St. Petersburg in October 2025 – Is it worth it? Weather and reviews, air temperature, how to dress, what to take with you? Prices in hotels and on excursions, what to look in St. Petersburg in early October and closer to the November holidays than to do and where to go with children, EUROTRAVELER found out.
Russian St. Petersburg without exaggeration can be called not only popular, but also an all-season tourist direction. It’s good here, well, or, at least, Interesting in any weather. And regardless of whether plus on the street or minus.
Naturally, in separate – especially summer – months in the city there is an oversupply of tourists. And not only during the day – during the white nights in St. Petersburg on the embankments and bridges, do not push around from those who want to become witnesses of magic.
In other, less “high” months, in late autumn, for example, or in winter, visitors are difficult to distinguish from the total mass of citizens. Since they try on the same gray color of faces in their clothes and on their faces, and the look to match the weather ceases to burn with enthusiasm.
However, in this period there are times that, otherwise, as an exception to the rules, you cannot call. For example, in October St. Petersburg sometimes forces to experience Real delight.
For at this time the dank autumn has not yet fully entered into its rights. And the weather at times gives truly golden days.
Even if there are few of them, this is still enough to calculate the visit to the successful. Indeed, it is at such moments that the strict, majestic, the beauty of the northern city is best manifested.
Weather in St. Petersburg in October
It cannot be recognized as too clear. But it is impossible to call it excessively unobtrusive.
Such a golden autumn, in the northern manner. According to statistics, which there is no reason not to believe, in October Peter sees about 5-7 sunny days. And the same, if not less, rainy.
The rest are just cloudy. But warm enough to walk without looking all the time under the feet in search of an ice that was disguised on the sidewalk.
Sometimes (often) the beginning of October in St. Petersburg is not too warm: the atmosphere warms up during the day up to +11-13 ° C.. And at night the air temperature can fall even to +4-6 ° C. Although, in general, he prefers to “live” about +10-degree.
Such fluctuations with retreats and offensive can last 2-3 weeks. And only by the beginning of the third decade of the month the weather stops playing Babier Summer, and daytime temperatures may not reach +3-5 ° C. After sunset, street thermometers detect a distinct desire to explore the territory below -2-4 ° C.
At the end of October, the weather in St. Petersburg can cheer up for a while, and then you will observe a couple of days on street thermometers (generally amazing) +7-8 ° C. But the beginning of November, Peter almost always meets in a key familiar for himself – at near -mowl temperatures and a high probability of obedient wet snow.
It is worth knowing
Night frosts in St. Petersburg during the second month of autumn are often a matter. But a stable snow cover and not melting by 10-11 in the morning- Literally nonsense until November. Although in the evenings and in the early morning even pedestrians should be careful.
For the so -called “black ice”, which is sometimes difficult to see on the asphalt, provokes not only unstable citizens to fall. Tourists arriving in St. Petersburg by car should be even more attentive. For their summer rubber on such a coating becomes something like sledges or skates.
And the car under the vigorous chatter ABS may well leave … not where it was planned. It should be Especially careful On the embankments, bridges, viaducts, generally next to water.
Rains are not exhausted this month. If November in this sense leaves no hope for a significant improvement in the weather, then in October the rapid termination of precipitation and ruptures in the clouds are practiced more often.
- Where can you go in St. Petersburg for a day or two
What to wear
If you are going to walk a lot – and in St. Petersburg this is the right model of behavior – excessively warm clothes There is no reason to take with you. In most cases, there is enough insulated windbreaker and sweatter or sweatshirt.
The hood is desirable, the umbrella can be left at home. Since in case of bad weather you can always hide in a cafe or restaurant. They are full in the city center-to eat on Nevsky Prospekt of St. Petersburg and you can nearby in dozens of delicious places.
We put something comfortable on our feet and do not rub in the case of long walks, but without fur. Gloves are only thin, a scarf and hat will be a plus for young children.
Well, or literally for everyone, if you get out on a water tour. Or decide to wander a lot along the embankments – and they are almost everywhere in the center.
Prices 2025
In fact, they apply for the definition of “acceptable” and even more so – “Cute”. Apparently, the competition in this area in the Northern Capital is already so high that you can simply go broke by squeezing the pricens.
Yes, hotels consider themselves fashionable, hold the bar, in view of which you can rent a room for two in them for at least 10-12 thousand rubles a day. But unlike much less tourist cities, even for 4-6,000 rubles per day, you can rent a number or even the studio, albeit not Nevsky Prospekt, but still in the center of St. Petersburg!
And if you decide that you can settle in the sleeping area, then take a separate apartment in 3-4 thousand per day. Where, of course, not 2 people can stop, but a whole large family.
By the way, the option with the sleeping area is quite justified! Because the metro of St. Petersburg works like a clock, and outside the peak time in the morning and evening its wagons are not so that they were crowded!
Excursions? They are inexpensive! So for the amount of about 1,000 – 1,500 rubles you can participate in a rich walk with a guide in the city center …
What to do
All museums of St. Petersburg in October will work (hope) as usual. Although some of them introduced such precautions and the inspection of visitors that you should prepare for queues at the entrance.
Note that tickets to the state Hermitage and, for example, the Russian Museum, You can buy onlinewhich will save time. It is wonderful that you do not overpay at the same time.
Unlike covid times, today you can also issue a preferential, that is, a free ticket for visiting museums – for this you will need to indicate the data of the relevant document. Visitors with children under the age of 7 years to receive a ticket for a child, however, will have to contact the cash desk of the museum.
What else? There are so many in total that we will immediately invite you to follow the link to find out what interesting places in St. Petersburg to visit first of all? And then figure out where you could still go in the suburbs
Peterhof
Naturally, you should not limit yourself to visiting exclusively city attractions. But also use a great chance in the absence of crowds of tourists See the suburban residences. In particular, the most famous of them is Peterhof!
The lower park of this museum-reserve is extremely beautiful and with fountains stopped for the winter (this happens at the end of September), and the interiors of the Grand Palace look chic at any time of the year. Literally charming, dressed in gold outfits and a neighboring landscape park Alexandria, once formerly a private estate of the imperial family.
Unfortunately, the pavilions of the Colonian Park: Tsaritsyn and Olgin, it will not work inside. Since at the end of September they close for the winter.
We always make a little use near Peterhof Lomonosov. Although the Oranienbaum museum-reserve in some way is a completely unique attraction of Peter.
Prices for input tickets to these palaces, as well as to Bolshaya Menshikovsky, the suburban residence of the “half -power lord”, however, are unreasonably high. Consider this moment and carefully study the information on the official website of the museum-reserve.
Tsarskoye village and …
We also call you visit the Big Catherine Palace In Pushkin and see the famous amber room. If, of course, you do not manage to give such weighty money for entrance tickets (children 0-13 years old can come in for free).
In mid -autumn, it is definitely worth spending time on the Pavlovsk landscape park. The favorite place of the Saturday rest of the townspeople, he will almost certainly like the visitors. So good, freely and easily breathes.
Well, we will advise the restless and simultaneously prone to dreamy thoughts to get to the Gatchina Palace and Park. The places are quiet and secluded, a little even sad. But in every sense unique!
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