Volgograd climate — normals and trends
Volgograd (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 378 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Volgograd averages 134 frost days, 39 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 82 rainy days per year.
Volgograd has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 147 to 121 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 7 August 1940) and the coldest -37.4 °C (on 9 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
VolgogradVolgograd Oblast
- coords
- 48.71°, 44.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
378mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
19.4km/h
Seasonal range
31.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
134 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
39 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
82 d/yr
Annual snowfall
68.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
0.6 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
42.3 °C
7 August 1940
Coldest day
-37.4 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
70 mm
15 June 1988
Windiest day
54.5 km/h
4 March 2006
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
3 September 1959
Hottest feels-like
40.4 °C
19 July 1984
Coldest feels-like
-43.2 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
27 March 2002
Sunniest day
15.6 h
26 June 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.2 °C | +6.8 °C | 13 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | -2.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 27 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 10.5 °C | +7.6 °C | 27 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 17.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 28 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 30 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 26.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 36 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 32.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 18 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 29.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 11 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 23.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 3 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 14.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 43 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 9.4 °C | +5.6 °C | 11 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 0.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 20 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Volgograd?
Volgograd has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 378 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Volgograd?
The hottest day measured in Volgograd between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1940, reaching 42.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Volgograd?
The coldest day measured in Volgograd between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -37.4 °C.
Does it snow in Volgograd?
Yes. Volgograd gets on average 68.7 cm of snow per year and has around 134 frost days.
Has the climate of Volgograd warmed?
Yes: Volgograd warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Volgograd?
The wettest day measured in Volgograd between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1988, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Volgograd?
The windiest day measured in Volgograd between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2006, with winds reaching 54.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Volgograd?
The warmest month in Volgograd is July (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Volgograd?
Volgograd receives on average 378 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 82 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Volgograd?
Volgograd gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Volgograd?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Volgograd between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 2002, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Volgograd?
Yes: Volgograd has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Volgograd?
In Volgograd, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 19 July 1984, and the lowest was -43.2 °C on 9 January 1940.
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