Russia
Practical guide
Russia is in Eastern Europe. It has 143,513,328 inhabitants across 17,098,242 km². It borders 14 countries. Its capital is Moscow. People speak Russian and the currency is the Russian Ruble (RUB). Ezplora has pages for 22 of its cities, with month-by-month climate and the distances between them.
- Capital
- Moscow
- Population
- 143,513,328
- Area
- 17,098,242 km²
- Currency
- Russian Ruble · RUB
- Languages
- Russian
- Time zone
- Europe/Moscow
- Dialling code
- +7
- Domain
- .ru
When to go to Russia
The best months to visit Moscow are June, July and August. In Moscow, daytime highs go from -5° in January to 23° in July. The wettest month is July (88 mm) and the driest is March (32 mm). From November to March, nights drop below freezing.
Weather in Moscow month by month
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | -5° | -4° | 2° | 11° | 18° | 22° | 23° | 21° | 15° | 8° | 0° | -3° |
| low | -10° | -10° | -5° | 2° | 8° | 12° | 14° | 12° | 7° | 2° | -4° | -8° |
| rain | 45 mm | 35 mm | 32 mm | 38 mm | 49 mm | 82 mm | 88 mm | 78 mm | 65 mm | 65 mm | 57 mm | 51 mm |
1970–2000 normals (WorldClim 2.1). Monthly rainfall total.
Cities in Russia
- Moscowcapital · 151 m
- Saint Petersburgsea level
- Novosibirsk134 m
- Yekaterinburg266 m
- Nizhny Novgorod128 m
- Kazan70 m
- Chelyabinsk221 m
- Omsk89 m
- Samara84 m
- Rostov-on-Don33 m
- Ufa163 m
- Krasnoyarsk184 m
- Voronezh155 m
- Volgograd47 m
- Perm150 m
- Krasnodar27 m
- Saratov97 m
- Tyumen82 m
- Tolyatti95 m
- Izhevsk139 m
- Barnaul201 m
- Ulyanovsk176 m
Distances in Russia
- Moscow → Saint Petersburg707 km 1 h 31 min · 8 h 24 min
- Moscow → Novosibirsk3,235 km 4 h 11 min · 44 h 32 min
- Moscow → Yekaterinburg1,667 km 2 h 29 min · 22 h 30 min
- Moscow → Nizhny Novgorod437 km 1 h 14 min · 6 h 37 min
- Moscow → Kazan835 km 1 h 38 min · 11 h 56 min
- Moscow → Chelyabinsk1,734 km 2 h 34 min · 24 h 11 min
1 h 31 min · 
8 h 24 minNeighboring countries
- 🇦🇿 AzerbaijanBaku
- 🇧🇾 BelarusMinsk
- 🇨🇳 ChinaBeijing
- 🇪🇪 EstoniaTallinn
- 🇫🇮 FinlandHelsinki
- 🇬🇪 GeorgiaTbilisi
- 🇰🇿 KazakhstanAstana
- 🇰🇵 North KoreaPyongyang
- 🇱🇻 LatviaRiga
- 🇱🇹 LithuaniaVilnius
- 🇲🇳 MongoliaUlan Bator
- 🇳🇴 NorwayOslo
- 🇵🇱 PolandWarsaw
- 🇺🇦 UkraineKyiv
Frequently asked questions
What is the capital of Russia?
The capital of Russia is Moscow.
What currency is used in Russia?
Russia uses the Russian Ruble (RUB).
What language is spoken in Russia?
In Russia, people speak Russian.
When is the best time to visit Russia?
The best months to visit Moscow are June, July and August. In Moscow, daytime highs go from -5° in January to 23° in July. The wettest month is July (88 mm) and the driest is March (32 mm). From November to March, nights drop below freezing.
Data from Banco Mundial, GeoNames and WorldClim. Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).