Saint Petersburg Climate & Temperature
- Saint Petersburg, Russia is at 59°58'N, 30°18'E, 6 m (20 ft). See map.
- Saint Petersburg has a humid continental climate with severe winters, no dry season, warm summers and strong seasonality (Köppen-Geiger classification: Dfb).
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Saint Petersburg is situated in or near the cool temperate moist forest biome.
- The annual mean temperature is 5 degrees Celsius (40.9 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 25.5 °C (45.9°F). This indicates that the continentality type is continental, subtype subcontinental.
- In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach -4°C (24.8°F) on average falling to -9.7°C (14.6°F) overnight.
- In spring time temperatures climb reaching 7.3°C (45.2°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of -1.3°C (29.6°F).
- During summer average high temperatures are 20.3°C (68.6°F) and average low temperatures are 12.7°C (54.8°F).
- Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 7.7°C (45.8°F) during the day and lows of 3°C (37.4°F) generally shortly after sunrise.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 632.7 mm (24.9 inches) which is equivalent to 632.7 Litres/m² (15.52 Gallons/ft²).
- On average there are 1563 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Saint Petersburg you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Byrd, Antarctica where you would find a Ice Cap climate.
Saint Petersburg Climate Table
| Climate Variable | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Max Temperature °C ( °F) | -5 (23) | -5 (23) | 1 (34) | 7 (45) | 14 (57) | 19 (66) | 22 (72) | 20 (68) | 14 (57) | 7 (45) | 2 (36) | -2 (28) | 8 (46) | ||
| Average Temperature °C ( °F) | -8 (18) | -7 (20) | -2 (28) | 4 (39) | 11 (51) | 16 (60) | 18 (64) | 16 (61) | 11 (52) | 6 (42) | 0 (32) | -5 (24) | 5 (41) | ||
| Average Min Temperature °C ( °F) | -11 (12) | -11 (12) | -8 (18) | -1 (30) | 5 (41) | 11 (52) | 14 (57) | 13 (55) | 8 (46) | 3 (37) | -2 (28) | -7 (19) | 1 (34) | ||
| Average Precipitation mm (in) | 38 (1) | 30 (1) | 35 (1) | 33 (1) | 38 (1) | 58 (2) | 78 (3) | 81 (3) | 70 (3) | 67 (3) | 56 (2) | 51 (2) | 633 (25) | ||
| Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %) | 17 (55) | 15 (53) | 13 (42) | 11 (37) | 12 (39) | 12 (40) | 13 (42) | 15 (48) | 14 (47) | 15 (48) | 17 (57) | 18 (58) | 172 (47) | ||
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 0h 32' | 1h 20' | 3h 34' | 5h 32' | 8h 09' | 8h 46' | 8h 56' | 6h 50' | 4h 20' | 2h 07' | 0h 42' | 0h 17' | 4h 16' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours/ Day | 6h 49' | 9h 05' | 11h 46' | 14h 35' | 17h 10' | 18h 40' | 17h 58' | 15h 38' | 12h 51' | 10h 02' | 7h 28' | 6h 01' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 8 (92) | 15 (85) | 31 (69) | 39 (61) | 49 (51) | 48 (52) | 51 (49) | 45 (55) | 35 (65) | 22 (78) | 10 (90) | 5 (95) | 36 (64) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 10.2 | 19.5 | 30.3 | 42 | 50.2 | 53.5 | 50.5 | 42.1 | 30.7 | 19.3 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 30.4 |
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