Climate and average weather in Zimovniki

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

Best: late April to mid June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Zimovniki typically varies from -6°C to 31°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 Zimovniki for warm-weather activities are from late April to mid June and late August to early October.

Hottest
Jul
31°
Coldest
Jan
-6°
Wettest
May
50 mm
Driest
Aug
26 mm
Rain / yr
441 mm
89 wet days
Daylight
8.3–15.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
65 m
47.1°N
Clearest
Aug
36% cloud

Zimovniki is human settlement in Zimovnikovsky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia.

Founded
1898

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

Zimovniki 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 mid June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Zimovniki, 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 20 to September 15, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Zimovniki is July, with an average high of 31°C and low of 19°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 18 to March 8, with daily high temperatures below 5°C. The coldest month of the year in Zimovniki 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)
Jan-1-6
Feb1-5
Mar7-1
Apr165
May2212
Jun2817
Jul3119
Aug3018
Sep2312
Oct156
Nov60
Dec1-4

How hot and cold Zimovniki 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 28), with roughly 160 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 69 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-1-1-12-6
Feb11-11-5
Mar77-6-1
Apr161625
May22221112
Jun28281717
Jul31311919
Aug30301818
Sep23231112
Oct151536
Nov66-40
Dec11-10-4

Average hourly temperature in Zimovniki

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 31°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -6°C.

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

Zimovniki 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°388.75.68.70.0
Feb / -6°317.84.9100.0
Mar / -1°419.13.111.61.0
Apr16° / 347.40.113.35.0
May22° / 12°508.8014.86.9
Jun28° / 17°387.8015.66.5
Jul31° / 19°356.4015.35.3
Aug30° / 18°264.30146.1
Sep23° / 12°335.5012.47.6
Oct15° / 407.40.210.64.8
Nov / 357.42.39.10.7
Dec / -4°408.84.78.40.0

Chance of rain

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

Zimovniki gets about 441 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 5.1 months, from around Nov 18 to Apr 22, peaking in December at about 31% 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 50 mm over about 9 wet days; August is the driest, with 26 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetDec 25 · 31%Aug 15 · 13%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan299
Feb288
Mar299
Apr267
May289
Jun268
Jul216
Aug154
Sep186
Oct237
Nov257
Dec299

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Zimovniki collects about 441 mm of rain across 89 wet days — roughly 37 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 50 mm, while August is the driest at just 26 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 30% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec383141345038352633403540
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan3896
Feb3185
Mar4193
Apr3470
May5090
Jun3880
Jul3560
Aug2640
Sep3360
Oct4070
Nov3572
Dec4095

Snow in Zimovniki

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.

Zimovniki averages about 21 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 26 to Apr 8 — about 5.4 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 82 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 3
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan619
Feb518
Mar313
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct01
Nov212
Dec519

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Zimovniki, 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 January, 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 9 · 77%Jan 4 · 12%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1387
Feb1981
Mar2773
Apr3862
May5050
Jun5842
Jul7327
Aug7525
Sep6238
Oct4357
Nov2278
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 13, brings about 15 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 8 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 7 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.77:594:40
Feb10.07:265:24
Mar11.66:326:07
Apr13.35:306:51
May14.84:417:32
Jun15.64:208:01
Jul15.34:357:56
Aug14.05:137:16
Sep12.45:546:14
Oct10.66:375:14
Nov9.17:234:28
Dec8.47:574:16

Sunny days

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

Zimovniki 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 29 to Oct 17. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 18 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is January, down near 2 sunny days — about 88% fewer than the August peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 319 daysJan 22 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb3Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May11Mixed
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 Zimovniki, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around May 30 to September 8. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 21% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 9 to May 29, 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 24 · 100%Jul 26 · 78%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May851320
Jun5829121
Jul4732192
Aug6224122
Sep841330
Oct97300
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 Zimovniki 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 3 to Apr 18. The windiest month is January, averaging about 16 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 19 to Nov 2, with July the calmest month at about 12 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 30 · 16 km/hJul 9 · 12 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan16light breeze
Feb16light breeze
Mar16light breeze
Apr14light breeze
May13light breeze
Jun13light breeze
Jul12light breeze
Aug13light breeze
Sep14light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov15light breeze
Dec16light breeze

Best time to visit Zimovniki

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 13 · 7.8

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
Mar1.0poor
Apr4.9fair
May6.9good
Jun6.5good
Jul5.3fair
Aug6.1good
Sep7.5ideal
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 Zimovniki for hot-weather activities is from late May to mid September, with a peak score in the third week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 20 · 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 Zimovniki, 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 31°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, Zimovniki sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Zimovniki 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 Zimovniki peaks around July 11 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 11UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Zimovniki

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 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
Apr50
May6.50
Jun84.5
Jul84.5
Aug6.50
Sep5.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Zimovniki 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 Zimovniki is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1716 µg/m³Dec 228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr10Good
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul10Good
Aug8Good
Sep9Good
Oct8Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Zimovniki typically lasts about 238 days, from around March 23 to November 15 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 12 to October 17.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 2350%Apr 1290%Oct 1790%Nov 1550%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1931
Feb2128
Mar4331
Apr9010
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct8916
Nov5230
Dec2531

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. Zimovniki banks about 1,769 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
Apr34
May217
Jun366
Jul460
Aug426
Sep226
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.

Zimovniki receives about 3.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.8 and 6.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 25 to Sep 22. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.3 kWh/m² (intense).

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

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 96.4 kWhDec 160.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.1Dim
Feb1.9Dim
Mar3.2Moderate
Apr4.7Bright
May5.7Bright
Jun6.3Intense
Jul6.3Intense
Aug5.6Bright
Sep4.0Moderate
Oct2.4Moderate
Nov1.2Dim
Dec0.8Dim

Where is Zimovniki?

Zimovniki sits at 47.1°N, 42.5°E, 65 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Orlovskiy, 44 km away.

Topography around Zimovniki

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zimovniki has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 66 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m.

The land around Zimovniki is covered by grassland (32%), cropland (30%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, cropland (78%) within 16 km, and cropland (65%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
86 m
80 km
170 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Orlovskiy 44 km · Volgodonsk 47 km · Tsimlyansk 63 km · Kotel’nikovo 74 km · Proletarsk 75 km · Sal’sk 103 km · Konstantinovsk 114 km · Semikarakorsk 132 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 Zimovniki (47.1462°, 42.4704°, elevation 65 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).