Climate and average weather in Medvezh’yegorsk

In Medvezh’yegorsk, the summers are mild, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are frigid, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: early June to late August

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Medvezh’yegorsk typically varies from -12°C to 20°C, and is rarely below -27°C or above 27°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 Medvezh’yegorsk for warm-weather activities is from early June to late August.

Hottest
Jul
20°
Coldest
Jan
-12°
Wettest
Jul
84 mm
Driest
Feb
28 mm
Rain / yr
639 mm
133 wet days
Daylight
4.3–19.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
29 m
62.9°N
Clearest
Jun
69% cloud

Medvezh’yegorsk is human settlement in Republic of Karelia, Russia.

Density
1,182/km²
people per km²
Founded
1916

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

Medvezh’yegorsk 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 early June to late August.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.7 months, from May 22 to September 10, with daily high temperatures above 14°C. The hottest month of the year in Medvezh’yegorsk is July, with an average high of 20°C and low of 13°C.

The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from December 1 to March 7, with daily high temperatures below -3°C. The coldest month of the year in Medvezh’yegorsk is January, with an average low of -12°C and high of -7°C.

Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 9°C) in May.

-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-7-12
Feb-7-12
Mar-1-8
Apr5-3
May123
Jun189
Jul2013
Aug1811
Sep137
Oct51
Nov-1-4
Dec-5-9

How hot and cold Medvezh’yegorsk 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 -21°C (around January 31), with roughly 219 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 136 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-7-7-19-12
Feb-7-7-19-12
Mar-1-1-14-8
Apr55-7-3
May121203
Jun181889
Jul20201213
Aug18181011
Sep131347
Oct55-21
Nov-1-1-9-4
Dec-5-5-15-9

Average hourly temperature in Medvezh’yegorsk

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 20°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -12°C.

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

Medvezh’yegorsk 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-7° / -12°369.611.75.40.0
Feb-7° / -12°288.19.98.20.0
Mar-1° / -8°338.79.811.20.0
Apr / -3°348.65.114.40.4
May12° / 5210.71.817.53.2
Jun18° / 7212.2019.55.3
Jul20° / 13°8413.9018.75.7
Aug18° / 11°8312.8015.85.3
Sep13° / 6512.2012.73.1
Oct / 5912.33.69.50.4
Nov-1° / -4°4911.58.86.40.0
Dec-5° / -9°451212.64.50.0

Chance of rain

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

Medvezh’yegorsk gets about 639 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 7.0 months, from around May 24 to Dec 22, peaking in July at about 46% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Mar 26.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 84 mm over about 14 wet days; February is the driest, with 28 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 17 · 46%Mar 26 · 26%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3210
Feb298
Mar289
Apr299
May3411
Jun4112
Jul4514
Aug4113
Sep4112
Oct3912
Nov3912
Dec3812

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Medvezh’yegorsk collects about 639 mm of rain across 133 wet days — roughly 53 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 84 mm, while February is the driest at just 28 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 37% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec362833345272848365594945
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan361012
Feb28810
Mar33910
Apr3495
May52112
Jun72120
Jul84140
Aug83130
Sep65120
Oct59124
Nov49129
Dec451213

Snow in Medvezh’yegorsk

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.

Medvezh’yegorsk averages about 63 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 30 to May 29 — about 8 months.

December is snowiest, with roughly 12 days of snow and an estimated 47 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 247 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonDec 18
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan1243
Feb1035
Mar1037
Apr525
May27
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct415
Nov938
Dec1347

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Medvezh’yegorsk, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 7 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around September 15. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 33% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 16 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around March 6. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 93% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJun 8 · 35%Nov 25 · 5%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1090
Feb1288
Mar2674
Apr2971
May3268
Jun3367
Jul3367
Aug2773
Sep2080
Oct1387
Nov793
Dec793

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 17, brings about 19 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around December 16, only 4 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 15 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan5.410:103:33
Feb8.28:515:03
Mar11.27:156:29
Apr14.45:287:57
May17.53:529:24
Jun19.52:5310:32
Jul18.73:2610:10
Aug15.84:518:42
Sep12.76:186:55
Oct9.57:445:11
Nov6.49:183:37
Dec4.510:282:49

Sunny days

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

Medvezh’yegorsk averages about 3 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 6 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.4 months, from around Mar 2 to Aug 12. The sunniest month is March, with roughly 5 sunny days (gloomy).

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

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedMar 246 daysNov 251 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb2Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr5Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun5Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug4Gloomy
Sep2Gloomy
Oct2Gloomy
Nov1Gloomy
Dec1Gloomy

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 Medvezh’yegorsk, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 13% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 13 · 100%Jul 23 · 83%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May99100
Jun88830
Jul5928112
Aug722251
Sep96400
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.

Wind in Medvezh’yegorsk is steady company: average speeds sit near 12 km/hlight breeze — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeNov 3 · 14 km/hJul 23 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan13light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr12calm
May12calm
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep12light breeze
Oct13light breeze
Nov13light breeze
Dec13light breeze

Best time to visit Medvezh’yegorsk

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late August, Medvezh’yegorsk is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 Medvezh’yegorsk for general outdoor tourist activities is from early June to late August, with a peak score in the second week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 11 · 5.7

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
Mar0.0poor
Apr0.4poor
May3.2poor
Jun5.2fair
Jul5.7good
Aug5.2fair
Sep3.1poor
Oct0.5poor
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 Medvezh’yegorsk for hot-weather activities is from early July to early August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 22 · 3.4

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 Medvezh’yegorsk, 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 20°C), the essentials are rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -7°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Medvezh’yegorsk sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Medvezh’yegorsk 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 Medvezh’yegorsk peaks around July 12 at about 5 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 12UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar1Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Medvezh’yegorsk

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 July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 6.5 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
Apr00
May4.50
Jun6.50
Jul6.50
Aug40
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Medvezh’yegorsk typically lasts about 176 days, from around April 30 to October 22 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 25 to October 1.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 1910%Apr 3050%May 2590%Oct 190%Oct 2250%Dec 2610%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan731
Feb828
Mar1031
Apr2830
May7725
Jun990
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep970
Oct6429
Nov2230
Dec1131

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. Medvezh’yegorsk banks about 461 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

0200400600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun104
Jul200
Aug140
Sep15
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.

Medvezh’yegorsk receives about 2.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.1 and 5.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around Mar 23 to Sep 6. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.4 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.1 kWh/m² — roughly 99% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 125.5 kWhDec 200.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.2Dim
Feb0.7Dim
Mar2.0Dim
Apr3.7Moderate
May5.0Bright
Jun5.5Bright
Jul5.0Bright
Aug3.6Moderate
Sep2.0Dim
Oct0.8Dim
Nov0.2Dim
Dec0.1Dim

Where is Medvezh’yegorsk?

Medvezh’yegorsk sits at 62.9°N, 34.5°E, 29 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kondopoga, 80 km away.

Topography around Medvezh’yegorsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Medvezh’yegorsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m around an average of 73 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 267 m.

The land around Medvezh’yegorsk is covered by trees (58%) and water (26%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) and water (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
130 m
16 km
162 m
80 km
267 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Kondopoga 80 km · Segezha 93 km · Petrozavodsk 126 km · Onega 212 km · Podporozh’ye 223 km · Kontiolahti 235 km · Sortavala 235 km · Joensuu 241 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 Medvezh’yegorsk (62.9145°, 34.4586°, elevation 29 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).