Gagarin weather in July

In July, Gagarin sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 83 mm of rain across 13 wet days and about 16.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 12 min at the start of July to 15 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Gagarin's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gagarin's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
83 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
16 h 42 min
4:25 AM – 9:06 PM
Cloud cover
63%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Gagarin is city and administrative center of Gagarinsky District of Smolensk Oblast in central Russia.

Density
1,997/km²
people per km²
Founded
1718

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical July day in Gagarin reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and about 2°C warmer than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Gagarin

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Gagarin 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-4° / -9°389.910.77.40.0
Feb-3° / -9°338.89.79.20.0
Mar / -5°369.27.711.40.0
Apr11° / 399.11.813.82.6
May18° / 7212.10.115.95.4
Jun21° / 11°7612.7017.15.9
Jul23° / 14°8313016.66.3
Aug22° / 12°7010.9014.86.4
Sep16° / 589.80.212.54.7
Oct / 5711.42.210.11.5
Nov / -3°459.85.580.0
Dec-3° / -7°391010.26.90.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34060
44159
54159
64159
74258
84159
94258
104258
114357
124357
134258
144357
154357
164357
174456
184456
194357
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304555
314654

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Gagarin gets around 83 mm of rain over 13 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 42% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
141
241
342
442
542
642
743
843
943
1044
1144
1244
1345
1445
1545
1645
1745
1844
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2043
2143
2242
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2441
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2738
2836
2936
3035
3134

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 45% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15825161
25725171
35625181
45525191
55326201
65226211
75027221
84927221
94827232
104727242
114627242
124528252
134528253
144428253
154328253
164229254
174229254
184130254
194131244
204031244
214032245
223932235
233933235
243934224
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273936214
283937214
293937203
304038203
314038192

Wind in July

Winds average 10 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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411calm
511calm
611calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 12 min at the start of July to 15 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:09 AM to 4:49 AM, and sunset from 9:18 PM to 8:43 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.24:099:18
217.14:099:18
317.14:109:17
417.14:119:17
517.14:129:16
617.04:139:16
717.04:149:15
817.04:159:14
917.04:169:13
1016.94:179:12
1116.94:189:12
1216.84:209:11
1316.84:219:10
1416.84:229:09
1516.74:249:07
1616.74:259:06
1716.64:269:05
1816.64:289:04
1916.54:299:02
2016.54:319:01
2116.54:339:00
2216.44:348:58
2316.34:368:57
2416.34:378:55
2516.24:398:53
2616.24:418:52
2716.14:428:50
2816.14:448:48
2916.04:468:46
3015.94:488:45
3115.94:498:43

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.32 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.29 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
25.4Bright
35.4Bright
45.4Bright
55.4Bright
65.4Bright
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95.4Bright
105.4Bright
115.3Bright
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155.3Bright
165.3Bright
175.2Bright
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205.2Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.1Bright
245.1Bright
255.1Bright
265.1Bright
275.1Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Gagarin?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Gagarin for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gagarin in July

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

In July, Gagarin sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gagarin in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gagarin peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Gagarin?

Gagarin sits at 55.6°N, 35.0°E, 190 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Vyaz’ma, 58 km away.

Topography around Gagarin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gagarin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 198 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m.

The land around Gagarin is covered by trees (49%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (41%), cropland (30%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
109 m
80 km
190 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Vyaz’ma 58 km · Mozhaysk 65 km · Volokolamsk 81 km · Rzhev 89 km · Tuchkovo 93 km · Kubinka 107 km · Maloyaroslavets 111 km · Naro-Fominsk 111 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
other Christian 2%

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 Gagarin (55.5533°, 34.9968°, elevation 190 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).