Climate and average weather in Belidzhi

In Belidzhi, the summers are humid, warm, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late May to early October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Belidzhi typically varies from 2°C to 27°C, and is rarely below -2°C or above 30°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Belidzhi for warm-weather activities is from late May to early October.

Hottest
Aug
27°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Sep
54 mm
Driest
Jul
18 mm
Rain / yr
383 mm
76 wet days
Daylight
8.9–15.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
-7 m
41.9°N
Clearest
Jul
31% cloud

Belidzhi is human settlement in Derbentsky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia.

Founded
1899

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

Belidzhi weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late May to early October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Belidzhi, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from June 7 to September 22, with daily high temperatures above 22°C. The hottest month of the year in Belidzhi is August, with an average high of 27°C and low of 23°C.

The cool season lasts 4.1 months, from November 27 to March 30, with daily high temperatures below 9°C. The coldest month of the year in Belidzhi is January, with an average low of 3°C and high of 6°C.

Days typically run about 3°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan63
Feb62
Mar85
Apr128
May1814
Jun2319
Jul2623
Aug2723
Sep2319
Oct1814
Nov118
Dec75

How hot and cold Belidzhi really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -2°C (around February 6), with roughly 52 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in February.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan66-13
Feb66-12
Mar8825
Apr121268
May18181414
Jun23231919
Jul27262323
Aug28272323
Sep23231919
Oct17181414
Nov111168
Dec7715

Average hourly temperature in Belidzhi

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Belidzhi weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 297.53.29.30.3
Feb / 337.63.910.30.3
Mar / 286.50.911.71.5
Apr12° / 214.90.113.13.4
May18° / 14°225.1014.36.2
Jun23° / 19°193.80158.1
Jul26° / 23°183014.78.2
Aug27° / 23°244.2013.77.9
Sep23° / 19°547012.37.5
Oct18° / 14°508.4010.95.8
Nov11° / 489.30.89.62.9
Dec / 378.4291.1

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Belidzhi gets about 383 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.2 months, from around Sep 8 to Mar 14, peaking in November at about 32% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 24.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 54 mm over about 7 wet days; July is the driest, with 18 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetNov 7 · 32%Jul 24 · 9%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan248
Feb278
Mar217
Apr175
May165
Jun124
Jul103
Aug144
Sep237
Oct278
Nov319
Dec288

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Belidzhi collects about 383 mm of rain across 76 wet days — roughly 32 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 54 mm, while July is the driest at just 18 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 39% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec293328212219182454504837
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan2983
Feb3384
Mar2871
Apr2150
May2250
Jun1940
Jul1830
Aug2440
Sep5470
Oct5080
Nov4891
Dec3782

Snow in Belidzhi

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Belidzhi averages about 11 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 7 to Mar 30 — about 4.7 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 4 days of snow and an estimated 15 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 36 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 6
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan37
Feb415
Mar13
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov12
Dec28

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Belidzhi, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 15 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around October 14. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 86% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 15 and lasts for 7.0 months, ending around May 14. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 73% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 26 · 89%Dec 8 · 25%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2773
Feb2773
Mar3763
Apr4654
May5149
Jun7129
Jul8614
Aug8317
Sep6535
Oct4852
Nov3268
Dec2773

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 21, brings about 15 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around December 21, only 8 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.37:184:34
Feb10.36:515:10
Mar11.76:065:46
Apr13.15:136:20
May14.34:326:53
Jun15.04:167:17
Jul14.74:297:15
Aug13.74:596:42
Sep12.35:325:49
Oct10.96:064:57
Nov9.66:444:19
Dec9.07:134:12

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Belidzhi averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 22 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.6 months, from around Jun 2 to Oct 18. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is January, down near 5 sunny days — about 75% fewer than the July peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2322 daysJan 215 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan5Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar8Gloomy
Apr9Mixed
May9Mixed
Jun14Mixed
Jul21Bright
Aug20Bright
Sep15Mixed
Oct11Mixed
Nov6Gloomy
Dec5Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Belidzhi, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.5 months, from around May 25 to October 7. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 96% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 8 to May 24, and November is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNov 12 · 100%Jul 25 · 2%oppressivehumidmuggycomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb10000000
Mar10000000
Apr9910000
May503315200
Jun420383170
Jul141947272
Aug172037324
Sep1422342550
Oct522917200
Nov9640000
Dec10000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Belidzhi is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.2 months, from around Aug 28 to Jan 1. The windiest month is November, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 1 to Aug 27, with May the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmlight breezeNov 23 · 14 km/hMay 13 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan13light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr12calm
May11calm
Jun11calm
Jul12calm
Aug12calm
Sep13light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec13light breeze

Best time to visit Belidzhi

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Belidzhi throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late September, Belidzhi is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Belidzhi for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to early October, with a peak score in the last week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 25 · 8.3

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.3poor
Feb0.3poor
Mar1.5poor
Apr3.4poor
May6.2good
Jun8.0ideal
Jul8.2ideal
Aug7.9ideal
Sep7.4good
Oct5.8good
Nov2.9poor
Dec1.1poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Belidzhi for hot-weather activities is from mid June to early September, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 30 · 8.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Belidzhi, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 27°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 6°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Belidzhi sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 23°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Belidzhi

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 18 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 7°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 13 to Oct 6 — about 3.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan8Bracing
Feb7Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May15Bracing
Jun21Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep23Refreshing
Oct19Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec10Bracing

UV index (midday) in Belidzhi by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Belidzhi peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowJul 17UV 9Jan 10UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Belidzhi

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar20
Apr5.50
May7.53.5
Jun84.5
Jul85
Aug7.54
Sep50
Oct30
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Belidzhi by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Belidzhi is worst in September — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodSep 1721 µg/m³Dec 229 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb12Good
Mar20Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun11Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayReliably frost-free (≥90%)

Belidzhi is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about February 23 to January 15 (327 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeFeb 2390%Jan 1590%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan8728
Feb8323
Mar990
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec960

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Belidzhi banks about 1,970 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

05001,0001,5002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr17
May178
Jun339
Jul451
Aug460
Sep329
Oct178
Nov19
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Belidzhi receives about 3.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.3 and 6.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 14. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.3 kWh/m² — roughly 79% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 266.3 kWhDec 151.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.6Dim
Feb2.4Moderate
Mar3.7Moderate
Apr5.1Bright
May5.7Bright
Jun6.2Intense
Jul6.3Intense
Aug5.5Bright
Sep3.8Moderate
Oct2.6Moderate
Nov1.6Dim
Dec1.3Dim

Where is Belidzhi?

Belidzhi sits at 41.9°N, 48.4°E, -7 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Derbent, 22 km away.

Topography around Belidzhi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Belidzhi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of -5 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 350 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,256 m.

The land around Belidzhi is covered by grassland (36%), trees (25%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (35%) and water (33%) within 16 km, and water (44%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
350 m
80 km
4,256 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Derbent 22 km · Dagestanskiye Ogni 31 km · Qusar 52 km · Xaçmaz 58 km · Quba 60 km · Izberbash 87 km · Divichibazar 90 km · Siyazan 108 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 Belidzhi (41.8918°, 48.4125°, elevation -7 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).