RussiaMuseum1.9 kmKunstkameraMuseum0.6 kmStationStation2.4 kmStationStation3.0 kmStationStation3.3 kmSaint Petersburg · ferry portFerry port0.3 kmSaint Petersburg · ferry portFerry port0.4 kmVsevolozhskPlace22 kmSertolovoPlace24 kmMurinoPlace14 kmShusharyPlace15 kmPargolovoPlace16 kmStrelnaPlace18 km
Postal codes
191015191025195213199155
Getting to Saint Petersburg
Pulkovo AirportLED
16 kmLappeenranta AirportLPP
171 kmSavonlinna AirportSVL
235 kmСанкт-Петербург-ВитебскийRailway station
2.4 kmСанкт-Петербург-ГлавныйRailway station
3 kmСанкт-Петербург-ФинляндскийRailway station
3.3 kmЭрмитажРечной вокзал
0.3 kmСпуск со львамиПетропавловская крепость
0.4 kmPlaces near Saint Petersburg
Places with a climate like Saint Petersburg
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Saint Petersburg?
Based on 30-year climate normals, June, July and August offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Saint Petersburg.
What is the hottest month in Saint Petersburg?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24°C and lows of 15°C.
What is the coldest month in Saint Petersburg?
January is the coldest month, with average highs of -2°C and lows of -7°C.
What is the rainiest month in Saint Petersburg?
July is the wettest month with about 77 mm of precipitation on 17 wet days.
How warm is the sea near Saint Petersburg?
The sea is warmest in July at about 17°C and coolest in February at about 0°C.
What is the postal code of Saint Petersburg?
Saint Petersburg has 4 postal codes: 191015, 191025, 195213, 199155.