Wool provides warmth, but extra layer of fleece also works good. Ideally, the material your hat is made of, would have some natural wool in its composition. Avoid hats made of cotton as they are not warm enough. Hat can be any type of hat, warm enough for the winter. Your hands will say thank you for thick pair of gloves with extra insulation layer made of wool or fleece. Must have good woven or leather gloves to withstand winter temperatures. This means garments produced for UK or Spanish winter are no good in Russian winter conditions. Many European countries have very mild climate therefore clothing that is good for European winter is not suitable for Russian winter. When buying winter clothing make sure it is suitable for Moscow climate.
Clothing recommended below will perform well in most central parts of Russia, but in the North and Siberia you might need extra layers such as good wool sweater, thermo underwear, shoes with fur insulation. Siberian winter is low in humidity, but temperatures are lower. In areas close to polar circle it gets much colder. Same applies to Far East and Northern coastal areas. Petersburg temperatures are the same, but it feels much colder because of wind and humidity. Is winter different in other areas of Russia? We are talking about few days or perhaps a week of very cold weather and again, it does not happen every year. Temperatures like -20C…-30C happen in Moscow, but not every year and normally do not last for long. How about extremely low temperatures in Moscow? This means putting on too much clothes on will make you feel uncomfortable when you are inside. This is just to give you an idea of what it feels like in Moscow.īeware that all apartment buildings, public places, offices and public transportation have really good heating in winter. Moscow winter conditions can be compared with those in Canada, Northern US states (Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota), Finland and Sweden. Moscow streets get very slippery in winter, covered with ice or snow or a thick layer of mud, when temperatures get above zero or when street cleaners apply snow melting chemicals. They are helpless however, it’s too much snow to handle. Communal services are in a constant struggle with snow throughout the winter. In between major snowfalls it just quietly snows, non stop, almost all the time. Daytime and number of sunny days increases in January and February. Day light starts somewhere around nine in the morning and around four in the afternoon it is completely dark again. In December Moscow barely gets any sunny days, what you see above is a layer of grey solid clouds, lacking any texture or form. It starts to get warmer only in April and snow melts by the middle of April.
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March is a full scale winter with lots of snow. Starting in November-December, winter in Moscow lasts for almost five months. Winter in Moscow and in all central Russia is long. In this article I am covering specific suggestions for clothing when Russian winter is its full swing. In some years, like 2018, December is a normal winter month, with snow and stable negative temperatures.
I wrote an article on clothing for November-December weather: What to wear when Moscow winter starts? Many of the suggestions of that article are valid for the whole winter in Moscow. November through December, however, very often is a transitional period with unstable temperatures and precipitation fluctuating between rain, snow and sleet. Moscow gets negative temperatures and first snow in November.