Region · Russia
Best time to visit Dagestan
This guide covers 14 destinations in Dagestan, a first-level administrative division of Russia. The largest by population are Makhachkala Urban Okrug, Makhachkala and Khasavyurt. Across its destinations, May, June and September are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Makhachkala Uytash International Airport (MCX).
- Destinations in this guide
- 14
- Comfortable in the most places
- May, June and September
- Main airport
- MCXMakhachkala Uytash International Airport
- Currency
- RUBRussian ruble
- Time zone
- Europe/Moscow
Destinations
Destinations in Dagestan
Every destination in this guide in Dagestan, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makhachkala Urban Okrug | 763,940 | MCX · 28 km | |
| Makhachkala | 662,660 | MCX · 22 km | |
| Khasavyurt | 155,144 | GRV · 73 km | |
| Khasavyurt Urban Okrug | 155,144 | GRV · 73 km | |
| Kaspiysk | 129,833 | MCX · 8 km | |
| Kaspiysk Urban Okrug | 129,833 | MCX · 8 km | |
| Derbent | 127,084 | MCX · 99 km | |
| Derbent Urban Okrug | 124,953 | MCX · 99 km | |
| Buynaksk | 69,554 | MCX · 44 km | |
| Buynaksk Urban Okrug | 68,121 | MCX · 43 km | |
| Izberbash | 55,996 | MCX · 33 km | |
| Izberbash Urban Okrug | 55,996 | MCX · 33 km | |
| Kizlyar Urban Okrug | 53,686 | GRV · 96 km | |
| Kizilyurt Urban Okrug | 50,887 | MCX · 77 km |
When to go
Best time to visit Dagestan
From the climate of 14 destinations in Dagestan with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: May, June and September.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 14 | 4 °C | 22 mm |
| February | 0 of 14 | 5 °C | 25 mm |
| March | 0 of 14 | 9 °C | 25 mm |
| April | 0 of 14 | 15 °C | 21 mm |
| May | 14 of 14 | 22 °C | 35 mm |
| June | 13 of 14 | 28 °C | 37 mm |
| July | 2 of 14 | 30 °C | 32 mm |
| August | 2 of 14 | 30 °C | 30 mm |
| September | 14 of 14 | 25 °C | 46 mm |
| October | 8 of 14 | 18 °C | 46 mm |
| November | 0 of 14 | 11 °C | 40 mm |
| December | 0 of 14 | 6 °C | 25 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Dagestan
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Dagestan name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
MCX · Makhachkala Uytash International Airport
GRV · Akhmat Kadyrov Grozny International Airport
IGT · Magas Airport
GBB · Gabala International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Dagestan, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
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Nearby
Regions near Dagestan
Other regions of Russia with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.