Climate and average weather in Kapotnya

In Kapotnya, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid May to early September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Kapotnya typically varies from -10°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -23°C or above 30°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Kapotnya for warm-weather activities is from mid May to early September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-10°
Wettest
Jul
76 mm
Driest
Feb
32 mm
Rain / yr
609 mm
123 wet days
Daylight
6.8–17.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
140 m
55.6°N
Clearest
Aug
61% cloud

Kapotnya is district of Moscow.

Density
3,672/km²
people per km²

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

Kapotnya weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to early September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Kapotnya, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.2 months, from May 7 to September 11, with daily high temperatures above 17°C. The hottest month of the year in Kapotnya is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 18 to March 8, with daily high temperatures below 1°C. The coldest month of the year in Kapotnya is January, with an average low of -10°C and high of -5°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in May.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-5-10
Feb-4-10
Mar2-5
Apr111
May188
Jun2212
Jul2414
Aug2212
Sep168
Oct93
Nov1-3
Dec-3-7

How hot and cold Kapotnya really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -18°C (around January 31), with roughly 193 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 116 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-5-5-16-10
Feb-4-4-16-10
Mar22-10-5
Apr1111-21
May181868
Jun22221212
Jul24241414
Aug22221212
Sep161658
Oct89-13
Nov11-8-3
Dec-3-3-13-7

Average hourly temperature in Kapotnya

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 24°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -10°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Kapotnya weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-5° / -10°361010.77.40.0
Feb-4° / -10°328.49.89.20.0
Mar / -5°338.37.111.40.0
Apr11° / 3792.113.82.6
May18° / 5711.50.115.95.6
Jun22° / 12°7212017.16.1
Jul24° / 14°7612.4016.66.5
Aug22° / 12°6810.8014.86.5
Sep16° / 579.60.112.54.8
Oct / 5910.92.110.11.5
Nov / -3°449.46.280.0
Dec-3° / -7°3810.29.96.90.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Kapotnya gets about 609 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.2 months, from around May 9 to Sep 12, peaking in June at about 42% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Mar 13.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 76 mm over about 12 wet days; February is the driest, with 32 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 16 · 42%Mar 13 · 26%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3210
Feb308
Mar278
Apr309
May3612
Jun4012
Jul3912
Aug3611
Sep3210
Oct3411
Nov329
Dec3210

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Kapotnya collects about 609 mm of rain across 123 wet days — roughly 51 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 76 mm, while February is the driest at just 32 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec363233375772766857594438
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan361011
Feb32810
Mar3387
Apr3792
May57120
Jun72120
Jul76120
Aug68110
Sep57100
Oct59112
Nov4496
Dec381010

Snow in Kapotnya

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Kapotnya averages about 48 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 4 to May 1 — about 6.9 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 10 days of snow and an estimated 36 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 168 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 31
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan1136
Feb1035
Mar726
Apr28
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct25
Nov624
Dec1034

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Kapotnya, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 13 and lasts for 6.6 months, ending around September 29. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 44% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 30 and lasts for 5.4 months, ending around March 12. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 92% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 9 · 48%Dec 30 · 6%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan991
Feb1585
Mar2872
Apr3367
May4258
Jun4357
Jul4258
Aug4456
Sep3070
Oct1783
Nov1090
Dec892

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 13, brings about 17 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 6 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 10 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan7.48:574:19
Feb9.28:075:20
Mar11.46:566:21
Apr13.85:347:25
May15.94:268:24
Jun17.13:539:05
Jul16.64:138:56
Aug14.85:087:58
Sep12.56:106:37
Oct10.17:115:17
Nov8.08:164:13
Dec6.99:013:49

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Kapotnya averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 8 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.7 months, from around Mar 12 to Oct 1. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 8 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is January, down near 1 sunny days — about 81% fewer than the May peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedMay 58 daysJan 11 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan1Gloomy
Feb3Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr6Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep5Gloomy
Oct3Gloomy
Nov2Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Kapotnya, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.0 months, from around June 2 to August 31. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 26% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 1 to June 1, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 29 · 100%Jul 19 · 70%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May93610
Jun7119101
Jul4331223
Aug5730111
Sep93610
Oct100000
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Kapotnya is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Sep 27 to Apr 6. The windiest month is December, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 7 to Sep 26, with July the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 22 · 14 km/hJul 29 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan14light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr12light breeze
May12calm
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep12light breeze
Oct13light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Best time to visit Kapotnya

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Kapotnya throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late May, Kapotnya is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Kapotnya for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to early September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 4 · 6.8

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.1poor
Apr2.6poor
May5.6good
Jun6.2good
Jul6.5good
Aug6.4good
Sep4.8fair
Oct1.6poor
Nov0.0poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Kapotnya for hot-weather activities is from late June to mid August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 29 · 5.7

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Kapotnya, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 24°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -5°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Kapotnya sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Kapotnya by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kapotnya peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Kapotnya

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended). Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr2.50
May5.50
Jun7.50
Jul70
Aug5.50
Sep30
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Kapotnya by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Kapotnya is worst in March — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 17 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2230 µg/m³Nov 1817 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar30Moderate
Apr28Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Kapotnya typically lasts about 204 days, from around April 10 to October 30 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 3 to October 1.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 910%Apr 1050%May 390%Oct 190%Oct 3050%Jan 1310%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1031
Feb1128
Mar1831
Apr6330
May952
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep971
Oct7231
Nov3030
Dec1531

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Kapotnya banks about 847 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02004006008001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May90
Jun202
Jul279
Aug220
Sep56
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Kapotnya receives about 2.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.3 and 5.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Mar 18 to Sep 11. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.4 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.4 kWh/m² — roughly 93% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 65.5 kWhDec 200.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.5Dim
Feb1.3Dim
Mar2.7Moderate
Apr4.1Bright
May5.2Bright
Jun5.4Bright
Jul5.2Bright
Aug4.2Bright
Sep2.6Moderate
Oct1.3Dim
Nov0.6Dim
Dec0.3Dim

Where is Kapotnya?

Kapotnya sits at 55.6°N, 37.8°E, 140 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Alekseyevka, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Kapotnya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kapotnya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 134 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 207 m.

The land around Kapotnya is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
145 m
80 km
207 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Alekseyevka 1.0 km · Brateyevo 2.0 km · Zyablikovo 3.0 km · Dzerzhinskiy 3.0 km · Dzerzhinsky 4.0 km · Kotel’niki 5.0 km · Lyublino 5.0 km · Mar’ino 5.0 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 Kapotnya (55.6381°, 37.7931°, elevation 140 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).