Moscow Webcam – See iCity’s Skyscrapers by Day and Night

The Moscow Webcam looks northeast across Presnensky District from a high-rise on Shelepikhinskoye Shosse, with the two glass towers of iCity filling the middle of the frame. The taller Space Tower and the shorter Time Tower rise from a round, glass-roofed podium wrapped in looping road ramps, and red stripes run up the edges of both. Behind them the city stretches out to a horizon of apartment blocks, office towers and distant spires. Traffic pours along the multi-lane highway on the right, a railway viaduct curves in from the left, and a row of red-and-white chimneys stands beside it. After dark, orange-red light traces the towers’ edges and their office floors glow, so the picture stays worth a look at night. A second camera, on the City Bay residential towers in the northwest of the city, plays in the other tab.

About Moscow’s iCity Towers

The camera was installed to follow the construction of iCity for its developer, MR Group, and the stream runs on the servers of Videocam.Online, a Moscow company that installs and rents cameras for building sites. Work on the complex began in 2020 and finished in late 2024. The Space Tower reaches 256 meters (840 feet) over 61 floors, and the Time Tower stops at 150 meters (492 feet) over 34 floors. Helmut Jahn and his firm designed the pair, and the engineer Werner Sobek designed the atrium between them.

iCity stands in Presnensky District, west of the historic center, about a five-minute walk from Shelepikha station. The roads around it include the Third Ring Road, Shelepikhinskoye Shosse and Shmitovsky Proezd, which is why so much of the frame is ramps, flyovers and moving traffic. A large patch of cleared construction ground sits beside the highway on the right, and a broad band of trees runs behind the low-rise blocks. The Moscow City business district, home to the 373.7 meter (1,226 foot) Federation Tower East, is about 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) southeast and just out of shot.

The second tab shows City Bay, a residential complex on the bank of the Moskva River at Volokolamskoye Shosse 97, in Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo in the city’s North-Western Administrative Okrug. That camera faces east over the Atlantic quarter: buildings 1 and 2 fill the frame, part of building 3 shows on the right, and the Indian quarter rises in the distance. A landscaped courtyard and a street of parked cars sit in the foreground.

Weather and Climate in Moscow

Moscow has a warm-summer humid continental climate, and winter is the long season. January averages highs near -4°C (25°F) and lows near -9°C (16°F), and the coldest reading on record is -42.1°C (-43.8°F). Snow falls on about 116 days a year, mostly from November to March, and the snowpack typically peaks in February at around 35 centimeters (14 inches). On those days the ramps and rooftops below the towers turn white, and the chimneys on the left send tall plumes of steam into the cold air.

Spring warms through April, with highs around 12°C (53°F) and nights near 2°C (36°F), though a few snowy days still turn up. July is the warmest month, with highs near 25°C (77°F) and lows around 15°C (59°F), and the city’s record of 38.2°C (100.8°F) came on July 29, 2010. By October highs are back down near 9°C (48°F), and the first snow often arrives, on about five days in an average October. Annual precipitation is about 713 millimeters (28.1 inches), spread through the year.

Things to Do Near the Moscow Webcam

The closest sights are a short ride away. Moscow City, with Federation Tower East, Afimall City and the covered Bagration Bridge over the Moskva River, is the obvious first stop, and Shelepikha station puts you on the metro network within minutes. Krasnaya Presnya Park and the Moscow Zoo are both in Presnensky District, and Fili Park lies to the west if you want a long riverside walk.

The historic center is about 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) east. Red Square, the Kremlin and Saint Basil’s Cathedral sit together at its heart, with the Bolshoi Theatre a short walk north. Across the river, the Tretyakov Gallery holds the national collection of Russian art, and Gorky Park runs along the embankment to the south. Arbat Street, the old pedestrian street lined with cafes and souvenir stalls, links the center with the western districts.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is the Moscow Webcam located?

The main camera is mounted on a high-rise on Shelepikhinskoye Shosse in Presnensky District, west of central Moscow, and looks northeast at the iCity towers, about a five-minute walk from Shelepikha station. The City Bay camera in the second tab is on the Moskva River at Volokolamskoye Shosse in Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo, in the northwest of the city.

What can you see on the Moscow Webcam?

The iCity Space and Time towers stand in the middle of the frame, with looping road ramps, the Third Ring Road and a railway viaduct below them and a wide panorama of Presnensky District behind. The second tab shows the City Bay apartment towers, their courtyard garden and the street in front.

Does the Moscow Webcam show Red Square or the Kremlin?

No. Red Square and the Kremlin are about 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) east, in the historic center. This camera looks northeast across Presnensky District, and neither landmark can be picked out in its view.

Can you see Moscow City on this webcam?

No. The Moscow City business district, with Federation Tower East, stands about 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) southeast of iCity and out of shot. The two glass towers in the middle of the picture are iCity’s Space Tower and Time Tower.

Is this webcam in Moscow, Russia or Moscow, Idaho?

Moscow, Russia. Both cameras on this page are in the Russian capital. Moscow, Idaho, is a separate town in the United States, home to the University of Idaho, and it does not appear here.

Is there snow in Moscow right now?

The live picture is the quickest way to check: fresh snow shows up first on the rooftops, the construction ground and the verges between the road ramps. Moscow averages about 116 snowy days a year, from October to April, with most of them between November and March.

How cold does it get in Moscow?

January is the coldest month, with average lows near -9°C (16°F) and highs just below freezing at about -4°C (25°F). Cold snaps go much lower, and the record is -42.1°C (-43.8°F), set in January.

Source: MR Group and Videocam.Online