Climate averages 1991–2020
Yakutsk weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Yakutsk: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 00 min on an average August day.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Yakutsk ranks joint 179th of 236 for the warmest August highs and 38th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Yakutsk is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 10.1°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 37 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
Yakutsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -33.1°C-38.7°C | -38.7°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 6.26 h |
| February | -27.0°C-35.2°C | -35.2°C | 2.0 | 0.8 | 8.89 h |
| March | -12.2°C-23.5°C | -23.5°C | 4.0 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| April | 1.5°C-10.3°C | -10.3°C | 9.6 | 3.1 | 14.715 h |
| May | 12.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 26 | 7.0 | 17.718 h |
| June | 22.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 19.620 h |
| July | 24.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 45 | 7.8 | 18.719 h |
| August, selected | 20.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 44 | 7.7 | 16.016 h |
| September | 10.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 37 | 8.4 | 13.013 h |
| October | -3.3°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 16 | 5.1 | 10.010 h |
| November | -22.2°C-27.9°C | -27.9°C | 8.0 | 2.8 | 7.27 h |
| December | -33.6°C-38.5°C | -38.5°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 5.35 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
- Magadan in AugustRussia · 1170 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Blagoveshchensk in AugustRussia · 1314 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur in AugustRussia · 1351 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Chita in AugustRussia · 1474 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Birobidzhan in AugustRussia · 1485 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 173 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 Yakutsk) is explained once on the Yakutsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.