Climate averages 1991–2020
Arkhangel’sk weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Arkhangel’sk: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Severodvinsk (35 km away). In August its highs average 16.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Arkhangel’sk, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Arkhangel’sk ranks joint 226th of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 198th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Arkhangel’sk is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 65 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
Arkhangel’sk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.5°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 31 | 9.2 | 5.35 h |
| February | -7.8°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 23 | 7.5 | 8.48 h |
| March | -2.5°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 27 | 8.5 | 11.712 h |
| April | 4.0°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 33 | 8.3 | 15.115 h |
| May | 11.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 55 | 10.8 | 18.519 h |
| June | 16.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 69 | 11.3 | 21.221 h |
| July | 20.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 74 | 12.3 | 19.920 h |
| August, selected | 17.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 81 | 12.3 | 16.517 h |
| September | 11.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 65 | 12.0 | 13.113 h |
| October | 4.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 60 | 13.0 | 9.810 h |
| November | -2.3°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 43 | 10.9 | 6.56 h |
| December | -5.5°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 36 | 10.5 | 4.24 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
- Severodvinsk in AugustRussia · 35 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Petrozavodsk in AugustRussia · 437 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Joensuu in AugustFinland · 575 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Murmansk in AugustRussia · 590 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Vologda in AugustRussia · 593 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Syktyvkar in AugustRussia · 607 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Cherepovets in AugustRussia · 618 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Ukhta in AugustRussia · 647 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.6°C · 72 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 Arkhangel’sk) is explained once on the Arkhangel’sk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.