Climate averages 1991–2020
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 46 min on an average August day.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ranks 230th of 236 for the warmest August highs and 226th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 12.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 108 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
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.0°C-13.9°C | -13.9°C | 115 | 12.4 | 8.28 h |
| February | -7.1°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 92 | 10.4 | 9.810 h |
| March | -3.4°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 114 | 11.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 0.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 96 | 10.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 5.3°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 68 | 9.0 | 15.816 h |
| June | 11.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 63 | 9.9 | 16.817 h |
| July | 15.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 72 | 9.9 | 16.416 h |
| August, selected | 16.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 106 | 10.9 | 14.815 h |
| September | 12.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 108 | 10.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 5.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 139 | 12.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | -2.0°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 135 | 11.7 | 8.79 h |
| December | -8.3°C-13.3°C | -13.3°C | 117 | 10.9 | 7.78 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.
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August in nearby cities
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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) is explained once on the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.