Murmansk in the summer

Murmansk in the summer 2025 – is it worth going to rest? Weather and reviews, air temperature, how to dress, what to take with you, prices for flights and hotels, how much are excursions to Teriberka? What to see in the summer in Murmansk, where to go on the Kola Peninsula – in the Eurotraveler review.

During the summer vacation, most of those who are generally going to travel, go south, to the sea and heat. And only a small part of potential tourists turns their eyes in the diametrically opposite direction, to the north.

After all, there in Russia you can also relax at sea. But for the warmth, summer in Murmansk or the like northern places is usually not very willing to be very willing!

However, travelers go here after another. Behind the harsh landscapes equal to which cannot be found anywhere else in the European part of Russia. Romance and a feeling of spaciousness. The opportunity to be alone with yourself and nature.

And under the Murmansk summer you can see whales and killer whales. For a clear (nutritious) reason, giant mammals come to the “north” at this time.

All this is not as little as it seems to us. In any case, the grounds to consider the possibility of a trip to Murmansk in the summer months: in June or in August, there are plenty of one. For our part, we excavated the necessary actual information that allows you to organize a journey on our own.

Weather in Murmansk in the summer

Allows you to forget about snow and frank cold for a while. Although hot, even by the standards of a resident of St. Petersburg, there are very few days here.

Which does not interfere with nature turn green, but to blossom the flowers. Moreover, some of the plants do this in a regime completely unfamiliar for most tourists. For example, in the last third of summer in Murmansk, you can catch lilac flowering-IRECOMMEND.ru/…./Kto-Det-Letom-na-yuga-kto-na-sever.

At the end of July, blueberries and cloudberries begin to bear fruit on the Kola Peninsula, mushrooms go in layers in the end of summer. It is very convenient to collect which in most cases is very convenient – the mouth -watering hats of the booths and boletus in the forest -tundra can be seen from afar.

Yes, and with the delivery of the “crop” home there will be no problems. In that case, of course, if you arrive on vacation, the Murmansk region by car.

However, let’s in order!

Murmansk in June

You should initially be aware that the city in question in our article is in the Arctic. And, moreover, it bears the unofficial name of the “capital of the Russian Arctic.” So it turned cold – isn’t it?

Although on some days in Murmansk during the summer it is warm, if not heat at all. In mid -June, for example, air temperature can warm up to +20 degrees Celsius. And by the end of the month, street thermometers will generally bold, in the moment getting not only to +22-24 ° C, but even +26 ° C.

True, you should not count on the abundance of clear days. In most cases in Murmansk in June there is cloudy weather, and the sky is closed by a dense cap of gray clouds. But then the night in the classical sense does not come at all – even at midnight here is light approximately as in June Moscow late in the evening.

So, without a twinge of conscience, you can late late around the city in the company of a pleasant local guide. Well, or to make long trips along the peninsula – one -day tours to the legendary Teriberk have long become a literally visiting card of the region

Precipitation

At the same time, it will wait quite often. According to many years of statistics, the beginning of summer in the Murmansk region is one of the most inconspicuous periods of the year. Although the volume of precipitation is unlikely to impress those who are familiar with the power of summer rains in Sochi.

But the wind, especially on the coast of the Barents Sea, as well as on the tops of the hills, will not only be forced to hacking, but even frozen. Only those, however, who hoped to come to Murmansk truly warm weather. And he decided to come to the Arctic without enough insulated windmills and sweaters.

Should you fear ticks? In general, as elsewhere – in June, and in the Murmansk region also in July, these dangerous bloodsuckers, carriers of encephalitis and Boreliosis, show increased interest in close acquaintance with warm -blooded ones.

So on a trip to the tundra it is worth going clearly not in sandals and breeches. And upon return, be sure to explore the skin and clothes.

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July

But this month of summer on the Kola Peninsula is distinguished by a much large amount of heat. Although it is also impossible to call stable weather either – the air temperature walks in the range from +12 to +30 ° C.

At night – if light twilight can be called that – rarely when it happens below +10 ° C

However, a year does not have a year – in others in Murmansk at the end of July it is so cold that you do not want to take off the insulated jacket at noon. Which – again – should certainly take with you! And in some years, for example, during the week of temperature they did not want to rise above +10 ° C.

At the same time, July in the Murmansk region is not particularly unnecessary-it will wait for a maximum of 3-4 days. But thanks to quite high temperatures, the rapid reproduction of mosquitoes and other blood -sucking insects begins.

