Rostov-on-Don climate

Name: Rostov-on-Don
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Rostov-on-Don is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.2 °C. May is the wettest month (60 mm) and August the driest (32 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Rostov-on-Don averages 524 mm of rain, 88 days above 25 °C and 101 days below freezing.

Russia · population 1,130,305 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 29 °C
Coldest month January -5.2 °C
Driest month August 32 mm
Wettest month May 60 mm
Least cloud August 32 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record January -30 °C

What to expectRostov-on-Don through the year

Rostov-on-Don has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 0.03 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 88 days a year reach 25 °C, 34 of them reach 30 °C, 101 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 32 mm in August to 60 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	0.0 °C	48 mm	83 %
February	1.4 °C	42 mm	77 %
March	7.4 °C	45 mm	71 %
April	15.2 °C	43 mm	61 %
May	21.7 °C	60 mm	52 %
June	26.4 °C	49 mm	47 %
July	29.2 °C	38 mm	34 %
August	29.0 °C	32 mm	32 %
September	22.5 °C	37 mm	43 %
October	14.9 °C	41 mm	57 %
November	6.6 °C	41 mm	73 %
December	1.6 °C	49 mm	83 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	0.0 °C	-5.2 °C	-2.6 °C	13.8 °C	-30.3 °C	0	0	25
February	1.4 °C	-5.1 °C	-1.9 °C	16.9 °C	-27.0 °C	0	0	23
March	7.4 °C	-0.7 °C	3.3 °C	23.4 °C	-13.8 °C	0	0	16
April	15.2 °C	5.7 °C	10.6 °C	27.1 °C	-5.8 °C	0	0	2
May	21.7 °C	12.0 °C	17.1 °C	34.8 °C	1.8 °C	8	1	0
June	26.4 °C	16.7 °C	21.9 °C	37.2 °C	8.2 °C	18	7	0
July	29.2 °C	19.4 °C	24.5 °C	38.6 °C	11.5 °C	26	13	0
August	29.0 °C	18.8 °C	24.0 °C	39.1 °C	10.7 °C	26	13	0
September	22.5 °C	13.2 °C	17.8 °C	37.1 °C	0.9 °C	9	1	0
October	14.9 °C	7.1 °C	10.8 °C	31.9 °C	-5.4 °C	1	0	2
November	6.6 °C	0.9 °C	3.6 °C	20.7 °C	-20.3 °C	0	0	12
December	1.6 °C	-3.3 °C	-0.9 °C	14.2 °C	-24.7 °C	0	0	22

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	48 mm	10	8.9 h/day	83 %	84 %	20 km/h
February	42 mm	8	10 h/day	77 %	81 %	20 km/h
March	45 mm	9	12 h/day	71 %	76 %	21 km/h
April	43 mm	9	14 h/day	61 %	69 %	20 km/h
May	60 mm	10	15 h/day	52 %	65 %	18 km/h
June	49 mm	9	16 h/day	47 %	61 %	18 km/h
July	38 mm	7	16 h/day	34 %	56 %	17 km/h
August	32 mm	5	14 h/day	32 %	52 %	17 km/h
September	37 mm	6	13 h/day	43 %	61 %	19 km/h
October	41 mm	7	11 h/day	57 %	72 %	19 km/h
November	41 mm	7	9.4 h/day	73 %	81 %	19 km/h
December	49 mm	8	8.5 h/day	83 %	84 %	20 km/h

How Rostov-on-Don compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Rostov-on-Don	29 °C	-5.2 °C	524 mm	88
Taganrog · Russia	27 °C	-4.1 °C	516 mm	68
Shakhty · Russia	29 °C	-6.4 °C	511 mm	83
Luhansk · Ukraine	28 °C	-6.7 °C	502 mm	77
Mariupol · Ukraine	28 °C	-3.5 °C	467 mm	70
Donetsk · Ukraine	27 °C	-6.6 °C	532 mm	70

Where Rostov-on-Don ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	7th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	28th of 50	96/100
The driest places in Europe in September	39th of 50	37 mm
The warmest places in Europe in June	42nd of 50	26 °C
The warmest places in Europe in July	44th of 50	29 °C
The driest places in Europe in October	49th of 50	41 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Rostov-on-Don’s climate

When is the best time to visit Rostov-on-Don?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Rostov-on-Don get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 34 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -5.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 101 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Rostov-on-Don?

May, averaging 60 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is August with 32 mm. The year as a whole averages 524 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Rostov-on-Don rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 47.220°, 39.708° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.