Climate averages 1991–2020
Volgodonsk weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Volgodonsk: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shakhty (147 km away). In April its highs average 14.8°C, about as warm as Volgodonsk, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Volgodonsk ranks joint 22nd of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 40th of 236 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Volgodonsk is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 48 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Volgodonsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.9°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 40 | 9.1 | 8.99 h |
| February | 0.4°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 33 | 8.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 6.5°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 41 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.7°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 33 | 7.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 48 | 8.5 | 15.115 h |
| June | 26.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 36 | 7.3 | 15.916 h |
| July | 29.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 34 | 6.3 | 15.616 h |
| August | 28.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 25 | 4.1 | 14.314 h |
| September | 22.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 33 | 5.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 41 | 7.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 37 | 7.4 | 9.49 h |
| December | 0.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 43 | 8.8 | 8.59 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
April in nearby cities
- Shakhty in AprilRussia · 147 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Novocherkassk in AprilRussia · 155 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in AprilRussia · 167 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Novoshakhtinsk in AprilRussia · 169 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Bataysk in AprilRussia · 185 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Rostov-on-Don in AprilRussia · 187 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Elista in AprilRussia · 208 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Azov in AprilRussia · 211 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 43 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 Volgodonsk) is explained once on the Volgodonsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.