Climate averages 1991–2020
Smolensk weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Smolensk: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 57 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orsha (110 km away). In August its highs average 21.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Smolensk, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Smolensk ranks joint 162nd of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 176th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Smolensk is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 60 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
Smolensk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.0°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 42 | 10.5 | 7.98 h |
| February | -3.4°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 39 | 9.7 | 9.610 h |
| March | 1.9°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 38 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 42 | 9.4 | 14.114 h |
| May | 16.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 74 | 12.3 | 16.116 h |
| June | 20.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 80 | 13.0 | 17.217 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 93 | 13.4 | 16.717 h |
| August, selected | 21.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 74 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 60 | 9.5 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 64 | 11.3 | 10.611 h |
| November | 1.6°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 48 | 10.0 | 8.59 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 41 | 10.6 | 7.37 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
- Orsha in AugustBelarus · 110 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Vitebsk in AugustBelarus · 126 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Mahilyow in AugustBelarus · 147 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Velikiye Luki in AugustRussia · 198 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Polotsk in AugustBelarus · 222 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Bryansk in AugustRussia · 224 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Novopolotsk in AugustBelarus · 235 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Barysaw in AugustBelarus · 237 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 68 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 Smolensk) is explained once on the Smolensk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.