Climate averages 1991–2020
Kursk weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 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 Kursk: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia (89 km away). In August its highs average 23.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kursk, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kursk ranks joint 56th of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 44th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Kursk is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 54 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
Kursk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.9°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 41 | 9.6 | 8.48 h |
| February | -3.1°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 37 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| March | 2.8°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 40 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 44 | 8.9 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 59 | 10.6 | 15.616 h |
| June | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 63 | 11.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 66 | 11.7 | 16.216 h |
| August, selected | 24.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 7.8 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 54 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 54 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 2.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 38 | 7.6 | 8.99 h |
| December | -2.1°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 39 | 9.5 | 7.98 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
- Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia in AugustRussia · 89 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Gubkin in AugustRussia · 106 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Staryy Oskol in AugustRussia · 124 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Belgorod in AugustRussia · 128 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Sumy in AugustUkraine · 132 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Orël in AugustRussia · 138 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Yelets in AugustRussia · 187 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Shostka in AugustUkraine · 187 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 50 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 Kursk) is explained once on the Kursk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.