They are called a vile here. And it’s quite in the case – the small Moshkara strives in every possible way to complicate the life of those who like to engage in ecotourism outside the city line.

In cities and towns on the coast, on the hills, the vile does not get very strongly – it blows off (always fresh in this region) the wind. But champions of long trips in crossed areas and nights in tents should take into account this misfortune. A very detailed review regarding, among other things, this topic is posted here – Snob.ru/entry/199333/.

By the way, the alcohol is not particularly afraid of new -fangled repellents and is somewhat calm down only by smelling of the fire.

August

At this time, the harvest period begins in the tundra. Blueberries and cloudberry, blueberries, sleeps everywhere, mushrooms come out of moss everywhere. But the ripe lingonberry appears near Murmansk in early September.

August is considered on the Kola Peninsula the most raw month of the year. And just like two of his summer fellows cannot boast of stable weather.

True, sometimes August in these parts is extremely warm. In the first half of the month, air temperature can be gravitated to values ​​above +20-22 ° C. As an exception, climbing to even more optimistic levels-K +25-28 degrees Celsius.

What should not be seduced – it all depends on the specific year. Since the standard late, temperature in this northern region is not higher than +12-15 ° C in the afternoon. At night, thermometers can even show something in the area of ​​+1-3 ° C.

Surprised – they will say those who have visited or live in the regions located much south. Indeed, for example, Karelia was also recorded in late August. Still – after all, there, unlike Murmansk, there is no warm Atlantic course of Gulf Stream!

Prices 2025

Flights for direct flights from Moscow to Murmansk and back in June dates (Polar Day) will cost ~ 20-25,000 rubles per person. It is curious that if you shift the dates of your vacation in the region for warmer months, then do not overpay – the cost of the flight will remain approximately in the same framework.

But you can clearly save if you come to Murmansk by car. Moreover, the journey here even from Moscow will not take too much time.

The number for two in guest houses and mini-hotels of Murmansk during this period of the year can be rented for 2-3 thousand rubles per day. And yes, this is for two people.

So it will be possible to rent a 1-room apartment for 3-4 thousand rubles. And a whole family will be able to accommodate in it.

Prices in Murmansk stores and cafes are not very different from Moscow – this moment should also be taken into account when planning a trip. You can hardly save you, buying products in local supermarkets – this is the extreme north and the margin here is appropriate.

An introductory walk around the city in a company with a guide costs approximately the same at any time of the year – from 5 thousand rubles. A one -day tour to Teriberka will be near the same amount. But already – for a person.

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What to do

The list of available entertainment is quite extensive. And, of course, there is no need to limit yourself to walks only in the summer Murmansk – on the Kola Peninsula there are quite interesting places that impress a resident of the middle lane or south of the country.

Please note that hunting for the northern lights in Russia in the indicated period of time is almost unpromising. In any case – in the Arctic!

Since the first months of 1.5 the sun simply does not go beyond the horizon, and in the second, it does not “really”. So instead of ink nights, there are quite aimed twilight.

Naturally, you definitely need to visit the coast of the Barents Sea. Most go to Teriberka for this, reasonably considering the direction of especially well -developed and therefore not loking negative surprises.

Moreover, in the summer, it is from this village that boats with the parties of tourists arriving at the sea arriving at the whales in the wild. And the general view of the village, which in the minds is firmly associated with snow and ice, will amaze – in the summer a white bedspread on hills and beaches disappears completely.

But in principle, Teriber can not be limited. Indeed, from Murmansk they carry excursions and the fishing and medium peninsula. Also, in a company with a local guide, you can explore the Lovozersky tundra mountain massif, visit Kandalaxha and the Terek coast of the White Sea.

In a word, get acquainted with the inherent mass tourist in the places of the region. Still preserving the wild, pristine natural beauty!

What to bring with you

About souvenirs from Murmansk in the form of mushrooms and berries, we have already mentioned casually above. We recommend that you do not limit yourself to this, but also buy local jams, blueberries, cranberries or lingonberries. Or sauces that will be an excellent addition to meat dishes.

A beautiful gift and loved ones will be smoked tooth or trout, a slim fish of smaller size: perch, smelt, roach. Also, from the Kola Peninsula, they will be eagerly brought home with a dried venison (for an amateur) – the manufacture of this product is most often engaged in traditional Sami farms.

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