Apatity weather in July

In July, Apatity sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 82 mm of rain across 13.8 wet days and about 21.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 24 hours at the start of July to 19 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Apatity's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Apatity's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 82 mm; 13.8 wet days
Daylight: 21 h 48 min; 1:59 AM – 11:45 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 1st clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

Apatity is city in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.

Density: 1,632/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1926

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month.

A typical July day in Apatity reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and about 2°C warmer than August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	8
2	16	8
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	9
8	17	9
9	17	9
10	17	9
11	17	9
12	17	10
13	17	10
14	17	10
15	17	10
16	17	10
17	18	10
18	18	10
19	18	10
20	18	10
21	18	10
22	18	10
23	18	10
24	17	10
25	17	10
26	17	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	10
30	17	10
31	17	10

How July really feels in Apatity

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Apatity weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-10° / -15°	37	9.9	11.7	2.3	0.0
Feb	-10° / -15°	34	9.3	11.4	7.1	0.0
Mar	-5° / -11°	37	8.8	11.2	11.1	0.0
Apr	1° / -6°	34	8.3	8.4	15.1	0.0
May	7° / 0°	47	11	5.2	19.4	0.9
Jun	13° / 6°	65	12.7	0.6	23.8	3.4
Jul	17° / 10°	82	13.8	0	21.9	4.8
Aug	14° / 8°	68	13	0	16.9	3.8
Sep	9° / 4°	63	11.3	1.2	12.8	1.7
Oct	2° / -2°	63	12	7.7	8.8	0.0
Nov	-4° / -8°	52	11.5	12.6	4.4	0.0
Dec	-7° / -12°	46	11.1	13.8	0.2	0.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	26	26	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25
Cloudier (%)	74	74	75	75	74	74	74	74	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	26	74
9	27	73
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Apatity gets around 82 mm of rain over 13.8 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 44% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	44
6	44
7	44
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	45
12	45
13	46
14	46
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	44
23	44
24	44
25	44
26	43
27	43
28	43
29	43
30	42
31	42

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	96	95	95	93	92	92	91	90	89	89	88	87	86	86	84	83	83	83	82	82	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	84
Comfortable (%)	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13
Humid (%)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	95	5	0
3	95	5	0
4	93	6	1
5	92	7	1
6	92	7	1
7	91	8	1
8	90	9	1
9	89	10	1
10	89	10	1
11	88	11	1
12	87	12	1
13	86	13	1
14	86	13	1
15	84	14	2
16	83	15	2
17	83	15	2
18	83	15	2
19	82	16	2
20	82	16	2
21	81	16	3
22	81	16	3
23	81	16	3
24	82	15	3
25	82	15	3
26	82	15	3
27	82	14	4
28	82	14	4
29	82	14	4
30	83	14	3
31	84	13	3

Wind in July

Winds average 10 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 24 hours at the start of July to 19 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	23.6	23.1	22.7	22.4	22.2	22.0	21.8	21.6	21.4	21.2	21.0	20.8	20.7	20.5	20.3	20.2	20.0	19.8	19.7	19.5	19.4	19.2
Sunrise (AM)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1:04	1:20	1:30	1:38	1:46	1:53	1:59	2:05	2:11	2:17	2:22	2:28	2:33	2:38	2:43	2:48	2:53	2:58	3:02	3:07	3:11	3:16
Sunset (PM)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12:38	12:23	12:13	12:05	11:58	11:51	11:45	11:39	11:33	11:28	11:22	11:17	11:12	11:07	11:02	10:57	10:52	10:48	10:43	10:38	10:33	10:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	24.0	—	—
2	24.0	—	—
3	24.0	—	—
4	24.0	—	—
5	24.0	—	—
6	24.0	—	—
7	24.0	—	—
8	24.0	—	—
9	24.0	—	—
10	23.6	1:04	12:38
11	23.1	1:20	12:23
12	22.7	1:30	12:13
13	22.4	1:38	12:05
14	22.2	1:46	11:58
15	22.0	1:53	11:51
16	21.8	1:59	11:45
17	21.6	2:05	11:39
18	21.4	2:11	11:33
19	21.2	2:17	11:28
20	21.0	2:22	11:22
21	20.8	2:28	11:17
22	20.7	2:33	11:12
23	20.5	2:38	11:07
24	20.3	2:43	11:02
25	20.2	2:48	10:57
26	20.0	2:53	10:52
27	19.8	2:58	10:48
28	19.7	3:02	10:43
29	19.5	3:07	10:38
30	19.4	3:11	10:33
31	19.2	3:16	10:29

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 5.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.45 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.0	Moderate
30	3.9	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Apatity?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.8

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

July is a reasonable time to visit Apatity for sightseeing.

