Elista climate — normals and trends
Elista (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 368 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Elista averages 116 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.
Elista has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 128 to 104 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.7 °C (on 7 August 1940) and the coldest -34.9 °C (on 11 January 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
ElistaKalmykiya Republic
- coords
- 46.31°, 44.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.1°C
Average daily high
14.6°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
368mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
21.7km/h
Seasonal range
29.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
116 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
50 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
81 d/yr
Annual snowfall
54.9 cm
Average feels-like high
11.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
38.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
26 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
42.7 °C
7 August 1940
Coldest day
-34.9 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
66 mm
19 June 2002
Windiest day
63.4 km/h
4 March 2006
Strongest gust
109.8 km/h
18 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
11 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-40.5 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.2 cm
15 March 2009
Sunniest day
14.8 h
1 July 2014
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.8 °C | +5.8 °C | 23 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | -1.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 19 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +6.1 °C | 22 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 17.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 29 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 22.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 46 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 27.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 35 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 34.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 8 mm | -23 mm |
| Aug | 30.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 19 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 23.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 38 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 16.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 65 mm | +35 mm |
| Nov | 10.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 7 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 1.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 28 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Elista?
Elista has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 368 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Elista?
The hottest day measured in Elista between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1940, reaching 42.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Elista?
The coldest day measured in Elista between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -34.9 °C.
Does it snow in Elista?
Yes. Elista gets on average 54.9 cm of snow per year and has around 116 frost days.
Has the climate of Elista warmed?
Yes: Elista warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Elista?
The wettest day measured in Elista between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2002, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Elista?
The windiest day measured in Elista between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2006, with winds reaching 63.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Elista?
The warmest month in Elista is July (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Elista?
Elista receives on average 368 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Elista?
Elista gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Elista?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Elista between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 2009, with 19.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Elista?
Yes: Elista has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Elista?
In Elista, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 11 July 2010, and the lowest was -40.5 °C on 11 January 1940.
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