Climate averages 1991–2020
Sochi weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Sochi: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adler (25 km away). In August its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Sochi, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sochi ranks joint 32nd of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 119th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Sochi is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 112 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
Sochi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 145 | 15.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | 7.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 109 | 12.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 112 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 87 | 10.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 81 | 10.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 72 | 9.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 80 | 9.9 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 26.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 66 | 9.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 112 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 134 | 10.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 130 | 10.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 9.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 146 | 14.2 | 9.09 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
- Adler in AugustRussia · 25 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Maykop in AugustRussia · 116 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Krasnodar in AugustRussia · 172 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Armavir in AugustRussia · 191 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Cherkessk in AugustRussia · 199 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in AugustRussia · 201 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in AugustRussia · 211 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Kropotkin in AugustRussia · 215 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 41 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 Sochi) is explained once on the Sochi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.