Best time to visit Volgograd

The best time to visit Volgograd is May–June and September, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia

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  • Best month
  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January-3.3 °C / 26 °F-8.8 °C / 16 °F33 mm / 1.3 inneither best nor good
February-2.2 °C / 28 °F-8.3 °C / 17 °F27 mm / 1.1 inneither best nor good
March5.8 °C / 42 °F-2.4 °C / 28 °F32 mm / 1.3 inneither best nor good
April16 °C / 61 °F5.3 °C / 42 °F27 mm / 1.1 ingood month
May23.2 °C / 74 °F11.8 °C / 53 °F43 mm / 1.7 inbest month
June28.8 °C / 84 °F16.7 °C / 62 °F25 mm / 1 inbest month
July31.4 °C / 89 °F19.2 °C / 67 °F24 mm / 0.9 ingood month
August31.2 °C / 88 °F18.2 °C / 65 °F12 mm / 0.5 ingood month
September22.8 °C / 73 °F11.2 °C / 52 °F27 mm / 1.1 inbest month
October14 °C / 57 °F4.7 °C / 40 °F29 mm / 1.1 ingood month
November5.3 °C / 42 °F-0.7 °C / 31 °F25 mm / 1 inneither best nor good
December-0.8 °C / 31 °F-5.4 °C / 22 °F32 mm / 1.2 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: good
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: best
  7. JJuly: good
  8. AAugust: good
  9. SSeptember: best
  10. OOctober: good
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Best
May–June, September
Good
April, July–August, October
Why these months
  • April · good

    In its favour: precipitation 27 mm / 1.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 75%, average daily high 16 °C / 61 °F, feels like (high) 12.6 °C / 55 °F, days with heavy rain 0.3 days, wet days 6.4 days, relative humidity 61%, average daily low 5.3 °C / 42 °F.

  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 21.1 °C / 70 °F, average daily high 23.2 °C / 74 °F, precipitation 43 mm / 1.7 in, share of daylight that is sunny 76%, days with heavy rain 0.8 days, wet days 7.5 days, average daily low 11.8 °C / 53 °F, relative humidity 55%.

  • June · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.4 °C / 81 °F, precipitation 25 mm / 1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 83%, wet days 5.3 days, days with heavy rain 0.5 days, average daily high 28.8 °C / 84 °F, average daily low 16.7 °C / 62 °F, relative humidity 49%.

  • July · good

    In its favour: precipitation 24 mm / 0.9 in, share of daylight that is sunny 85%, feels like (high) 30.3 °C / 87 °F, wet days 5 days, days with heavy rain 0.3 days, relative humidity 46%, average daily low 19.2 °C / 67 °F.

    Against: average daily high 31.4 °C / 89 °F.

  • August · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 29.3 °C / 85 °F, precipitation 12 mm / 0.5 in, share of daylight that is sunny 88%, wet days 2.5 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 18.2 °C / 65 °F, relative humidity 43%.

    Against: average daily high 31.2 °C / 88 °F.

  • September · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 19.7 °C / 67 °F, average daily high 22.8 °C / 73 °F, precipitation 27 mm / 1.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 77%, wet days 5 days, days with heavy rain 0.8 days, average daily low 11.2 °C / 52 °F, relative humidity 55%.

  • October · good

    In its favour: precipitation 29 mm / 1.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 63%, days with heavy rain 0.6 days, wet days 6.4 days, average daily high 14 °C / 57 °F, relative humidity 70%, average daily low 4.7 °C / 40 °F.

    Against: feels like (high) 10.6 °C / 51 °F.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Эльбрус, Elbrus, 624 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) -8.1 °C-7.2 °C1.3 °C12.6 °C21.1 °C27.4 °C30.3 °C29.3 °C19.7 °C10.6 °C1.4 °C-5.3 °C
Days with heavy rain 0.2 days0.3 days0.5 days0.3 days0.8 days0.5 days0.3 days0.1 days0.8 days0.6 days0.3 days0.4 days
Time rain usually falls 5 am9 pm1 am3 pm3 pm5 pm4 pm4 pm11 am3 pm8 am7 am
Sunshine per day 3.1 h4.8 h7.5 h10.3 h11.6 h13.4 h13.3 h12.6 h9.7 h6.8 h3.8 h2.5 h
Relative humidity 86%84%75%61%55%49%46%43%55%70%82%86%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20259.1 µg/m³8.4 µg/m³11.7 µg/m³9.5 µg/m³8.6 µg/m³12.9 µg/m³9.3 µg/m³7.9 µg/m³6.5 µg/m³6.6 µg/m³7.8 µg/m³6.1 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202513.7 µg/m³13.4 µg/m³18.1 µg/m³15 µg/m³13.3 µg/m³18.6 µg/m³14.2 µg/m³12 µg/m³10.3 µg/m³10.9 µg/m³13.1 µg/m³10.6 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).