Volgodonsk climate

Name: Volgodonsk
Address: RU

Volgodonsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -5.8 °C. May is the wettest month (49 mm) and August the driest (24 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Volgodonsk averages 451 mm of rain, 88 days above 25 °C and 107 days below freezing.

Russia · population 167,731 · 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 February -5.8 °C
Driest month August 24 mm
Wettest month May 49 mm
Least cloud August 33 % cloud
Hottest on record August 40 °C
Coldest on record January -30 °C

What to expectVolgodonsk through the year

Volgodonsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 0.5 °C in February to 29 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 88 days a year reach 25 °C, 36 of them reach 30 °C, 107 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 24 mm in August to 49 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-0.9 °C	41 mm	85 %
February	0.5 °C	34 mm	79 %
March	6.6 °C	41 mm	71 %
April	14.8 °C	34 mm	61 %
May	21.7 °C	49 mm	53 %
June	26.8 °C	36 mm	48 %
July	29.5 °C	36 mm	37 %
August	28.9 °C	24 mm	33 %
September	22.2 °C	34 mm	45 %
October	14.4 °C	42 mm	60 %
November	5.8 °C	37 mm	76 %
December	0.8 °C	44 mm	86 %

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	-0.9 °C	-5.7 °C	-3.2 °C	13.7 °C	-30.5 °C	0	0	26
February	0.5 °C	-5.8 °C	-2.5 °C	16.8 °C	-26.5 °C	0	0	23
March	6.6 °C	-1.3 °C	2.7 °C	20.2 °C	-15.2 °C	0	0	19
April	14.8 °C	5.4 °C	10.3 °C	28.2 °C	-5.6 °C	0	0	2
May	21.7 °C	12.4 °C	17.3 °C	35.3 °C	1.6 °C	8	1	0
June	26.8 °C	17.4 °C	22.5 °C	38.3 °C	7.5 °C	19	8	0
July	29.5 °C	20.1 °C	25.1 °C	39.3 °C	11.4 °C	27	13	0
August	28.9 °C	19.3 °C	24.3 °C	40.0 °C	10.9 °C	25	12	0
September	22.2 °C	13.5 °C	17.9 °C	36.9 °C	2.2 °C	9	1	0
October	14.4 °C	7.2 °C	10.8 °C	31.3 °C	-4.9 °C	1	0	2
November	5.8 °C	0.7 °C	3.3 °C	19.3 °C	-19.5 °C	0	0	12
December	0.8 °C	-3.7 °C	-1.3 °C	13.9 °C	-26.5 °C	0	0	23

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	41 mm	9	8.9 h/day	85 %	83 %	21 km/h
February	34 mm	8	10 h/day	79 %	80 %	22 km/h
March	41 mm	9	12 h/day	71 %	75 %	22 km/h
April	34 mm	7	14 h/day	61 %	67 %	21 km/h
May	49 mm	8	15 h/day	53 %	62 %	19 km/h
June	36 mm	7	16 h/day	48 %	56 %	19 km/h
July	36 mm	6	16 h/day	37 %	53 %	18 km/h
August	24 mm	4	14 h/day	33 %	51 %	19 km/h
September	34 mm	5	13 h/day	45 %	59 %	20 km/h
October	42 mm	7	11 h/day	60 %	71 %	20 km/h
November	37 mm	7	9.3 h/day	76 %	80 %	21 km/h
December	44 mm	9	8.5 h/day	86 %	84 %	22 km/h

How Volgodonsk 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
Volgodonsk	29 °C	-5.8 °C	451 mm	88
Shakhty · Russia	29 °C	-6.4 °C	511 mm	83
Rostov-on-Don · Russia	29 °C	-5.2 °C	524 mm	88
Volgograd · Russia	30 °C	-8.5 °C	373 mm	91
Luhansk · Ukraine	28 °C	-6.7 °C	502 mm	77
Taganrog · Russia	27 °C	-4.1 °C	516 mm	68

Where Volgodonsk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	6th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	23rd of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in May	29th of 50	92/100
The driest places in Europe in September	32nd of 50	34 mm
The warmest places in Europe in June	35th of 50	27 °C
The warmest places in Europe in July	39th of 50	29 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Volgodonsk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Volgodonsk?

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 Volgodonsk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 36 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -5.8 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 107 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Volgodonsk?

May, averaging 49 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is August with 24 mm. The year as a whole averages 451 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 Volgodonsk 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: 47.511°, 42.153° (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.