Climate averages 1991–2020
Makhachkala weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Makhachkala: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 01 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (16 km away). In July its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Makhachkala, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Makhachkala ranks joint 23rd of 236 for the warmest July highs and joint 19th of 236 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 236 cities is 24.1°C; Makhachkala is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Makhachkala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 26 | 6.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 8.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 27 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 39 | 8.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 38 | 7.0 | 15.315 h |
| July, selected | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 7.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 8.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 27 | 6.4 | 9.19 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Kaspiysk in JulyRussia · 16 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in JulyRussia · 80 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Derbent in JulyRussia · 120 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Grozny in JulyRussia · 152 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Sunzha in JulyRussia · 202 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Nazran in JulyRussia · 223 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in JulyRussia · 230 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Mingachevir in JulyAzerbaijan · 249 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 31 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 Makhachkala) is explained once on the Makhachkala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.