Climate averages 1991–2020
Magadan weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Magadan: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 35 min on an average August day.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Magadan ranks 232nd of 236 for the warmest August highs and 227th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Magadan is 7.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 84 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
Magadan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.7°C-22.1°C | -22.1°C | 17 | 4.5 | 6.97 h |
| February | -16.5°C-22.1°C | -22.1°C | 13 | 3.6 | 9.19 h |
| March | -10.3°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 23 | 5.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | -2.9°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 26 | 5.6 | 14.514 h |
| May | 4.3°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 41 | 6.8 | 17.017 h |
| June | 11.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 54 | 7.8 | 18.519 h |
| July | 15.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 8.4 | 17.918 h |
| August, selected | 15.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 107 | 10.6 | 15.616 h |
| September | 10.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 84 | 9.9 | 12.913 h |
| October | 1.2°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 64 | 9.5 | 10.210 h |
| November | -9.6°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 54 | 8.5 | 7.78 h |
| December | -16.3°C-20.2°C | -20.2°C | 23 | 5.6 | 6.26 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
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in AugustRussia · 868 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Yakutsk in AugustRussia · 1170 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur in AugustRussia · 1327 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in AugustRussia · 1499 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 104 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 Magadan) is explained once on the Magadan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.