Valday weather in July

In July, Valday sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 91 mm of rain across 14.4 wet days and about 17.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 48 min at the start of July to 16 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Valday's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Valday's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
91 mm
14.4 wet days
Daylight
17 h 12 min
4:16 AM – 9:29 PM
Cloud cover
66%
3rd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Valday is human settlement in Valdaysky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

Founded
1495

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 22°C through the month.

A typical July day in Valday reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and about 2°C warmer than August.

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

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.

Valday 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-5° / -9°5112.514.56.90.0
Feb-4° / -10°369.710.88.90.0
Mar / -6°399.58.911.40.0
Apr10° / 4510.83.1142.0
May16° / 6912.40.216.34.8
Jun20° / 11°8613.7017.75.6
Jul22° / 13°9114.4017.25.9
Aug20° / 11°8512.9015.15.8
Sep15° / 6111.70.112.54.1
Oct / 7012.92.59.91.1
Nov / -3°5812.287.60.0
Dec-3° / -7°5212.612.56.30.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23664
33664
43664
53664
63664
73664
83664
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113664
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314159

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Valday gets around 91 mm of rain over 14.4 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 46% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
149
249
349
449
549
649
749
848
948
1048
1148
1248
1347
1447
1547
1647
1747
1847
1946
2046
2146
2245
2345
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2643
2742
2841
2941
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3140

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 48% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
16324121
26224131
36125131
45926141
55826151
65627161
75528161
85428171
95229181
105130181
115030192
124930192
134831192
144731202
154632203
164532203
174432203
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194333213
204333213
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304335202
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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
211calm
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411calm
511calm
611calm
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811calm
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1011calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 48 min at the start of July to 16 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 90 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:57 AM to 4:44 AM, and sunset from 9:43 PM to 9:02 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.83:579:43
217.73:589:43
317.73:599:42
417.74:009:42
517.74:019:41
617.64:029:40
717.64:039:39
817.64:059:39
917.54:069:38
1017.54:079:37
1117.54:089:36
1217.44:109:34
1317.44:119:33
1417.34:139:32
1517.34:149:31
1617.24:169:29
1717.24:189:28
1817.14:199:26
1917.14:219:25
2017.04:239:23
2116.94:259:21
2216.94:269:20
2316.84:289:18
2416.84:309:16
2516.74:329:14
2616.64:349:12
2716.64:369:10
2816.54:389:08
2916.44:409:06
3016.44:429:04
3116.34:449:02

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.22 kWh/m² to a high of 5.31 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.01 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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65.2Bright
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135.1Bright
145.1Bright
155.0Bright
165.0Bright
175.0Bright
185.0Bright
194.9Bright
204.9Bright
214.9Bright
224.9Bright
234.8Bright
244.8Bright
254.8Bright
264.8Bright
274.7Bright
284.7Bright
294.7Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Valday?

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
4.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Valday for sightseeing.

What to pack for Valday in July

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

In July, Valday sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Valday 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 Valday peaks around July 10 at about 6 (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 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 10UV 6Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Valday?

Valday sits at 58.0°N, 33.3°E, 187 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Bologoye, 48 km away.

Topography around Valday

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Valday has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 213 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 223 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 283 m.

The land around Valday is covered by trees (48%) and water (23%) within 3 km, trees (86%) within 16 km, and trees (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
223 m
80 km
283 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Bologoye 48 km · Borovichi 61 km · Vyshniy Volochëk 89 km · Ostashkov 93 km · Udomlya 104 km · Staraya Russa 112 km · Velikiy Novgorod 131 km · Torzhok 146 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 Valday (57.9773°, 33.2515°, elevation 187 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).