Climate averages 1991–2020
Prilep weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry 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 hot month in Prilep: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Skopje (73 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, 2.6°C warmer than Prilep, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Prilep ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 3 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 3 cities is 30.0°C; Prilep is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 32 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
Prilep climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 45 | 8.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 7.1°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 42 | 8.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.0°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 53 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 54 | 10.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 52 | 10.1 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 31 | 7.3 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 24 | 4.8 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 28.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 21 | 4.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 32 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 49 | 6.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 51 | 7.6 | 9.910 h |
| December | 6.2°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 55 | 8.5 | 9.39 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
- Skopje in AugustNorth Macedonia · 73 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Kumanovo in AugustNorth Macedonia · 89 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Prizren in AugustKosovo · 118 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Elbasan in AugustAlbania · 126 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Suva Reka in AugustKosovo · 128 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Évosmos in AugustGreece · 136 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Thessaloníki in AugustGreece · 140 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Tirana in AugustAlbania · 145 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 32 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 Prilep) is explained once on the Prilep year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.