Similar Climates › City Pairings › Volgograd ≈ Almaty
City Pairings
close match
Volgograd, Russia and Almaty, Kazakhstan are a close climate match — 2,556 km (1,588 mi) apart. Volgograd is Köppen zone Dfa; Almaty is BSk.
See Volgograd on the interactive map →Volgograd is classed hot-summer continental (Dfa) while Almaty is cold steppe (BSk) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 2,556 km (1,588 mi) apart, so Almaty is a reachable stand-in when you want Volgograd’s weather elsewhere.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Almaty should feel familiar if you know Volgograd. January means differ by 4°C (Almaty warmer); July by 0°C (Almaty cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 7 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine: Almaty averages 9.7 hours a day across the two months vs 8.0 in Volgograd (1.7 h/day more; January 6.8 h vs 2.9 h, July 12.6 h vs 13.1 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 26 µg/m³ in Almaty vs 10 in Volgograd (higher by 16 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January -11°C vs -9°C; July 10°C vs 12°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Almaty, Kazakhstan is the closest distant match for Volgograd, Russia — scored close, about 2,556 km (1,588 mi) away.
Volgograd and Almaty are separated by roughly 2,556 km (1,588 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
No — Volgograd is hot-summer continental (Dfa) and Almaty is cold steppe (BSk), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Volgograd has a hot-summer continental climate (Dfa). January averages a high of -5°C and a low of -11°C with 35 mm of rain; July averages 30°C / 18°C and 40 mm.
Volgograd averages about 2.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.1 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 11.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 52); July averages 7.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 42).
Other close climate matches for Volgograd: Chișinău (close), Detroit (fair), Lansing (loose).
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