Climate averages 1991–2020
Makhachkala weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th 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 Makhachkala: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (16 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Makhachkala, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Makhachkala ranks joint 23rd of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 53rd of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Makhachkala is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 65 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
Makhachkala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 26 | 6.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 8.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 27 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 39 | 8.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 38 | 7.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 7.4 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 27.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 8.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 27 | 6.4 | 9.19 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 · 16 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in AugustRussia · 80 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Derbent in AugustRussia · 120 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Grozny in AugustRussia · 152 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Sunzha in AugustRussia · 202 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Nazran in AugustRussia · 223 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in AugustRussia · 230 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Mingachevir in AugustAzerbaijan · 249 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 32 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 Makhachkala) is explained once on the Makhachkala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.