Yoshkar-Ola weather in July

In July, Yoshkar-Ola sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 73 mm of rain across 11.3 wet days and about 16.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 24 min at the start of July to 16 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Yoshkar-Ola's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yoshkar-Ola's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
73 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
16 h 54 min
3:27 AM – 8:21 PM
Cloud cover
60%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Yoshkar-Ola is capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia.

Density
2,672/km²
people per km²
Founded
1584

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 24°C through the month.

A typical July day in Yoshkar-Ola reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and about 3°C warmer than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Yoshkar-Ola

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.

Yoshkar-Ola 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-8° / -13°3910.612.77.20.0
Feb-7° / -13°328.49.99.10.0
Mar / -7°378.8911.40.0
Apr10° / 4092.813.92.1
May18° / 499.90.216.15.6
Jun22° / 11°6611.7017.46.3
Jul24° / 14°7311.3016.96.8
Aug22° / 12°6210.3014.96.4
Sep15° / 5810.80.212.54.4
Oct / 6111.52.7101.1
Nov-1° / -5°4510.38.47.80.0
Dec-6° / -11°4310.811.96.60.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24357
34357
44357
54456
64456
74555
84654
94753
104852
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Yoshkar-Ola gets around 73 mm of rain over 11.3 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 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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439
539
639
739
838
938
1037
1137
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2134
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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 46% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15526172
25427172
35427172
45328172
55228173
65129173
75129173
85129173
94930183
104830184
114730194
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Wind in July

Winds average 10 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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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 24 min at the start of July to 16 h 06 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 3:09 AM to 3:53 AM, and sunset from 8:34 PM to 7:57 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.43:098:34
217.43:108:34
317.43:118:33
417.33:128:33
517.33:138:32
617.33:148:31
717.33:158:31
817.23:168:30
917.23:178:29
1017.23:188:28
1117.13:208:27
1217.13:218:26
1317.03:228:25
1417.03:248:24
1517.03:258:23
1616.93:278:21
1716.93:288:20
1816.83:308:19
1916.83:318:17
2016.73:338:16
2116.73:358:14
2216.63:368:13
2316.63:388:11
2416.53:408:09
2516.43:418:08
2616.43:438:06
2716.33:458:04
2816.33:478:02
2916.23:498:00
3016.13:517:59
3116.13:537:57

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.43 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
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45.5Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
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205.5Bright
215.4Bright
225.4Bright
235.4Bright
245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.2Bright
275.2Bright
285.1Bright
295.1Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Yoshkar-Ola?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Yoshkar-Ola for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yoshkar-Ola in July

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

In July, Yoshkar-Ola sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yoshkar-Ola 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 Yoshkar-Ola peaks around June 21 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Yoshkar-Ola?

Yoshkar-Ola sits at 56.6°N, 47.9°E, 94 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Medvedevo, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Yoshkar-Ola

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yoshkar-Ola has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 95 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 229 m.

The land around Yoshkar-Ola is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
102 m
80 km
229 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Medvedevo 5.0 km · Novocheboksarsk 64 km · Cheboksary 69 km · Yaransk 74 km · Koz’modem’yansk 89 km · Volzhsk 91 km · Zelenodolsk 97 km · Vasil’yevo 103 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 Yoshkar-Ola (56.6388°, 47.8908°, elevation 94 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).