Climate averages 1991–2020
Derbent weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 7th 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 Derbent: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (105 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Derbent, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Derbent ranks joint 25th of 236 for the warmest August highs and 23rd of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Derbent is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 59 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
Derbent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 27 | 7.0 | 9.59 h |
| February | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 33 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 8.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 33 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 26 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 31 | 7.0 | 14.515 h |
| June | 24.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 28 | 5.0 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 3.9 | 14.915 h |
| August, selected | 27.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 33 | 5.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 59 | 7.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 43 | 8.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 7.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 31 | 7.0 | 9.29 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
- Kaspiysk in AugustRussia · 105 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Makhachkala in AugustRussia · 120 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Mingachevir in AugustAzerbaijan · 177 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Yevlakh in AugustAzerbaijan · 187 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in AugustRussia · 191 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Sumgayit in AugustAzerbaijan · 201 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Khirdalan in AugustAzerbaijan · 218 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Ganja in AugustAzerbaijan · 223 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 47 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 Derbent) is explained once on the Derbent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.