Climate averages 1991–2020
Polotsk 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 Polotsk: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 13.9°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 15 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novopolotsk (13 km away). In August its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Polotsk, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Polotsk ranks joint 16th 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; Polotsk is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 61 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
Polotsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 43 | 10.8 | 7.88 h |
| February | -2.0°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 39 | 9.7 | 9.610 h |
| March | 3.1°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 39 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 46 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.0°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 64 | 11.4 | 16.216 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 75 | 12.3 | 17.417 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 87 | 13.0 | 16.917 h |
| August, selected | 21.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 73 | 11.3 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 61 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.0°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 61 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| November | 2.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 49 | 10.4 | 8.48 h |
| December | -1.0°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 43 | 10.5 | 7.27 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
- Novopolotsk in AugustBelarus · 13 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Vitebsk in AugustBelarus · 96 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Barysaw in AugustBelarus · 141 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Velikiye Luki in AugustRussia · 145 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Daugavpils in AugustLatvia · 148 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Orsha in AugustBelarus · 150 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Maladziečna in AugustBelarus · 179 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Minsk in AugustBelarus · 193 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 71 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 Polotsk) is explained once on the Polotsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.