Sosnovyy Bor weather in July

In July, Sosnovyy Bor sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 56 mm of rain across 9.3 wet days and about 17.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in July, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 18 h 24 min at the start of July to 16 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Sosnovyy Bor's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sosnovyy Bor's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
12th coldest
Rainfall
56 mm
9.3 wet days
Daylight
17 h 42 min
4:18 AM – 10:01 PM
Cloud cover
56%
2nd clearest
Wind
18 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Sosnovyy Bor is city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

Density
952/km²
people per km²
Founded
1958

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical July day in Sosnovyy Bor reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 5°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Sosnovyy Bor

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.

Sosnovyy Bor weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-2° / -6°4411.711.86.40.0
Feb-3° / -7°359.59.58.70.0
Mar-1° / -4°369.16.411.30.0
Apr / 368.72.914.10.1
May / 447.80.216.72.0
Jun13° / 10°599.8018.33.6
Jul18° / 15°569.3017.75.9
Aug18° / 15°8511.9015.35.5
Sep14° / 12°8013.2012.63.6
Oct / 8415.11.49.81.0
Nov / 6914.45.77.20.0
Dec-0° / -3°56139.95.70.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Sosnovyy Bor gets around 56 mm of rain over 9.3 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the comfortable band about 42% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1672661
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10484183
11464293
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Wind in July

Winds average 18 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 18 h 24 min at the start of July to 16 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 102 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:56 AM to 4:49 AM, and sunset from 10:18 PM to 9:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
118.43:5610:18
218.33:5710:17
318.33:5810:16
418.33:5910:16
518.24:0110:15
618.24:0210:14
718.24:0310:13
818.14:0510:12
918.14:0610:11
1018.04:0710:10
1118.04:0910:08
1217.94:1110:07
1317.94:1210:06
1417.84:1410:04
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1617.74:1810:01
1717.74:199:59
1817.64:219:58
1917.54:239:56
2017.54:259:54
2117.44:279:52
2217.34:299:50
2317.34:319:48
2417.24:339:46
2517.14:369:44
2617.14:389:42
2717.04:409:40
2816.94:429:38
2916.84:449:35
3016.84:479:33
3116.74:499:31

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.93 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.64 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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315.2Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Sosnovyy Bor?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
1.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Sosnovyy Bor for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sosnovyy Bor in July

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

In July, Sosnovyy Bor sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Sosnovyy Bor in July

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near -0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan1Bracing
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Mar0Bracing
Apr2Bracing
May7Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct10Bracing
Nov6Bracing
Dec3Bracing

UV index in Sosnovyy Bor in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sosnovyy Bor peaks around July 11 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 11UV 5Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sosnovyy Bor?

Sosnovyy Bor sits at 59.9°N, 29.1°E, 17 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Lomonosov, 38 km away.

Topography around Sosnovyy Bor

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sosnovyy Bor has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m.

The land around Sosnovyy Bor is covered by trees (63%) within 3 km, water (48%) and trees (45%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
99 m
80 km
209 m
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July weather nearby: Lomonosov 38 km · Kronstadt 40 km · Petrodvorets 40 km · Peterhof 45 km · Sestroretsk 54 km · Kurortnyy 54 km · Krasnoye Selo 59 km · Sosnovaya Polyana 60 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 Sosnovyy Bor (59.8996°, 29.0857°, elevation 17 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).