Climate averages 1991–2020
Elista weather
in October.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Elista: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volgodonsk (208 km away). In October its highs average 14.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Elista, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Elista ranks 19th of 236 for the warmest October highs and joint 16th of 236 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Elista is 7.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.2°C to 6.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Volgodonsk in OctoberRussia · 208 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Stavropol in OctoberRussia · 227 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in OctoberRussia · 248 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Mineralnye Vody in OctoberRussia · 249 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in OctoberRussia · 259 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Volgograd in OctoberRussia · 268 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in OctoberRussia · 268 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Yessentuki in OctoberRussia · 274 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 6.6°C · 73 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.