Climate averages 1991–2020
Shakhty weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Shakhty: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novoshakhtinsk (22 km away). In August its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Shakhty, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Shakhty ranks joint 14th of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 13th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Shakhty is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 38 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
Shakhty climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 44 | 9.5 | 8.99 h |
| February | 0.2°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 39 | 8.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 6.5°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 43 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 42 | 9.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.3°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 58 | 10.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 26.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 46 | 8.5 | 15.916 h |
| July | 28.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 41 | 7.5 | 15.616 h |
| August, selected | 28.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 30 | 5.1 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 38 | 6.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 39 | 7.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.6°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 37 | 7.0 | 9.39 h |
| December | 0.5°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 45 | 8.7 | 8.58 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
- Novoshakhtinsk in AugustRussia · 22 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Novocherkassk in AugustRussia · 34 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in AugustRussia · 67 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Rostov-on-Don in AugustRussia · 67 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Bataysk in AugustRussia · 73 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Azov in AugustRussia · 91 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Khrustalnyi in AugustUkraine · 107 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Taganrog in AugustRussia · 112 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 30 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 Shakhty) is explained once on the Shakhty year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.