Climate and average weather in Semikarakorsk

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

Best: late April to late June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Semikarakorsk typically varies from -6°C to 30°C, and is rarely below -18°C or above 37°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 Semikarakorsk for warm-weather activities are from late April to late June and mid August to early October.

Hottest
Jul
30°
Coldest
Jan
-6°
Wettest
May
54 mm
Driest
Aug
28 mm
Rain / yr
481 mm
95 wet days
Daylight
8.2–15.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
24 m
47.5°N
Clearest
Aug
36% cloud

Semikarakorsk is human settlement in Semikarakorsky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia.

Density
168/km²
people per km²
Founded
1672

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

Semikarakorsk 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 late June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Semikarakorsk, 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 19 to September 15, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Semikarakorsk is July, with an average high of 30°C and low of 19°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 18 to March 7, with daily high temperatures below 5°C. The coldest month of the year in Semikarakorsk is January, with an average low of -6°C and high of -1°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in August.

-20°-10°10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan0-6
Feb1-5
Mar7-1
Apr166
May2212
Jun2716
Jul3019
Aug3017
Sep2312
Oct156
Nov60
Dec1-4

How hot and cold Semikarakorsk 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 -13°C (around January 29), with roughly 159 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 66 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-10-11-6
Feb11-11-5
Mar77-5-1
Apr161636
May22221112
Jun27271616
Jul30301919
Aug29301717
Sep23231112
Oct151536
Nov66-40
Dec11-9-4

Average hourly temperature in Semikarakorsk

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 30°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -6°C.

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

Semikarakorsk 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-1° / -6°439.66.28.70.0
Feb / -6°378.24.89.90.0
Mar / -1°439.63.711.61.1
Apr16° / 388.50.113.35.0
May22° / 12°5410014.96.8
Jun27° / 16°418.1015.76.6
Jul30° / 19°387.4015.45.6
Aug30° / 17°284.6014.16.2
Sep23° / 12°366.1012.47.5
Oct15° / 417.30.110.64.9
Nov / 377.21.89.10.8
Dec / -4°458.84.98.30.0

Chance of rain

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

Semikarakorsk gets about 481 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 6.9 months, from around Dec 9 to Jul 5, peaking in May at about 33% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 15.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 54 mm over about 10 wet days; August is the driest, with 28 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetMay 22 · 33%Aug 15 · 14%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3110
Feb298
Mar3010
Apr299
May3110
Jun288
Jul237
Aug165
Sep206
Oct237
Nov247
Dec299

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Semikarakorsk collects about 481 mm of rain across 95 wet days — roughly 40 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 54 mm, while August is the driest at just 28 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 30% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec433743385441382836413745
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan43106
Feb3785
Mar43104
Apr3890
May54100
Jun4180
Jul3870
Aug2850
Sep3660
Oct4170
Nov3772
Dec4595

Snow in Semikarakorsk

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.

Semikarakorsk averages about 22 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 31 to Apr 7 — about 5.2 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 6 days of snow and an estimated 22 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 81 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 29
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan622
Feb518
Mar411
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct01
Nov29
Dec521

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Semikarakorsk, 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 April 24 and lasts for 5.8 months, ending around October 18. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 75% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 19 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around April 23. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 87% 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 5 · 77%Dec 15 · 12%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1387
Feb1981
Mar2872
Apr3763
May5050
Jun6040
Jul7327
Aug7525
Sep6238
Oct4357
Nov2377
Dec1387

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 18, brings about 15 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around December 17, only 8 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 7 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.78:074:45
Feb9.97:335:30
Mar11.66:396:14
Apr13.35:366:58
May14.94:467:40
Jun15.74:258:09
Jul15.44:408:05
Aug14.15:187:23
Sep12.46:016:21
Oct10.66:445:20
Nov9.17:314:33
Dec8.38:054:21

Sunny days

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

Semikarakorsk averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 19 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.7 months, from around Apr 27 to Oct 17. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 17 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is December, down near 2 sunny days — about 87% fewer than the August peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 519 daysDec 92 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan3Gloomy
Feb3Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May10Mixed
Jun12Mixed
Jul17Bright
Aug18Bright
Sep14Mixed
Oct9Mixed
Nov4Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around May 28 to September 8. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 29% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 9 to May 27, 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%Jul 27 · 68%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May811630
Jun5031162
Jul3734246
Aug5625163
Sep821440
Oct96300
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.

Across the year, average wind speed in Semikarakorsk is typically light breeze, near 14 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around Nov 6 to Apr 22. The windiest month is March, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 23 to Sep 28, with July the calmest month at about 12 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 17 · 15 km/hJul 7 · 12 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan15light breeze
Feb15light breeze
Mar15light breeze
Apr14light breeze
May12light breeze
Jun12light breeze
Jul12calm
Aug12light breeze
Sep13light breeze
Oct13light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec15light breeze

Best time to visit Semikarakorsk

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 12 · 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
Feb0.0poor
Mar1.1poor
Apr4.9fair
May6.8good
Jun6.6good
Jul5.6good
Aug6.3good
Sep7.5good
Oct4.8fair
Nov0.8poor
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 Semikarakorsk for hot-weather activities is from early June to mid September, with a peak score in the third week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 18 · 8.2

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 Semikarakorsk, 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 30°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -1°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Semikarakorsk sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Semikarakorsk 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 Semikarakorsk peaks around June 22 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJun 22UV 8Dec 17UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Semikarakorsk

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 June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4.5 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
Jun8.54.5
Jul84.5
Aug6.50
Sep50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Semikarakorsk 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 Semikarakorsk is worst in March — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1617 µg/m³Dec 189 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb11Good
Mar18Moderate
Apr11Good
May12Good
Jun13Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep10Good
Oct10Good
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Semikarakorsk typically lasts about 240 days, from around March 22 to November 16 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 10 to October 17.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 2250%Apr 1090%Oct 1790%Nov 1650%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1931
Feb2128
Mar4531
Apr929
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct8915
Nov5230
Dec2631

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. Semikarakorsk banks about 1,726 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
Apr37
May217
Jun354
Jul443
Aug414
Sep221
Oct39
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.

Semikarakorsk receives about 3.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.8 and 6.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Mar 26 to Sep 22. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.8 kWh/m² — roughly 87% less than the July peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 106.3 kWhDec 170.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.1Dim
Feb1.9Dim
Mar3.1Moderate
Apr4.6Bright
May5.7Bright
Jun6.3Intense
Jul6.3Intense
Aug5.6Bright
Sep3.9Moderate
Oct2.3Moderate
Nov1.2Dim
Dec0.8Dim

Where is Semikarakorsk?

Semikarakorsk sits at 47.5°N, 40.8°E, 24 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Konstantinovsk, 23 km away.

Topography around Semikarakorsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Semikarakorsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 297 m.

The land around Semikarakorsk is covered by artificial surfaces (27%), trees (24%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
28 m
16 km
150 m
80 km
297 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Konstantinovsk 23 km · Bagayevskaya 39 km · Shakhty 50 km · Novocherkassk 55 km · Krasnyy Sulin 69 km · Novoshakhtinsk 71 km · Belaya Kalitva 74 km · Aksay 76 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 Semikarakorsk (47.5168°, 40.8083°, elevation 24 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).