Climate averages 1991–2020
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Asahikawa (355 km away). In August its highs average 24.1°C, 2.5°C warmer than Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk ranks joint 118th of 236 for the warmest August highs and 225th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 104 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
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.0°C-14.9°C | -14.9°C | 52 | 7.3 | 9.09 h |
| February | -6.7°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 39 | 6.4 | 10.310 h |
| March | -1.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 63 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 5.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 69 | 10.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 12.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 68 | 10.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 16.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 61 | 9.3 | 15.816 h |
| July | 20.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 81 | 9.4 | 15.515 h |
| August, selected | 21.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 104 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 104 | 11.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.3°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 92 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 2.6°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 71 | 9.3 | 9.49 h |
| December | -4.9°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 63 | 8.6 | 8.69 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
- Asahikawa in AugustJapan · 355 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Kitami in AugustJapan · 362 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Iwamizawa in AugustJapan · 424 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 161 mm rain
- Ebetsu in AugustJapan · 438 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 171 mm rain
- Otaru in AugustJapan · 440 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Sapporo in AugustJapan · 446 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 191 mm rain
- Obihiro in AugustJapan · 450 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 168 mm rain
- Eniwa in AugustJapan · 461 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 171 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 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) is explained once on the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.