Climate averages 1991–2020
Vladikavkaz weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Vladikavkaz: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazran (22 km away). In October its highs average 15.5°C, about as warm as Vladikavkaz, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vladikavkaz ranks 22nd of 236 for the warmest October highs and joint 187th of 236 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Vladikavkaz is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.5°C to 8.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Vladikavkaz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.6°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 30 | 6.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 7.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 70 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 103 | 15.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 157 | 21.1 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 216 | 22.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 201 | 22.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 169 | 20.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 19.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 98 | 14.6 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 15.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 61 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 38 | 6.9 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.3°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 26 | 6.0 | 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
October in nearby cities
- Nazran in OctoberRussia · 22 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Sunzha in OctoberRussia · 44 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Grozny in OctoberRussia · 88 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Tbilisi in OctoberGeorgia · 151 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 8.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in OctoberRussia · 157 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in OctoberRussia · 157 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Rustavi in OctoberGeorgia · 166 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in OctoberRussia · 172 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 64 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 Vladikavkaz) is explained once on the Vladikavkaz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.