Rostov-on-Don weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · city break · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Rostov-on-Don is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with September and May close behind. Rostov-on-Don averages about 2,114 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 29 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,114
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 86/100
- Rain / year
- 509 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 1.1M
- Elevation
- 75 m
When is the best time to visit Rostov-on-Don?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Rostov-on-Don is August, then September and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 52 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Rostov-on-Don?
Rostov-on-Don gets a moderate 2,114 hours of sunshine a year. 86 Sunshine Score points separate August (86) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #51 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 509 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 | -1° / 30°F | -8° / 18°F | 52 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -7° / 19°F | 42 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -2° / 28°F | 41 mm | 2 |
| April | 56 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 36 mm | 4 |
| May | 82 | 23° / 73°F | 11° / 52°F | 49 mm | 5 |
| June | 82 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 49 mm | 6 |
| July | 82 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 47 mm | 6 |
| August | 86 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 29 mm | 6 |
| September | 85 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 35 mm | 4 |
| October | 49 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 41 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -1° / 30°F | 41 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -5° / 23°F | 47 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Krasnodar Russia · 279 km · best in Jul · 2,260 h sun/yr
- Stavropol Russia · 314 km · best in Sep · 2,167 h sun/yr
- Anapa Russia · 341 km · best in Aug · 2,222 h sun/yr
- Volgograd Russia · 357 km · best in Aug · 2,257 h sun/yr
- Kharkiv Ukraine · 380 km · best in Aug · 2,041 h sun/yr
- Belgorod Russia · 426 km · best in Aug · 2,011 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Taganrog Russia · 87 km · 2,112 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Yeysk Russia · 158 km · 2,238 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Mariupol Ukraine · 192 km · 2,101 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Rostov-on-Don compares month by month: Rostov-on-Don vs Kharkiv · Rostov-on-Don vs Volgograd · Rostov-on-Don vs Krasnodar · Rostov-on-Don vs Stavropol · all comparisons
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