Moscow
Capital of Russia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Moscow is the capital of Russia. About 10.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Russia in our atlas.
It lies at 55.75° N, 37.62° E, about 155 m (509 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Moscow time zone. At this high latitude, summer days are very long and winter days very short.
Location
Red dot: Moscow. Green dots: other major cities of Russia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Moscow has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 24°C (74°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -14°C (7°F). Around 764 mm (30 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in RussiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Nizhniy Novgorod · 404 km
- Voronezh · 464 km
- Saint Petersburg · 651 km
- Kazan · 719 km
- Samara · 831 km
- Volgograd · 892 km
- Rostov-on-Don · 956 km
- Ufa · 1,152 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 524901 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q649 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kremlin and Red Square.1: mos.ru, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- LuzhnikiStadium: Government of Moscow Press centre, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Moscow 05-2012 TretyakovGallery: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- RIAN archive 169374 Moscow's Russian State Library: Valeriy Shustov / Валерий Шустов, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gmii: user:Ghirlandajo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Moscow July 2011-10a: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
