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Cosmonauts Alley

Monument

Along a broad Moscow promenade near VDNKh, Cosmonauts Alley displays busts and memorials to Soviet cosmonauts; visitors come for space-history monuments and photo stops before heading to the nearby Museum of Cosmonautics.

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Cosmonauts Alley essentials

Address: Alley and memorials around VDNKh, Moscow, Russia
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When to Go

Best Time to Visit Cosmonauts Alley

Late spring through early autumn gives the most comfortable visiting conditions; winter offers stark, photogenic scenes but bitter cold.

Late spring-early autumn
May-Sep · 10-25°C
Pleasant walking weather and long daylight for strolling the avenue and the nearby exhibition grounds.
Winter
Dec-Feb · -10-0°C
A famously atmospheric time: the busts rise from a snow-buried alley, though cold and wind can be extreme.

Weather & Climate near Cosmonauts Alley

Climate

Cosmonauts Alley's climate is classified as Warm-Summer Continental - Warm-Summer Continental climate with mild summers (peaking in July) and freezing winters (coldest in January). Temperatures range from -10°C to 23°C. Moderate rainfall (667 mm/year).

Air Quality: AQI 64 Moderate
Best Time to Visit
JuneJulyMay
Temperature & Rainfall
Temperature Range
35°
Warmest Month
-40°
Coldest Month
Monthly Conditions
Month Comfort Temp Feels Rain Sky Humidity Wind UV Daylight
January Poor -10° - -5° -13° 45 mm overcast 96% 3.4 m/s 0.0 low 7.6h
February Poor -10° - -4° -12° 34 mm overcast 96% 3.2 m/s 0.1 low 9.4h
March Poor -5° - 2° -5° 30 mm overcast 93% 3.1 m/s 0.4 low 11.7h
April Good 2° - 11° 4° 35 mm partly cloudy 84% 3.1 m/s 0.6 moderate 14.0h
May Very Good 8° - 18° 13° 48 mm partly cloudy 79% 3.2 m/s 1.1 high 16.0h
June Very Good 12° - 22° 17° 80 mm partly cloudy 79% 2.7 m/s 1.3 high 17.1h
July Very Good 14° - 23° 19° 86 mm partly cloudy 80% 2.6 m/s 1.3 high 16.6h
August Good 12° - 21° 17° 77 mm partly cloudy 79% 2.6 m/s 1.0 moderate 14.8h
September Acceptable 7° - 15° 11° 64 mm partly cloudy 83% 2.9 m/s 0.5 moderate 12.6h
October Poor 2° - 8° 3° 62 mm overcast 89% 3.2 m/s 0.2 low 10.3h
November Poor -4° - 1° -6° 56 mm overcast 94% 3.5 m/s 0.0 low 8.1h
December Poor -8° - -3° -11° 50 mm overcast 96% 3.7 m/s 0.0 low 6.9h
Getting There & Around

How to Get to Cosmonauts Alley

Take Moscow Metro Line 1 (Orange) or Line 6 to VDNKh station; the avenue and the Monument to the Conquerors of Space are a short walk from the station. The Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics is adjacent to the monument.

Tips for Visiting Cosmonauts Alley

  • Reach Cosmonauts Alley early in the morning to avoid tour groups and to see the long shadows make the bronze busts theatrical.
  • Combine a visit with the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics (near VDNKh) and the Monument to the Conquerors of Space for the full Soviet space-era circuit.
  • Learn a few key names before arriving (Yuri Gagarin - 1961; Valentina Tereshkova - 1963) to recognise busts and plaques that memorialise those firsts.