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I was born in Saint Petersburg and I can say with confidence that the weather is not good at all. Compared to Scandinavia it may not be that bad, but generally speaking, it really isn't great.
Most of the time it's pretty cloudy, it doesn't get very cold but it doesn't get very warm either. Temperatures of 25+ degrees in the summer are rare. The average is about 23. People don't seem to complain about it because they're used to it. It's a northern Russian city so it's not really a surprise.
Moscow is a bit better,it gets quite cold, but has more sunny and warm days in the summer. I would definitely classify Moscow as the better city to live in.
I got the different pictures about St.Peterburgs from different people even some of them
are from St.Pete.
Seeing is believing. Maybe I need to check it out myself. BTW, do you still live in St.Pete or moved to somewhere else already?
The cloudiness of St. Pete is very much dependant on the time of the year. November-January are usually very gloomy, but on the other side summers can be sunnier than anything North of the Alps.
Everything Natalya said is true. Moscow both get hotter heatwaves in summer and more severe coldwaves in winter.
I got the different pictures about St.Peterburgs from different people even some of them
are from St.Pete.
Seeing is believing. Maybe I need to check it out myself. BTW, do you still live in St.Pete or moved to somewhere else already?
People often tend to exaggerate weather and climate tremendeously, and most people also have a very poor knowledge and especially memory about climate. Like Chicago is the windy city, Seattle and London are always rainy, and Scandinavia is always frigid. Stereotypes die hard, especially climatological ones. All those previous statements are false.
People also have very different preferences how the climate should be. Some like it warm, some like it cool. If you're into surfing you want to have wind, if you're into ice hockey you want freezing in winter. Some like deserts, some like rainforests. Some like hot and steamy all the time, some like cool and cloudy. So what is awful and what is perfect weather?
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The cloudiness of St. Pete is very much dependant on the time of the year. November-January are usually very gloomy, but on the other side summers can be sunnier than anything North of the Alps.
Everything Natalya said is true. Moscow both get hotter heatwaves in summer and more severe coldwaves in winter.
A friend of me was there in St Pete last summer, and he said it was as sunny as Madrid used to be in those summer months!
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A friend om me was there in St Pete last summer, and he said it was as sunny as Madrid used to be in those summer months!
Last July especially was particularly sunny. My city had 375 sunshine hours in July, or 69% of the time the sun was up. St. Pete appears to have had 335 hours, 4 days above 30C and 20 days above 25C. But depends of course from year to year. The Baltic Sea is good in disintegrating clouds, so it can be surprisingly sunny.
I got the different pictures about St.Peterburgs from different people even some of them
are from St.Pete.
Seeing is believing. Maybe I need to check it out myself. BTW, do you still live in St.Pete or moved to somewhere else already?
I don't think just checking it out will be the way to fully judge it. I lived there until I was 14 and my parents decided to move out.
Perfect climate for me is one that has all 4 seasons proper. Both hot summers and cold snowy winters with spring and fall being a transition to them. Southern Ukraine, Moldova, the Balkans (excluding Greece) do have a climate like that, St. Pete - not at all.
I would happily live there again, but not spend my entire year there, because summers are hit or miss - sometimes ok, other times horrible.
There is one the main unpleasant things in the climate of St Pete, it's always high humidity, when the real temperature has a big difference from the temperature that really feels, so -10C in winter can feels like -20C and the same is often there.
Perfect climate for me is one that has all 4 seasons proper. Both hot summers and cold snowy winters with spring and fall being a transition to them. Southern Ukraine, Moldova, the Balkans (excluding Greece) do have a climate like that, St. Pete - not at all.
Me too. As here, summers in St. Pete are too variable, and shoulder seasons too short. Southern Ukraine and cities like Detroit would be perfect for me.
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Originally Posted by bartonfly
There is one the main unpleasant things in the climate of St Pete, it's always high humidity, when the real temperature has a big difference from the temperature that really feels, so -10C in winter can feels like -20C and the same is often there.
The average humidity here is like 89% on average, but in winter it doesn't matter if it's not accompanied with high winds. On calm days you don't notice the humidity. On the other side, during this year's heatwave we went below 30% during midday humidity.
The average humidity here is like 89% on average, but in winter it doesn't matter if it's not accompanied with high winds. On calm days you don't notice the humidity. On the other side, during this year's heatwave we went below 30% during midday humidity.
Ty, I've been there only for 2 days in St Pete before and always thought that there is as cold winter as in my hometown despite the difference their temperatures. What highs have you during heatwaves ususally 25C+ or 30C+? Have you beaches there? How cold the Baltic sea near your city in summer?
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