Climate averages 1991–2020
Pristina weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Pristina: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mitrovicë (34 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Pristina, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Kosovo, Pristina ranks joint 4th of 5 for the warmest August highs and joint 2nd of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 28.3°C; Pristina is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Pristina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 42 | 8.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 6.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 41 | 8.5 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 59 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.5°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 68 | 11.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 76 | 12.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 65 | 12.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 51 | 9.2 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 27.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 40 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 45 | 7.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 46 | 7.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.6°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 46 | 8.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 5.1°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 54 | 9.2 | 9.19 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Mitrovicë in AugustKosovo · 34 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Suva Reka in AugustKosovo · 45 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Prizren in AugustKosovo · 62 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Gjakovë in AugustKosovo · 69 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Leskovac in AugustSerbia · 73 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in AugustSerbia · 74 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Kumanovo in AugustNorth Macedonia · 75 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Skopje in AugustNorth Macedonia · 78 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 25 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 Pristina) is explained once on the Pristina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.