Climate averages 1991–2020
Orsha weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Orsha: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 55 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mahilyow (67 km away). In August its highs average 22.0°C, about as warm as Orsha, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Orsha ranks joint 13th of 18 for the warmest August highs and joint 13th of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 22.4°C; Orsha is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 16.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Orsha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.2°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 41 | 10.2 | 7.98 h |
| February | -2.5°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 39 | 9.8 | 9.710 h |
| March | 2.7°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 40 | 9.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.2°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 45 | 9.5 | 14.014 h |
| May | 17.2°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 69 | 11.8 | 16.016 h |
| June | 20.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 74 | 11.9 | 17.217 h |
| July | 22.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 88 | 13.2 | 16.717 h |
| August, selected | 21.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 73 | 10.6 | 14.915 h |
| September | 16.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 58 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.611 h |
| November | 2.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 47 | 9.9 | 8.59 h |
| December | -1.6°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 40 | 10.0 | 7.47 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Mahilyow in AugustBelarus · 67 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Vitebsk in AugustBelarus · 76 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Smolensk in AugustRussia · 110 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Barysaw in AugustBelarus · 127 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Polotsk in AugustBelarus · 150 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Novopolotsk in AugustBelarus · 161 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Bobruysk in AugustBelarus · 171 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Zhlobin in AugustBelarus · 182 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 61 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Orsha) is explained once on the Orsha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.