Moscow Oblast · Russia
Mytishchi travel guide
Mytishchi is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, home to about 279,000 people.
- Best months
- May, June and August
- Nearest airport
- SVO23 km · Sheremetyevo International Airport
- Currency
- RUBRussian ruble
- Time zone
- Europe/Moscow
- Language
- Abaza, Adyghe, Aghul
About
About Mytishchi
Mytishchi is a city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which lies 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow on the Yauza River and the Moscow–Yaroslavl railway. The city was an important waypoint for traders on the Yauza River, the Yaroslavl Highway passes through the city.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Mytishchi
Do
- Kva-Kva Water Park
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When to go
The best time to visit Mytishchi
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Mytishchi are May, June and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 84 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Mytishchi: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO), about 23 km from the city centre in a straight line; Vnukovo International Airport (VKO, 47 km) and Zhukovsky International Airport (ZIA, 48 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
A convenient elektrichka route (in fact, the first elektrichka route in Russia) runs frequently all day between Mytishchi and Moscow's Yaroslavsky Train Station. Rapid trains (Sputniks) bound to Pushkino and Bolshevo also stop here. You can also get here pretty easily by taking the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya metro line to the end at Medvedkovo and there catch a bus or marshrutka to the Mytishchi center from the metro station.
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SVO · Sheremetyevo International Airport
VKO · Vnukovo International Airport
ZIA · Zhukovsky International Airport
Questions
Mytishchi: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Mytishchi?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Mytishchi are May, June and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 84 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Mytishchi?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO), about 23 km from the city centre in a straight line; Vnukovo International Airport (VKO, 47 km) and Zhukovsky International Airport (ZIA, 48 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Mytishchi?
Russian ruble (RUB).
Nearby
Destinations near Mytishchi
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.