UV index and sunburn time in Russia
Peak UV index and how quickly unprotected skin burns, for 27 cities in Russia.
| City | Peak UV | Category | Month | Burns after |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | 5.9 | Moderate | June | 39 min |
| Saint Petersburg | 4.9 | Moderate | June | 48 min |
| Novosibirsk | 6.4 | High | July | 37 min |
| Yekaterinburg | 6.0 | High | July | 39 min |
| Nizhniy Novgorod | 5.9 | Moderate | July | 40 min |
| Kazan | 6.1 | High | June | 39 min |
| Chelyabinsk | 6.4 | High | June | 37 min |
| Omsk | 6.4 | High | July | 36 min |
| Samara | 6.7 | High | July | 35 min |
| Rostov-on-Don | 7.9 | High | July | 30 min |
| Ufa | 6.4 | High | July | 36 min |
| Krasnoyarsk | 6.0 | High | June | 39 min |
| Voronezh | 6.8 | High | July | 34 min |
| Volgograd | 7.5 | High | July | 31 min |
| Perm | 5.7 | Moderate | June | 41 min |
| Saratov | 6.9 | High | July | 34 min |
| Tyumen | 6.0 | Moderate | June | 39 min |
| Tolyatti | 6.5 | High | July | 36 min |
| Izhevsk | 5.9 | Moderate | June | 39 min |
| Barnaul | 6.8 | High | July | 34 min |
| Ulyanovsk | 6.4 | High | June | 37 min |
| Irkutsk | 6.7 | High | July | 35 min |
| Yaroslavl | 5.6 | Moderate | June | 42 min |
| Tomsk | 6.0 | High | July | 39 min |
| Orenburg | 7.1 | High | July | 33 min |
| Kemerovo | 6.3 | High | July | 37 min |
| Novokuznetsk | 6.6 | High | July | 35 min |
The same UV also drives vitamin D synthesis — and stops entirely for part of the year at higher latitudes. Vitamin D winters in Russia →
Burn times are for skin type III with no sunscreen. How these are calculated