Climate · Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg in October

Cool and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Saint Petersburg is cool: highs near 51°F, lows near 40°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 53 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Saint Petersburg is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 53 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
51°F11°Caverage
Low
40°F4°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 47% of days
Daylight
9h 53mon average

Is October a good time to visit Saint Petersburg?


October sits outside Saint Petersburg's best months, which run from June to August. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 51°F in October, against 27°F to 74°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in October, against -3°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

47% of days in October, against 35% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

70% cover in October, against 49% to 78% through the year.

Daylight

9h 53m in October, against 6h 01m to 18h 41m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. September62°17°low 49°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October51°11°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November40°4°low 31°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Saint Petersburg sits, in October

Europe/Moscow

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:35 AMsets 5:53 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
59.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Moscow635 km south-east

The land around Saint Petersburg, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Russia in October

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Saint Petersburg. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.