Gay weather in July

In July, Gay sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 44 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 18 min at the start of July to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Gay's 3rd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gay's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
1st warmest
Overnight low
16°
12th coldest
Rainfall
44 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
5:13 AM – 9:11 PM
Cloud cover
51%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Gay is town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia.

Density
670/km²
people per km²
Founded
1959

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 27°C through the month.

A typical July day in Gay reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C warmer than June and about 1°C warmer than August.

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

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.

Gay 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-10° / -16°246.77.98.10.0
Feb-8° / -16°245.86.69.60.0
Mar-1° / -10°307.36.511.50.0
Apr12° / 366.91.913.53.2
May21° / 377.80.115.36.8
Jun26° / 13°316.7016.37.3
Jul27° / 16°448.1015.96.9
Aug26° / 14°306.2014.47.4
Sep19° / 235.2012.46.7
Oct10° / 326.41.510.42.5
Nov-1° / -7°256.158.60.0
Dec-8° / -14°266.68.27.70.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15545
25545
35545
45545
55545
65545
75644
85743
95743
105743
115842
125842
135941
145941
155941
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196139
206238
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236337
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256337
266337
276436
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306436
316436

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Gay gets around 44 mm of rain over 8.1 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 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
128
229
329
429
529
629
729
829
929
1029
1129
1228
1328
1427
1527
1627
1726
1826
1925
2025
2124
2224
2323
2423
2522
2622
2722
2821
2921
3021
3121

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 66% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1712540
2702640
3702640
4692740
5692740
6692740
7682840
8682840
9672940
10672940
11672940
12653050
13653050
14653050
15643150
16643150
17633160
18643060
19643060
20623071
21623071
22632971
23632971
24642871
25642781
26642781
27652681
28672571
29672571
30682471
31692371

Wind in July

Winds average 12 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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512light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 18 min at the start of July to 15 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:59 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 9:20 PM to 8:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.34:599:20
216.35:009:19
316.35:019:19
416.35:019:19
516.35:029:18
616.35:039:18
716.25:049:17
816.25:059:17
916.25:069:16
1016.25:069:16
1116.15:079:15
1216.15:089:14
1316.15:109:13
1416.05:119:13
1516.05:129:12
1616.05:139:11
1715.95:149:10
1815.95:159:09
1915.95:169:08
2015.85:189:07
2115.85:199:05
2215.75:209:04
2315.75:229:03
2415.65:239:02
2515.65:249:00
2615.65:268:59
2715.55:278:58
2815.55:298:56
2915.45:308:55
3015.45:328:53
3115.35:338:52

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.38 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.93 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.2Intense
36.2Intense
46.1Intense
56.1Intense
66.1Intense
76.1Intense
86.0Intense
96.0Intense
106.0Intense
116.0Intense
126.0Bright
136.0Bright
145.9Bright
155.9Bright
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275.8Bright
285.7Bright
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305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Gay?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Gay for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Gay in July

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

In July, Gay sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gay 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 Gay peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 19UV 6Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Gay?

Gay sits at 51.5°N, 58.5°E, 378 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Orsk, 27 km away.

Topography around Gay

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gay has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 319 m around an average of 372 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 361 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 471 m.

The land around Gay is covered by artificial surfaces (29%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (61%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
319 m
16 km
361 m
80 km
471 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Orsk 27 km · Novotroitsk 32 km · Mednogorsk 60 km · Kuvandyk 76 km · Yasnyy 110 km · Baymak 125 km · Khromtau 136 km · Sibay 139 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 Gay (51.4727°, 58.4515°, elevation 378 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).