Volgograd climate

Name: Volgograd
Address: RU

Volgograd is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -8.5 °C. May is the wettest month (41 mm) and August the driest (23 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Volgograd averages 373 mm of rain, 91 days above 25 °C and 129 days below freezing.

Russia · population 1,013,533 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month February -8.5 °C
Driest month August 23 mm
Wettest month May 41 mm
Least cloud August 36 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record February -32 °C

What to expectVolgograd through the year

Volgograd has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -2.2 °C in February to 30 °C in July, a swing of 30 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 91 days a year reach 25 °C, 41 of them reach 30 °C, 129 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 23 mm in August to 41 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-3.0 °C	32 mm	85 %
February	-2.2 °C	26 mm	80 %
March	4.9 °C	32 mm	70 %
April	14.8 °C	31 mm	60 %
May	22.2 °C	41 mm	52 %
June	27.3 °C	34 mm	46 %
July	29.9 °C	29 mm	39 %
August	29.1 °C	23 mm	36 %
September	21.9 °C	32 mm	47 %
October	13.4 °C	33 mm	61 %
November	4.1 °C	25 mm	75 %
December	-1.3 °C	34 mm	85 %

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	-3.0 °C	-8.2 °C	-5.4 °C	13.1 °C	-31.7 °C	0	0	28
February	-2.2 °C	-8.5 °C	-5.1 °C	13.7 °C	-32.1 °C	0	0	26
March	4.9 °C	-3.3 °C	0.9 °C	19.7 °C	-23.9 °C	0	0	24
April	14.8 °C	4.4 °C	9.8 °C	27.9 °C	-5.9 °C	1	0	4
May	22.2 °C	11.5 °C	17.2 °C	36.1 °C	-0.5 °C	9	2	0
June	27.3 °C	16.6 °C	22.4 °C	39.6 °C	5.3 °C	20	9	0
July	29.9 °C	19.3 °C	25.0 °C	40.7 °C	11.0 °C	27	15	0
August	29.1 °C	18.2 °C	23.9 °C	40.7 °C	9.8 °C	25	13	0
September	21.9 °C	12.1 °C	17.0 °C	38.1 °C	0.0 °C	9	1	0
October	13.4 °C	5.7 °C	9.5 °C	28.9 °C	-7.1 °C	0	0	3
November	4.1 °C	-1.3 °C	1.4 °C	19.4 °C	-18.2 °C	0	0	17
December	-1.3 °C	-6.0 °C	-3.5 °C	11.0 °C	-30.3 °C	0	0	27

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	32 mm	8	8.7 h/day	85 %	85 %	20 km/h
February	26 mm	6	10 h/day	80 %	83 %	21 km/h
March	32 mm	8	12 h/day	70 %	76 %	21 km/h
April	31 mm	6	14 h/day	60 %	65 %	21 km/h
May	41 mm	7	15 h/day	52 %	57 %	19 km/h
June	34 mm	7	16 h/day	46 %	53 %	19 km/h
July	29 mm	6	16 h/day	39 %	50 %	18 km/h
August	23 mm	4	14 h/day	36 %	47 %	18 km/h
September	32 mm	5	13 h/day	47 %	57 %	19 km/h
October	33 mm	7	11 h/day	61 %	70 %	19 km/h
November	25 mm	6	9.2 h/day	75 %	80 %	19 km/h
December	34 mm	8	8.3 h/day	85 %	84 %	20 km/h

How Volgograd 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
Volgograd	30 °C	-8.5 °C	373 mm	91
Volgodonsk · Russia	29 °C	-5.8 °C	451 mm	88
Engels · Russia	28 °C	-11 °C	443 mm	67
Saratov · Russia	27 °C	-11 °C	446 mm	61
Shakhty · Russia	29 °C	-6.4 °C	511 mm	83
Astrakhan · Russia	32 °C	-5.9 °C	223 mm	111
Luhansk · Ukraine	28 °C	-6.7 °C	502 mm	77

Where Volgograd ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	5thof 50	96/100
The driest places in Europe in November	15thof 50	25 mm
The driest places in Europe in October	17thof 50	33 mm
The driest places in Europe year-round	17thof 50	31 mm
Places with the best weather in Europe in May	20thof 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	22ndof 50	96/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Volgograd.

QuestionsCommon questions about Volgograd’s climate

When is the best time to visit Volgograd?

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 Volgograd get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 41 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -8.5 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 129 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Volgograd?

May, averaging 41 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is August with 23 mm. The year as a whole averages 373 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 Volgograd 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.