Kovdor weather in July

In July, Kovdor sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 84 mm of rain across 14.2 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 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 Kovdor's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kovdor's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 84 mm; 14.2 wet days
Daylight: 21 h 42 min; 2:12 AM – 11:56 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Kovdor is human settlement in Kirovsk, Kirovsk Urban Okrug, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.

Density: 2,440/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1953

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 18°C through the month.

A typical July day in Kovdor reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and about 3°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	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	10	10

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

How July really feels in Kovdor

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.

Kovdor 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	-9° / -15°	28	8.4	10.2	2.4	0.0
Feb	-9° / -14°	23	7	9	7.1	0.0
Mar	-3° / -10°	28	7.7	9.8	11.1	0.0
Apr	2° / -5°	32	8.9	8.3	15.1	0.0
May	8° / 1°	51	11.5	5.2	19.4	1.4
Jun	14° / 6°	71	12.7	0.7	23.8	3.8
Jul	18° / 10°	84	14.2	0	21.9	5.0
Aug	15° / 8°	69	12.5	0	16.9	4.2
Sep	10° / 3°	55	10.9	1.2	12.8	1.9
Oct	2° / -2°	53	10.8	6.7	8.8	0.0
Nov	-3° / -8°	35	9.6	10.4	4.4	0.0
Dec	-6° / -11°	32	9.4	11.4	0.2	0.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

	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 (%)	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	26	25	25	25	25	24	24
Cloudier (%)	81	81	80	80	80	80	79	79	78	78	77	77	78	77	77	77	76	76	76	75	75	74	74	73	74	75	75	75	75	76	76

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	26	74
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	24	76
31	24	76

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Kovdor gets around 84 mm of rain over 14.2 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 45% and peaks near 47% 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 (%)	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	42	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	47
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	45
21	45
22	45
23	45
24	44
25	44
26	44
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 87% 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 (%)	95	95	94	94	92	92	91	91	90	90	89	89	88	88	86	86	85	85	84	84	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83
Comfortable (%)	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	95	5	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	92	7	1
6	92	7	1
7	91	8	1
8	91	8	1
9	90	9	1
10	90	9	1
11	89	10	1
12	89	10	1
13	88	11	1
14	88	11	1
15	86	12	2
16	86	12	2
17	85	13	2
18	85	13	2
19	84	14	2
20	84	14	2
21	83	14	3
22	82	15	3
23	82	15	3
24	82	15	3
25	82	15	3
26	82	15	3
27	82	15	3
28	82	15	3
29	82	15	3
30	82	15	3
31	83	14	3

Wind in July

Winds average 10 km/h in July.

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.

	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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	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	23.5	23.0	22.7	22.4	22.2	21.9	21.7	21.5	21.3	21.2	21.0	20.8	20.6	20.5	20.3	20.1	20.0	19.8	19.7	19.5	19.4	19.2
Sunrise (AM)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1:19	1:33	1:43	1:51	1:58	2:05	2:12	2:18	2:23	2:29	2:35	2:40	2:45	2:50	2:55	3:00	3:05	3:10	3:14	3:19	3:24	3:28
Sunset (PM)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12:47	12:33	12:24	12:16	12:09	12:02	11:56	11:50	11:44	11:39	11:34	11:28	11:23	11:18	11:13	11:09	11:04	10:59	10:54	10:50	10:45	10:40

	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	23.5	1:19	12:47
11	23.0	1:33	12:33
12	22.7	1:43	12:24
13	22.4	1:51	12:16
14	22.2	1:58	12:09
15	21.9	2:05	12:02
16	21.7	2:12	11:56
17	21.5	2:18	11:50
18	21.3	2:23	11:44
19	21.2	2:29	11:39
20	21.0	2:35	11:34
21	20.8	2:40	11:28
22	20.6	2:45	11:23
23	20.5	2:50	11:18
24	20.3	2:55	11:13
25	20.1	3:00	11:09
26	20.0	3:05	11:04
27	19.8	3:10	10:59
28	19.7	3:14	10:54
29	19.5	3:19	10:50
30	19.4	3:24	10:45
31	19.2	3:28	10:40

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 4.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.24 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)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.0	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate
31	3.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Kovdor?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

1.5

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Kovdor for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kovdor in July

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

In July, Kovdor sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Kovdor 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 Kovdor 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 3 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	2	0	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Kovdor?

Kovdor sits at 67.6°N, 30.5°E, 233 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Polyarnyye Zori, 89 km away.

Topography around Kovdor

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kovdor has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 575 m around an average of 253 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 694 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,152 m.

The land around Kovdor is covered by trees (59%) and bare terrain (21%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km

575 m

trees 59%

16 km

694 m

trees 85%

80 km

1,152 m

trees 79%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen

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

July weather nearby: Polyarnyye Zori 89 km · Kandalaksha 95 km · Monchegorsk 109 km · Apatity 125 km · Olenegorsk 133 km · Kirovsk 136 km · Murmansk 190 km · Nikel 206 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 Kovdor (67.5663°, 30.4777°, elevation 233 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	17	9
2	17	9
3	17	9
4	17	9
5	17	9
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	17	9
9	17	9
10	18	10
11	18	10
12	18	10
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	10
18	18	10
19	18	10
20	18	10
21	18	10
22	18	10
23	18	10
24	18	10
25	18	10
26	18	10
27	18	10
28	18	10
29	18	10
30	18	10
31	18	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	26	74
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	47
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	45
21	45
22	45
23	45
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	43
28	43
29	43
30	42
31	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	95	5	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	92	7	1
6	92	7	1
7	91	8	1
8	91	8	1
9	90	9	1
10	90	9	1
11	89	10	1
12	89	10	1
13	88	11	1
14	88	11	1
15	86	12	2
16	86	12	2
17	85	13	2
18	85	13	2
19	84	14	2
20	84	14	2
21	83	14	3
22	82	15	3
23	82	15	3
24	82	15	3
25	82	15	3
26	82	15	3
27	82	15	3
28	82	15	3
29	82	15	3
30	82	15	3
31	83	14	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	26	74
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	47
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	45
21	45
22	45
23	45
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	43
28	43
29	43
30	42
31	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	95	5	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	92	7	1
6	92	7	1
7	91	8	1
8	91	8	1
9	90	9	1
10	90	9	1
11	89	10	1
12	89	10	1
13	88	11	1
14	88	11	1
15	86	12	2
16	86	12	2
17	85	13	2
18	85	13	2
19	84	14	2
20	84	14	2
21	83	14	3
22	82	15	3
23	82	15	3
24	82	15	3
25	82	15	3
26	82	15	3
27	82	15	3
28	82	15	3
29	82	15	3
30	82	15	3
31	83	14	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	26	74
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	47
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	45
21	45
22	45
23	45
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	43
28	43
29	43
30	42
31	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	95	5	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	92	7	1
6	92	7	1
7	91	8	1
8	91	8	1
9	90	9	1
10	90	9	1
11	89	10	1
12	89	10	1
13	88	11	1
14	88	11	1
15	86	12	2
16	86	12	2
17	85	13	2
18	85	13	2
19	84	14	2
20	84	14	2
21	83	14	3
22	82	15	3
23	82	15	3
24	82	15	3
25	82	15	3
26	82	15	3
27	82	15	3
28	82	15	3
29	82	15	3
30	82	15	3
31	83	14	3