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St. Petersburg weather is variable. Some day air temperature may fluctuate for up to 20 C from morning to evening in one day. It is very often rainy and windy days. It does not rain all the time, but the point is you never know when it will start. St. Petersburg Russia climate is relatively mild. These climate features are because of nearness the city to Baltic Sea and Ladoga Lake. The city has humid air during all the year. You may feel it heavily during heat days in summer, when it seems like there is not enough of oxygen in the air and in frosty winter days, when it seems like the frost is much stronger than it is. All the mentioned above makes it important to think carefully about clothes and especially footwear. Depending on the time of year, you will need warm boots with a non-slip sole, waterproof boots/shoes or comfortable sandals.Do not forget an umbrella – it will let you to continue tour program without any delays because of rain. Sometimes they say there is a lack of snow in wintertime in the city. But if you go out of St. Petersburg Russia for some kilometers, you will definitely see, it is much of snow there. During the winter we usually have about 2 weeks with temperatures, which are lower than –20 C, and in summer we usually have about 2 weeks with temperatures, which are higher than +30 C. It is common to see gloomy weather, which sometimes does not allow you to see the remarkable city – brightness of goldened cupolas, beauty of palaces and monuments, streets and squares. So during the planning your travel you’d better take some extra days to increase probability to see the sunny days, when you will see the city in a different way.
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Weather and climate