What to pack for Apatity in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Apatity sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Apatity in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Apatity peaks around July 14 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	2	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	2	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	1	Low
Oct	0	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Apatity?

Apatity sits at 67.6°N, 33.4°E, 169 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kirovsk, 12 km away.

Topography around Apatity

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Apatity.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Apatity has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m around an average of 169 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,074 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,364 m.

The land around Apatity is covered by trees (67%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (54%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) within 80 km.

3 km

151 m

trees 67%

16 km

1,074 m

trees 54%

80 km

1,364 m

trees 67%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen

← June Apatity year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Kirovsk 12 km · Monchegorsk 46 km · Polyarnyye Zori 46 km · Olenegorsk 63 km · Kandalaksha 64 km · Kovdor 125 km · Murmansk 155 km · Severomorsk 165 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 32% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,547; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 76%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.8; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 12; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 521
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Apatity (67.5827°, 33.4134°, elevation 169 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	8
2	16	8
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	9
8	17	9
9	17	9
10	17	9
11	17	9
12	17	10
13	17	10
14	17	10
15	17	10
16	17	10
17	18	10
18	18	10
19	18	10
20	18	10
21	18	10
22	18	10
23	18	10
24	17	10
25	17	10
26	17	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	10
30	17	10
31	17	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	26	74
9	27	73
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	44
6	44
7	44
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	45
12	45
13	46
14	46
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	44
23	44
24	44
25	44
26	43
27	43
28	43
29	43
30	42
31	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	95	5	0
3	95	5	0
4	93	6	1
5	92	7	1
6	92	7	1
7	91	8	1
8	90	9	1
9	89	10	1
10	89	10	1
11	88	11	1
12	87	12	1
13	86	13	1
14	86	13	1
15	84	14	2
16	83	15	2
17	83	15	2
18	83	15	2
19	82	16	2
20	82	16	2
21	81	16	3
22	81	16	3
23	81	16	3
24	82	15	3
25	82	15	3
26	82	15	3
27	82	14	4
28	82	14	4
29	82	14	4
30	83	14	3
31	84	13	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	8
2	16	8
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	9
8	17	9
9	17	9
10	17	9
11	17	9
12	17	10
13	17	10
14	17	10
15	17	10
16	17	10
17	18	10
18	18	10
19	18	10
20	18	10
21	18	10
22	18	10
23	18	10
24	17	10
25	17	10
26	17	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	10
30	17	10
31	17	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	26	74
9	27	73
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	44
6	44
7	44
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	45
12	45
13	46
14	46
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	44
23	44
24	44
25	44
26	43
27	43
28	43
29	43
30	42
31	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	95	5	0
3	95	5	0
4	93	6	1
5	92	7	1
6	92	7	1
7	91	8	1
8	90	9	1
9	89	10	1
10	89	10	1
11	88	11	1
12	87	12	1
13	86	13	1
14	86	13	1
15	84	14	2
16	83	15	2
17	83	15	2
18	83	15	2
19	82	16	2
20	82	16	2
21	81	16	3
22	81	16	3
23	81	16	3
24	82	15	3
25	82	15	3
26	82	15	3
27	82	14	4
28	82	14	4
29	82	14	4
30	83	14	3
31	84	13	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	8
2	16	8
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	9
8	17	9
9	17	9
10	17	9
11	17	9
12	17	10
13	17	10
14	17	10
15	17	10
16	17	10
17	18	10
18	18	10
19	18	10
20	18	10
21	18	10
22	18	10
23	18	10
24	17	10
25	17	10
26	17	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	10
30	17	10
31	17	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	26	74
9	27	73
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	44
6	44
7	44
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	45
12	45
13	46
14	46
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	44
23	44
24	44
25	44
26	43
27	43
28	43
29	43
30	42
31	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	95	5	0
3	95	5	0
4	93	6	1
5	92	7	1
6	92	7	1
7	91	8	1
8	90	9	1
9	89	10	1
10	89	10	1
11	88	11	1
12	87	12	1
13	86	13	1
14	86	13	1
15	84	14	2
16	83	15	2
17	83	15	2
18	83	15	2
19	82	16	2
20	82	16	2
21	81	16	3
22	81	16	3
23	81	16	3
24	82	15	3
25	82	15	3
26	82	15	3
27	82	14	4
28	82	14	4
29	82	14	4
30	83	14	3
31	84	13	3