Climate averages 1991–2020

Volgodonsk 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.

Average high 28.8°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 19.5°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 25 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Volgodonsk · average highYear overview

August is a hot month in Volgodonsk: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 16 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shakhty (147 km away). In August its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Volgodonsk, with 30 mm of rain.

Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Volgodonsk ranks joint 11th of 236 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Volgodonsk is 6.4°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 33 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. -10-505101520253035 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 500

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

Every month, side by side

Volgodonsk climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Volgodonsk, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -0.9°C-5.6°C-5.6°C409.18.99 h
February 0.4°C-5.5°C-5.5°C338.110.210 h
March 6.5°C-1.1°C-1.1°C419.011.912 h
April 14.7°C5.6°C5.6°C337.213.614 h
May 21.5°C12.6°C12.6°C488.515.115 h
June 26.7°C17.6°C17.6°C367.315.916 h
July 29.4°C20.3°C20.3°C346.315.616 h
August, selected 28.8°C19.5°C19.5°C254.114.314 h
September 22.1°C13.7°C13.7°C335.412.613 h
October 14.3°C7.5°C7.5°C417.410.911 h
November 5.8°C1.0°C1.0°C377.49.49 h
December 0.8°C-3.5°C-3.5°C438.88.59 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.

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August in nearby cities

Distance from Volgodonsk

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 Volgodonsk) is explained once on the Volgodonsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.