Baksan weather in July

In July, Baksan sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 62 mm of rain across 9.2 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in July, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of July to 14 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Baksan's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baksan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
1st warmest
Overnight low
17°
12th coldest
Rainfall
62 mm
9.2 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:43 AM – 7:40 PM
Cloud cover
48%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Baksan is human settlement in Baksan Urban Okrug, Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia.

Density
1,876/km²
people per km²
Founded
1822

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical July day in Baksan reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Baksan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Baksan weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -6°329.310.29.10.0
Feb / -5°328.18.110.20.0
Mar / -1°5611.97.211.61.1
Apr14° / 6310.51.113.24.0
May20° / 10°79130.114.55.7
Jun24° / 15°8412.6015.26.4
Jul27° / 17°629.2014.96.8
Aug27° / 17°599013.86.8
Sep22° / 12°589.2012.36.8
Oct15° / 559.40.710.84.6
Nov / -0°459.24.69.51.0
Dec / -4°358.37.68.80.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26436
36436
46535
56535
66634
76733
86634
96634
106733
116733
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Baksan gets around 62 mm of rain over 9.2 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
136
236
335
435
534
634
733
833
932
1032
1131
1231
1331
1430
1530
1630
1729
1829
1929
2029
2128
2228
2328
2427
2527
2627
2727
2827
2927
3027
3127

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the humid band about 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
121353940
220353950
320363950
419363960
519363960
619363870
718373870
818373880
917373880
1017373880
1116373980
1216363990
1315364090
1415364090
1514354190
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Wind in July

Winds average 7 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 min at the start of July to 14 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:33 AM to 4:58 AM, and sunset from 7:46 PM to 7:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.24:337:46
215.24:337:46
315.24:347:46
415.24:347:45
515.24:357:45
615.24:357:45
715.14:367:45
815.14:377:44
915.14:377:44
1015.14:387:43
1115.14:397:43
1215.04:407:42
1315.04:407:42
1415.04:417:41
1515.04:427:41
1615.04:437:40
1714.94:447:39
1814.94:457:39
1914.94:467:38
2014.84:467:37
2114.84:477:36
2214.84:487:36
2314.84:497:35
2414.74:507:34
2514.74:517:33
2614.74:527:32
2714.64:537:31
2814.64:547:30
2914.64:557:29
3014.54:567:28
3114.54:587:26

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.74 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.74 kWh/m² in July across the year — July's 5.74 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
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45.9Bright
55.9Bright
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275.6Bright
285.5Bright
295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Baksan?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Baksan for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Baksan in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Baksan sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Baksan in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Baksan peaks around July 10 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 10UV 9Jan 12UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec2Low

Air quality in Baksan in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Baksan is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodApr 1316 µg/m³Dec 2010 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb12Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct14Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Baksan?

Baksan sits at 43.7°N, 43.5°E, 453 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Dugulubgey, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Baksan

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Baksan.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baksan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m around an average of 451 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 706 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,956 m.

The land around Baksan is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and cropland (31%) within 3 km, cropland (62%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%), grassland (27%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
80 m
16 km
706 m
80 km
4,956 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen
July weather nearby: Dugulubgey 2.0 km · Chegem 14 km · Nalchik 22 km · Nartkala 29 km · Novopavlovsk 32 km · Prokhladnyy 41 km · Nezlobnaya 49 km · Goryachevodskiy 52 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,547
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
other Christian 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Baksan (43.6837°, 43.5351°, elevation 453 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).