Climate and average weather in Semender

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

Best: mid May to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Semender typically varies from 0°C to 27°C, and is rarely below -6°C or above 31°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Jul
27°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Sep
65 mm
Driest
Jan
26 mm
Rain / yr
461 mm
89 wet days
Daylight
8.8–15.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
3 m
43.0°N
Clearest
Jul
38% cloud

Semender 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 mid May to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.7 months, from May 31 to September 19, with daily high temperatures above 22°C. The hottest month of the year in Semender is July, with an average high of 27°C and low of 22°C.

The cool season lasts 4.1 months, from November 24 to March 29, with daily high temperatures below 8°C. The coldest month of the year in Semender is January, with an average low of 0°C and high of 4°C.

Days typically run about 4°C warmer than nights year-round.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan40
Feb40
Mar73
Apr128
May1914
Jun2419
Jul2722
Aug2722
Sep2218
Oct1712
Nov106
Dec62

How hot and cold Semender 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 -5°C (around February 3), with roughly 114 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)
Jan44-40
Feb44-40
Mar77-13
Apr121258
May19191414
Jun24241919
Jul27272222
Aug27272222
Sep22221818
Oct16171212
Nov101036
Dec66-22

Average hourly temperature in Semender

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 27°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Semender 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 / 266.64.39.20.0
Feb / 266.14.310.20.1
Mar / 276.72.111.60.9
Apr12° / 317.20.113.13.3
May19° / 14°398.3014.46.2
Jun24° / 19°387015.17.4
Jul27° / 22°407.5014.87.3
Aug27° / 22°527.6013.87.2
Sep22° / 18°659012.37.0
Oct17° / 12°498.70.110.85.4
Nov10° / 427.61.59.52.4
Dec / 276.42.78.90.4

Chance of rain

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

Semender gets about 461 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 3.5 months, from around Aug 12 to Nov 27, peaking in September at about 31% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 10.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 65 mm over about 9 wet days; January is the driest, with 26 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetSep 14 · 31%Jan 10 · 20%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan217
Feb226
Mar217
Apr257
May278
Jun237
Jul248
Aug258
Sep299
Oct289
Nov258
Dec216

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Semender collects about 461 mm of rain across 89 wet days — roughly 38 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 65 mm, while January is the driest at just 26 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 36% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec262627313938405265494227
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan2674
Feb2664
Mar2772
Apr3170
May3980
Jun3870
Jul4080
Aug5280
Sep6590
Oct4990
Nov4282
Dec2763

Snow in Semender

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.

Semender averages about 15 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 28 to Apr 7 — about 5.3 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 5 days of snow and an estimated 18 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 55 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 2
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan411
Feb418
Mar29
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov26
Dec311

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Semender, 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 23 and lasts for 4.9 months, ending around October 19. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 77% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 20 and lasts for 7.1 months, ending around May 22. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 69% 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 29 · 79%Feb 18 · 30%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3169
Feb3169
Mar3763
Apr4456
May4753
Jun6040
Jul7723
Aug7426
Sep6436
Oct5050
Nov3862
Dec3466

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 16, brings about 15 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 15, only 8 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.27:254:34
Feb10.26:575:12
Mar11.66:115:49
Apr13.15:156:26
May14.44:337:00
Jun15.14:167:25
Jul14.84:307:22
Aug13.85:016:48
Sep12.35:365:53
Oct10.86:115:00
Nov9.56:514:20
Dec8.97:214:12

Sunny days

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

Semender averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 18 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.6 months, from around Jun 7 to Oct 23. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 16 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is February, down near 6 sunny days — about 66% fewer than the August peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightAug 218 daysFeb 185 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan6Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar7Gloomy
Apr8Mixed
May9Mixed
Jun11Mixed
Jul17Bright
Aug17Bright
Sep13Mixed
Oct11Mixed
Nov7Gloomy
Dec7Gloomy

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.2 months, from around May 27 to September 30. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 92% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 1 to May 26, 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 22 · 100%Jul 28 · 4%oppressivehumidmuggycomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr991000
May55321210
Jun92641222
Jul17265213
Aug29274318
Sep212635152
Oct6725810
Nov991000
Dec1000000

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 Semender is typically light breeze, near 14 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 3.6 months, from around Sep 3 to Dec 21. The windiest month is November, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 12 to Sep 2, with July the calmest month at about 12 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmlight breezeNov 27 · 15 km/hJul 1 · 12 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan13light breeze
Feb15light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May13light breeze
Jun12light breeze
Jul12light breeze
Aug13light breeze
Sep14light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov15light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Best time to visit Semender

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early October, Semender 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 Semender for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to mid October, with a peak score in the third week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 17 · 7.6

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
Mar0.9poor
Apr3.3poor
May6.2good
Jun7.4good
Jul7.3good
Aug7.3good
Sep7.0good
Oct5.4fair
Nov2.4poor
Dec0.4poor

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 Semender 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 31 · 7.6

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 Semender, 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 27°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 4°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Semender sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 22°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 8 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Semender

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 22 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 5°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 11 to Oct 2 — about 3.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb5Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May15Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep23Refreshing
Oct18Cool
Nov13Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index (midday) in Semender 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 Semender peaks around July 16 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 16UV 9Jan 10UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Semender

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 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 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
Mar1.50
Apr5.50
May7.53.5
Jun84.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54
Sep50
Oct2.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Semender 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 Semender is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 2316 µg/m³Dec 197 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun12Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov9Good
Dec7Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Semender typically lasts about 342 days, from around February 12 to January 19 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 24 to November 26.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 1250%Mar 2490%Nov 2690%Jan 1950%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan5331
Feb5728
Mar8524
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov967
Dec7131

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. Semender banks about 1,874 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
Apr19
May195
Jun346
Jul443
Aug438
Sep295
Oct133
Nov3
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.

Semender receives about 3.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.4 and 6.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 17 to Sep 16. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.4 kWh/m² — roughly 78% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 286.3 kWhDec 141.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.6Dim
Feb2.5Moderate
Mar3.8Moderate
Apr5.1Bright
May5.7Bright
Jun6.2Intense
Jul6.3Intense
Aug5.5Bright
Sep3.9Moderate
Oct2.7Moderate
Nov1.7Dim
Dec1.4Dim

Where is Semender?

Semender sits at 43.0°N, 47.4°E, 3 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Makhachkala, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Semender

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Semender has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m around an average of 39 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 920 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,752 m.

The land around Semender is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, grassland (55%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
184 m
16 km
920 m
80 km
2,752 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Makhachkala 8.0 km · Kaspiysk 22 km · Buynaksk 29 km · Kizilyurt 50 km · Izberbash 60 km · Khasavyurt 73 km · Kurchaloy 110 km · Kizlyar 111 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 Semender (42.9856°, 47.4039°, elevation 3 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).