Climate averages 1991–2020
Tartu weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Tartu: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pskov (113 km away). In August its highs average 20.9°C, about as warm as Tartu, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Estonia, Tartu ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 2 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 2 cities is 20.4°C; Tartu is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 50 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
Tartu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.2°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 40 | 10.4 | 7.27 h |
| February | -2.3°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 36 | 8.9 | 9.39 h |
| March | 2.3°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 35 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 9.6 | 14.414 h |
| May | 15.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 53 | 10.6 | 16.717 h |
| June | 19.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 84 | 13.1 | 18.218 h |
| July | 21.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 68 | 12.3 | 17.518 h |
| August, selected | 20.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 75 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| September | 15.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 50 | 10.3 | 12.913 h |
| October | 8.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.310 h |
| November | 2.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 50 | 10.7 | 7.98 h |
| December | -0.4°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 44 | 10.8 | 6.57 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
- Pskov in AugustRussia · 113 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Tallinn in AugustEstonia · 163 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Riga in AugustLatvia · 223 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Helsinki in AugustFinland · 223 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Vantaa in AugustFinland · 233 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Espoo in AugustFinland · 235 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Gatchina in AugustRussia · 236 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Peterhof in AugustRussia · 246 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 74 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 Tartu) is explained once on the Tartu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.