Volgograd
City in Russia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Volgograd Montage 2016: AlexTref871, A.Savin, FontCity, Администрация Волгоградской области, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Volgograd is a city in Russia, in Volgograd Oblast. About 1.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 14th largest city of Russia in our atlas.
It lies at 48.71° N, 44.50° E, about 42 m (138 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Volgograd time zone.
Location
Red dot: Volgograd. Green dots: other major cities of Russia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Volgograd has a continental (hot summer) climate (Köppen Dfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -11°C (12°F). Around 371 mm (15 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in RussiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Rostov-on-Don · 388 km
- Voronezh · 508 km
- Samara · 648 km
- Nizhniy Novgorod · 846 km
- Kazan · 855 km
- Moscow · 930 km
- Ufa · 1,074 km
- Perm · 1,344 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 472757 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q914 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Volgograd Montage 2016: AlexTref871, A.Savin, FontCity, Администрация Волгоградской области, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Volgograd arena aerial view 1: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
- Volgograd Central Stadium aerial view: Александр Ремнев, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- May2015 Volgograd img14 Gergardt Mill: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Volgograd Municipal Institute of Arts 001: Redboston, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hotel Volgograd 001: Redboston, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Волгоградский дебаркадер - 0.1: Ufo Snake, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
