Climate averages 1991–2020
Chisinau weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th 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 Chisinau: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bender (51 km away). In August its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Chisinau, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Moldova, Chisinau ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 4 cities is 27.8°C; Chisinau is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 48 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
Chisinau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 33 | 6.6 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.2°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 27 | 5.8 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 35 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 47 | 8.8 | 13.614 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 54 | 10.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 69 | 10.4 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 59 | 9.1 | 15.515 h |
| August, selected | 27.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 49 | 6.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 7.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 40 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 36 | 5.5 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.1°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 35 | 6.4 | 8.69 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
- Bender in AugustMoldova · 51 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Tiraspol in AugustMoldova · 61 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Iaşi in AugustRomania · 97 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Bălţi in AugustMoldova · 109 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Odesa in AugustUkraine · 155 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Bacău in AugustRomania · 156 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Botoşani in AugustRomania · 185 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Galaţi in AugustRomania · 186 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 35 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 Chisinau) is explained once on the Chisinau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.