Climate averages 1991–2020
Cherkessk weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Cherkessk: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nevinnomyssk (46 km away). In August its highs average 28.1°C, 2.1°C warmer than Cherkessk, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Cherkessk ranks joint 37th of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 182nd of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Cherkessk is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 69 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
Cherkessk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 37 | 8.5 | 9.39 h |
| February | 3.6°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 36 | 7.6 | 10.410 h |
| March | 8.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 63 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 79 | 11.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 108 | 14.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 121 | 13.6 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 81 | 10.4 | 15.215 h |
| August, selected | 26.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 76 | 9.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 69 | 9.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 66 | 9.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.8°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 48 | 8.1 | 9.710 h |
| December | 3.7°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 44 | 8.6 | 8.99 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
- Nevinnomyssk in AugustRussia · 46 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Kislovodsk in AugustRussia · 64 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Yessentuki in AugustRussia · 68 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in AugustRussia · 82 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Mineralnye Vody in AugustRussia · 87 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Stavropol in AugustRussia · 90 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Armavir in AugustRussia · 113 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in AugustRussia · 114 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 53 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 Cherkessk) is explained once on the Cherkessk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.