Vladikavkaz climate

Name: Vladikavkaz
Address: RU

Vladikavkaz is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -6.5 °C. June is the wettest month (207 mm) and January the driest (26 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Vladikavkaz averages 1,165 mm of rain, 37 days above 25 °C and 120 days below freezing.

Russia · population 306,258 · 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 24 °C
Coldest month January -6.5 °C
Driest month January 26 mm
Wettest month June 207 mm
Least cloud August 50 % cloud
Hottest on record July 35 °C
Coldest on record January -25 °C

What to expectVladikavkaz through the year

Vladikavkaz has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.6 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 37 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C, 120 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 207 mm against 26 mm in January — 8.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	2.6 °C	26 mm	60 %
February	3.7 °C	31 mm	60 %
March	7.7 °C	71 mm	65 %
April	13.3 °C	101 mm	65 %
May	18.3 °C	156 mm	67 %
June	21.9 °C	207 mm	60 %
July	24.2 °C	191 mm	53 %
August	24.1 °C	163 mm	50 %
September	20.0 °C	96 mm	51 %
October	15.1 °C	60 mm	52 %
November	8.5 °C	38 mm	54 %
December	4.1 °C	26 mm	57 %

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	2.6 °C	-6.5 °C	-2.3 °C	14.8 °C	-25.3 °C	0	0	29
February	3.7 °C	-6.0 °C	-1.4 °C	20.2 °C	-23.8 °C	0	0	25
March	7.7 °C	-2.0 °C	2.8 °C	23.8 °C	-17.9 °C	0	0	20
April	13.3 °C	3.2 °C	8.3 °C	27.7 °C	-15.2 °C	0	0	5
May	18.3 °C	8.5 °C	13.6 °C	29.2 °C	-1.7 °C	2	0	0
June	21.9 °C	12.4 °C	17.4 °C	32.1 °C	3.0 °C	6	0	0
July	24.2 °C	15.1 °C	19.8 °C	35.0 °C	6.2 °C	12	2	0
August	24.1 °C	15.2 °C	19.6 °C	34.1 °C	8.9 °C	13	1	0
September	20.0 °C	11.3 °C	15.5 °C	33.4 °C	0.5 °C	3	0	0
October	15.1 °C	6.2 °C	10.3 °C	27.3 °C	-12.2 °C	0	0	2
November	8.5 °C	-0.4 °C	3.6 °C	20.9 °C	-23.4 °C	0	0	13
December	4.1 °C	-5.0 °C	-0.8 °C	20.5 °C	-23.8 °C	0	0	26

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	26 mm	6	9.4 h/day	60 %	76 %	7.5 km/h
February	31 mm	7	11 h/day	60 %	76 %	7.9 km/h
March	71 mm	12	12 h/day	65 %	79 %	8.9 km/h
April	101 mm	14	13 h/day	65 %	78 %	9.2 km/h
May	156 mm	20	15 h/day	67 %	81 %	8.9 km/h
June	207 mm	21	15 h/day	60 %	81 %	8.5 km/h
July	191 mm	22	15 h/day	53 %	81 %	8.4 km/h
August	163 mm	19	14 h/day	50 %	80 %	8.4 km/h
September	96 mm	14	13 h/day	51 %	81 %	8.6 km/h
October	60 mm	9	11 h/day	52 %	81 %	8.0 km/h
November	38 mm	6	9.7 h/day	54 %	79 %	7.2 km/h
December	26 mm	6	9.0 h/day	57 %	77 %	7.2 km/h

How Vladikavkaz 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
Vladikavkaz	24 °C	-6.5 °C	1,165 mm	37
Nazran · Russia	26 °C	-5.7 °C	694 mm	57
Grozny · Russia	30 °C	-4.4 °C	621 mm	95
Nalchik · Russia	25 °C	-7.1 °C	1,444 mm	42
Tbilisi · Georgia	30 °C	-4.1 °C	681 mm	96
Makhachkala · Russia	28 °C	-0.04 °C	465 mm	78

Where Vladikavkaz ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Europe in December	28thof 50	26 mm
The driest places in Europe in January	32ndof 50	26 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Vladikavkaz’s climate

When is the best time to visit Vladikavkaz?

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

How hot does Vladikavkaz get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 3 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -6.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 120 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Vladikavkaz?

June, averaging 207 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is January with 26 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,165 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 Vladikavkaz 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
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.