Climate averages 1991–2020
Astrakhan weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Astrakhan: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elista (291 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Astrakhan, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Astrakhan ranks 1st of 236 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Astrakhan is 8.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 7.2°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 15 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
Astrakhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 15 | 4.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | 1.5°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 13 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.9°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 20 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 26 | 4.9 | 13.514 h |
| May | 23.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 27 | 5.6 | 15.015 h |
| June | 29.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 20 | 4.3 | 15.716 h |
| July | 32.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 15 | 3.3 | 15.415 h |
| August, selected | 30.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 12 | 2.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 15 | 3.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 19 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 18 | 4.6 | 9.59 h |
| December | 1.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 18 | 5.1 | 8.79 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
- Elista in AugustRussia · 291 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Atyrau in AugustKazakhstan · 305 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in AugustRussia · 363 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Volzhsky in AugustRussia · 365 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Volgograd in AugustRussia · 374 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Makhachkala in AugustRussia · 377 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Grozny in AugustRussia · 385 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in AugustRussia · 387 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 27 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 Astrakhan) is explained once on the Astrakhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.