Climate averages 1991–2020
Elista weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Elista: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volgodonsk (208 km away). In September its highs average 22.1°C, 1.3°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 September highs and 4th of 236 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 236 cities is 16.4°C; Elista is 7.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.8°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Volgodonsk in SeptemberRussia · 208 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Stavropol in SeptemberRussia · 227 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in SeptemberRussia · 248 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Mineralnye Vody in SeptemberRussia · 249 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in SeptemberRussia · 259 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Volgograd in SeptemberRussia · 268 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in SeptemberRussia · 268 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Yessentuki in SeptemberRussia · 274 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 81 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.