Volgograd weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · city break · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Volgograd is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 89/100), with June and July close behind. Volgograd averages about 2,257 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 16 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,257
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 89/100
- Rain / year
- 394 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 1M
- Elevation
- 136 m
When is the best time to visit Volgograd?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Volgograd is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 37 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Volgograd?
Volgograd gets a moderate 2,257 hours of sunshine a year. 89 Sunshine Score points separate August (89) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #33 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 394 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 | -5° / 23°F | -12° / 10°F | 37 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -12° / 10°F | 31 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 35 mm | 2 |
| April | 51 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 29 mm | 4 |
| May | 84 | 23° / 73°F | 11° / 52°F | 46 mm | 5 |
| June | 86 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 31 mm | 6 |
| July | 86 | 31° / 88°F | 18° / 64°F | 33 mm | 6 |
| August | 89 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 16 mm | 6 |
| September | 85 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 36 mm | 4 |
| October | 36 | 13° / 55°F | 3° / 37°F | 35 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 28 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -9° / 16°F | 37 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Saratov Russia · 351 km · best in Aug · 2,262 h sun/yr
- Rostov-on-Don Russia · 357 km · best in Aug · 2,114 h sun/yr
- Astrakhan Russia · 391 km · best in Sep · 2,391 h sun/yr
- Stavropol Russia · 442 km · best in Sep · 2,167 h sun/yr
- Voronezh Russia · 495 km · best in Aug · 2,048 h sun/yr
- Mineralnye Vody Russia · 516 km · best in Aug · 2,026 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Elista Russia · 268 km · 2,294 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Balakovo Russia · 419 km · 2,263 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Volgograd compares month by month: Volgograd vs Rostov-on-Don · Volgograd vs Saratov · Volgograd vs Astrakhan · all comparisons
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