Climate and average weather in Neftekumsk

In Neftekumsk, the summers are hot, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late April to early June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Neftekumsk typically varies from -4°C to 33°C, and is rarely below -14°C or above 39°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Neftekumsk for warm-weather activities are from late April to early June and late August to mid October.

Hottest
Jul
33°
Coldest
Jan
-4°
Wettest
May
44 mm
Driest
Feb
20 mm
Rain / yr
392 mm
79 wet days
Daylight
8.6–15.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
44 m
44.8°N
Clearest
Aug
36% cloud

Neftekumsk is human settlement in Neftekumsky District, Stavropol Krai, Russia.

Density
1,386/km²
people per km²
Founded
1958

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

Neftekumsk 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 April to early June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from May 21 to September 16, with daily high temperatures above 25°C. The hottest month of the year in Neftekumsk is July, with an average high of 33°C and low of 20°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 18 to March 8, with daily high temperatures below 8°C. The coldest month of the year in Neftekumsk is January, with an average low of -4°C and high of 2°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2-4
Feb3-4
Mar91
Apr176
May2412
Jun3018
Jul3320
Aug3219
Sep2514
Oct178
Nov92
Dec3-2

How hot and cold Neftekumsk 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 hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Neftekumsk feels like about 33°C (around July 26). About 44 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -9°C (around January 31), with roughly 142 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan22-8-4
Feb33-8-4
Mar99-31
Apr171746
May24241212
Jun30301818
Jul33332020
Aug32321919
Sep25251414
Oct171768
Nov99-12
Dec33-6-2

Average hourly temperature in Neftekumsk

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 July afternoons, near 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -4°C.

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

Neftekumsk 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 / -4°226.44.390.0
Feb / -4°205.13.710.10.0
Mar / 327.92.411.62.1
Apr17° / 417.40.113.25.6
May24° / 12°448.4014.67.0
Jun30° / 18°417.2015.35.5
Jul33° / 20°406.10154.2
Aug32° / 19°305.5013.94.8
Sep25° / 14°366.4012.37.4
Oct17° / 366.40.110.75.9
Nov / 2661.79.41.7
Dec / -2°245.73.48.70.0

Chance of rain

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

Neftekumsk gets about 392 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 4.1 months, from around Feb 28 to Jul 2, peaking in May at about 28% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 9.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 44 mm over about 8 wet days; February is the driest, with 20 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetMay 7 · 28%Dec 9 · 17%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan206
Feb195
Mar248
Apr267
May278
Jun247
Jul206
Aug186
Sep206
Oct216
Nov206
Dec196

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Neftekumsk collects about 392 mm of rain across 79 wet days — roughly 33 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 44 mm, while February is the driest at just 20 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec222032414441403036362624
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan2264
Feb2054
Mar3282
Apr4170
May4480
Jun4170
Jul4060
Aug3060
Sep3660
Oct3660
Nov2662
Dec2463

Snow in Neftekumsk

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.

Neftekumsk averages about 16 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 29 to Apr 8 — about 5.3 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 4 days of snow and an estimated 13 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 52 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 31
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan413
Feb412
Mar28
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct01
Nov26
Dec313

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Neftekumsk, 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 8 and lasts for 5.4 months, ending around October 18. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 76% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 19 and lasts for 6.6 months, ending around May 7. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 83% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 9 · 77%Jan 8 · 16%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1783
Feb2179
Mar3070
Apr4159
May4852
Jun6238
Jul7624
Aug7624
Sep6634
Oct4654
Nov2674
Dec1882

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 14, brings about 15 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 8 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.07:404:38
Feb10.17:115:19
Mar11.66:215:58
Apr13.25:236:38
May14.64:387:15
Jun15.34:197:41
Jul15.04:337:38
Aug13.95:077:01
Sep12.35:456:04
Oct10.76:235:07
Nov9.47:064:25
Dec8.77:374:15

Sunny days

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

Neftekumsk averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 18 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.3 months, from around May 10 to Oct 18. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 18 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is January, down near 3 sunny days — about 83% fewer than the August peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 918 daysJan 83 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan3Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May10Mixed
Jun12Mixed
Jul17Bright
Aug18Bright
Sep15Bright
Oct10Mixed
Nov5Gloomy
Dec3Gloomy

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 Neftekumsk, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.5 months, from around June 4 to September 19. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 30% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 20 to June 3, and April 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 21 · 100%Aug 1 · 64%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May841420
Jun5033160
Jul3139274
Aug3436255
Sep6326101
Oct91810
Nov100000
Dec100000

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.

Wind in Neftekumsk is steady company: average speeds sit near 11 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 28 · 12 km/hJan 3 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb11calm
Mar12calm
Apr11calm
May11calm
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep11calm
Oct11calm
Nov11calm
Dec10calm

Best time to visit Neftekumsk

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early May, Neftekumsk is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

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 times of year to visit Neftekumsk for general outdoor tourist activities run from late April to early June and again from late August to mid October, with a peak score in the third week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 19 · 7.7

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
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.1poor
Mar2.1poor
Apr5.5good
May6.9good
Jun5.5good
Jul4.2fair
Aug4.8fair
Sep7.3good
Oct5.9good
Nov1.7poor
Dec0.0poor

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 Neftekumsk for hot-weather activities is from mid May to late September, with a peak score in the last week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 30 · 7.9

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 Neftekumsk, 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 July (highs near 33°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 2°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Neftekumsk sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Neftekumsk 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 Neftekumsk peaks around July 16 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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 16UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Neftekumsk

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
Mar00
Apr5.50
May6.50
Jun84
Jul85
Aug7.53.5
Sep5.50
Oct1.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Neftekumsk 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 Neftekumsk is worst in March — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (January, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1818 µg/m³Jan 108 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar19Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun11Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov11Good
Dec8Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Neftekumsk typically lasts about 261 days, from around March 12 to November 27 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 6 to October 27.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 1250%Apr 690%Oct 2790%Nov 2750%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan2231
Feb2528
Mar5831
Apr966
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct965
Nov6630
Dec3431

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. Neftekumsk banks about 2,086 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

05001,0001,5002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr55
May255
Jun410
Jul511
Aug481
Sep289
Oct86
Nov0
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.

Neftekumsk receives about 3.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.0 and 6.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Mar 24 to Sep 20. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.0 kWh/m² — roughly 84% less than the June peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 276.5 kWhDec 131.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.3Dim
Feb2.0Moderate
Mar3.3Moderate
Apr4.9Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun6.3Intense
Jul6.4Intense
Aug5.7Bright
Sep4.0Moderate
Oct2.5Moderate
Nov1.4Dim
Dec1.0Dim

Where is Neftekumsk?

Neftekumsk sits at 44.8°N, 45.0°E, 44 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Budyonnovsk, 65 km away.

Topography around Neftekumsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Neftekumsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m around an average of 44 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 266 m.

The land around Neftekumsk is covered by grassland (67%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and cropland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
11 m
16 km
36 m
80 km
266 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Budyonnovsk 65 km · Arzgir 92 km · Zelenokumsk 96 km · Mozdok 116 km · Blagodarnyy 128 km · Prokhladnyy 135 km · Staryy Malgobek 138 km · Georgiyevsk 138 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 Neftekumsk (44.7558°, 44.9925°, elevation 44 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).