Safonovo weather in July

In July, Safonovo sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 87 mm of rain across 13.4 wet days and about 16.5 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 23% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 06 min at the start of July to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Safonovo's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Safonovo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
87 mm
13.4 wet days
Daylight
16 h 36 min
4:35 AM – 9:11 PM
Cloud cover
62%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Safonovo is town and administrative center of Safonovsky District of Smolensk Oblast in central Russia.

Density
1,555/km²
people per km²
Founded
1859

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 Safonovo 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 1°C warmer than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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42213
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How July really feels in Safonovo

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.

Safonovo 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°4010.311.17.50.0
Feb-3° / -9°369.19.49.30.0
Mar / -4°389.26.911.40.0
Apr11° / 419.31.513.82.6
May18° / 7411.80.215.85.4
Jun21° / 11°7812.30175.9
Jul23° / 14°8713.4016.56.3
Aug22° / 12°7411014.76.4
Sep16° / 599.80.112.54.8
Oct / 63111.610.21.6
Nov / -2°469.54.88.10.0
Dec-2° / -7°4010.29.970.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34060
44060
54060
64060
74159
84159
94159
104159
114159
124357
134456
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Safonovo gets around 87 mm of rain over 13.4 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 43% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
143
243
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544
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744
845
945
1045
1145
1246
1346
1446
1546
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1746
1845
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2044
2144
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3035
3135

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 44% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15626171
25526181
35526181
45327191
55227201
65027212
74928212
84828222
94729232
104629232
114529232
124429243
134430243
144330243
154330243
164231244
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Wind in July

Winds average 11 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
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811calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 06 min at the start of July to 15 h 48 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 4:19 AM to 4:59 AM, and sunset from 9:22 PM to 8:48 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.14:199:22
217.04:199:22
317.04:209:21
417.04:219:21
517.04:229:20
616.94:239:20
716.94:249:19
816.94:259:18
916.94:269:18
1016.84:279:17
1116.84:289:16
1216.84:299:15
1316.74:319:14
1416.74:329:13
1516.64:339:12
1616.64:359:11
1716.64:369:09
1816.54:389:08
1916.54:399:07
2016.44:409:06
2116.44:429:04
2216.34:449:03
2316.34:459:01
2416.24:479:00
2516.24:488:58
2616.14:508:56
2716.14:528:55
2816.04:538:53
2915.94:558:51
3015.94:578:50
3115.84:598:48

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.25 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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45.4Bright
55.4Bright
65.3Bright
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255.1Bright
265.1Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
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305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Safonovo?

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
4.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Safonovo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Safonovo in July

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

In July, Safonovo 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 Safonovo 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 Safonovo peaks around July 13 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 13UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Safonovo in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Safonovo is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.1× the cleanest month (January, 4 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1317 µg/m³Jan 124 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan4Good
Feb5Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul12Good
Aug10Good
Sep8Good
Oct6Good
Nov5Good
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Safonovo?

Safonovo sits at 55.1°N, 33.2°E, 222 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Yartsevo, 35 km away.

Topography around Safonovo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Safonovo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 212 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m.

The land around Safonovo is covered by grassland (38%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
100 m
80 km
171 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
July weather nearby: Yartsevo 35 km · Vyaz’ma 68 km · Smolensk 84 km · Desnogorsk 107 km · Gagarin 122 km · Nelidovo 128 km · Roslavl’ 131 km · Kirov 135 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 Safonovo (55.1109°, 33.2373°, elevation 222 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).