Climate averages 1991–2020
Vologda weather
in August.
A mild, moderately 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 mild month in Vologda: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cherepovets (113 km away). In August its highs average 19.1°C, about as warm as Vologda, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vologda ranks 204th of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 189th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Vologda is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 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
Vologda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.0°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 36 | 10.2 | 7.07 h |
| February | -6.2°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 30 | 8.3 | 9.29 h |
| March | -0.8°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 32 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 38 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| May | 15.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 57 | 11.4 | 16.917 h |
| June | 19.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 78 | 11.9 | 18.418 h |
| July | 21.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 82 | 13.1 | 17.818 h |
| August, selected | 19.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 77 | 12.7 | 15.516 h |
| September | 13.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 60 | 11.1 | 12.913 h |
| October | 6.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 57 | 12.1 | 10.310 h |
| November | -1.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 46 | 10.2 | 7.88 h |
| December | -4.7°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 39 | 11.2 | 6.36 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
- Cherepovets in AugustRussia · 113 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Rybinsk in AugustRussia · 144 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Kostroma in AugustRussia · 173 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Yaroslavl in AugustRussia · 177 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Kineshma in AugustRussia · 238 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Ivanovo in AugustRussia · 255 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Kovrov in AugustRussia · 330 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Sergiyev Posad in AugustRussia · 340 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 76 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 Vologda) is explained once on the Vologda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.