Elista weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · regional city · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Elista is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 89/100), with September and June close behind. Elista averages about 2,294 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 20 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,294
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 89/100
- Rain / year
- 381 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 107k
- Elevation
- 147 m
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When is the best time to visit Elista?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Elista is August, then September and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 25 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Elista?
Elista gets a moderate 2,294 hours of sunshine a year. 89 Sunshine Score points separate August (89) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #26 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 381 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -8° / 18°F | 25 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -7° / 19°F | 25 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -3° / 27°F | 33 mm | 2 |
| April | 58 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 26 mm | 4 |
| May | 83 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 52 mm | 6 |
| June | 85 | 30° / 86°F | 16° / 61°F | 39 mm | 7 |
| July | 77 | 33° / 91°F | 19° / 66°F | 34 mm | 7 |
| August | 89 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 20 mm | 6 |
| September | 86 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 34 mm | 4 |
| October | 50 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 34 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -2° / 28°F | 29 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -6° / 21°F | 30 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Stavropol Russia · 222 km · best in Sep · 2,167 h sun/yr
- Mineralnye Vody Russia · 258 km · best in Aug · 2,026 h sun/yr
- Volgograd Russia · 268 km · best in Aug · 2,257 h sun/yr
- Astrakhan Russia · 283 km · best in Sep · 2,391 h sun/yr
- Grozny Russia · 349 km · best in Aug · 1,993 h sun/yr
- Vladikavkaz Russia · 353 km · best in Sep · 1,987 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Nalchik Russia · 323 km · 1,965 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Sunzha Russia · 343 km · 1,993 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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