Climate averages 1991–2020
Elista weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Elista: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volgodonsk (208 km away). In April its highs average 14.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Elista, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Elista ranks joint 8th of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 55th of 236 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Elista is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Elista climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 28 | 7.9 | 9.19 h |
| February | 1.3°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 23 | 6.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.7°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 36 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 35 | 6.9 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 43 | 8.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 28.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 39 | 6.7 | 15.716 h |
| July | 31.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 29 | 5.6 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 23 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 28 | 5.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 33 | 6.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 29 | 6.4 | 9.59 h |
| December | 1.3°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 28 | 6.9 | 8.79 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Volgodonsk in AprilRussia · 208 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Stavropol in AprilRussia · 227 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in AprilRussia · 248 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Mineralnye Vody in AprilRussia · 249 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in AprilRussia · 259 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 4.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Volgograd in AprilRussia · 268 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in AprilRussia · 268 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Yessentuki in AprilRussia · 274 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 92 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Elista) is explained once on the Elista year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.