Climate averages 1991–2020
Vladikavkaz weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Vladikavkaz: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 57 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazran (22 km away). In August its highs average 25.8°C, 1.9°C warmer than Vladikavkaz, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vladikavkaz ranks 63rd of 236 for the warmest August highs and 235th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Vladikavkaz is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 98 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
Vladikavkaz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.6°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 30 | 6.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 7.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 70 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 103 | 15.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 157 | 21.1 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 216 | 22.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 201 | 22.9 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 23.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 169 | 20.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 19.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 98 | 14.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 61 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 38 | 6.9 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.3°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 26 | 6.0 | 9.19 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
- Nazran in AugustRussia · 22 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Sunzha in AugustRussia · 44 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Grozny in AugustRussia · 88 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Tbilisi in AugustGeorgia · 151 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in AugustRussia · 157 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in AugustRussia · 157 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Rustavi in AugustGeorgia · 166 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in AugustRussia · 172 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 81 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 Vladikavkaz) is explained once on the Vladikavkaz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.