The climate of St. Petersburg is marked by a moderately warm summer and moderately cold winter.

Average annual temperature	5.3 °C	41.5 °F
Avarage temperature in July	18.1 °C	64.4 °F
Average temperature in January	-6.3 °C	20.7 °F

Average annual level of precipitations-634 mm. Prevailing winds: west, southwest, and south.

The favorite period of the year of both the citizens and tourists is the White Nights (from May 25-26 to July 16-17), when the sun sets only briefly, and the light time of day in the end of July reaches almost nineteen hours.

Natural resources

• 308 water areas
• 217.5 km of waterways
• 24 large islands
• 38,000 ha of green areas, including:
  • 13,000 ha of green areas for public use, including:
    • 73 parks,
    • about 1,000 public squares and gardens,
    • over 900 streets with trees
• there are 56 m² per one citizen of St. Petersburg

World-renowned palaces and grounds

• Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo)
• Pavlovsk
• Petrodvorets
• Oranienbaum (Lomonosov)