Climate averages 1991–2020

Ulan-Ude weather
in August.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.1°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 12.3°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 68 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Ulan-Ude · average highYear overview

August is a warm month in Ulan-Ude: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 39 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Irkutsk (232 km away). In August its highs average 22.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Ulan-Ude, with 101 mm of rain.

Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Ulan-Ude ranks joint 79th of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 138th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Ulan-Ude is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 7.4°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 44 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -30-25-20-15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Ulan-Ude climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ulan-Ude, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -15.9°C-27.2°C-27.2°C2.71.08.48 h
February -9.3°C-23.8°C-23.8°C2.91.19.910 h
March 0.1°C-13.2°C-13.2°C4.91.711.812 h
April 9.4°C-2.6°C-2.6°C153.713.814 h
May 17.1°C3.1°C3.1°C316.715.616 h
June 23.9°C10.8°C10.8°C447.716.617 h
July 25.9°C14.4°C14.4°C539.616.216 h
August, selected 23.1°C12.3°C12.3°C689.914.615 h
September 15.6°C5.2°C5.2°C448.512.713 h
October 6.3°C-2.6°C-2.6°C143.910.711 h
November -4.4°C-12.3°C-12.3°C9.33.28.99 h
December -13.7°C-22.6°C-22.6°C6.62.47.98 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

Distance from Ulan-Ude

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ulan-Ude) is explained once on the Ulan-Ude year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.