Climate averages 1991–2020
Elista weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Elista: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 24 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volgodonsk (208 km away). In July its highs average 29.4°C, 1.8°C cooler than Elista, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Elista ranks 2nd of 236 for the warmest July highs and 6th of 236 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 236 cities is 24.1°C; Elista is 7.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Volgodonsk in JulyRussia · 208 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Stavropol in JulyRussia · 227 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in JulyRussia · 248 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Mineralnye Vody in JulyRussia · 249 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in JulyRussia · 259 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Volgograd in JulyRussia · 268 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in JulyRussia · 268 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Yessentuki in JulyRussia · 274 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 99 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.