Climate averages 1991–2020
Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 42 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orël (85 km away). In August its highs average 23.1°C, about as warm as Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia ranks joint 74th of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 58th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 55 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
Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.8°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 40 | 9.9 | 8.38 h |
| February | -3.2°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 37 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| March | 2.4°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 39 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 46 | 9.6 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 60 | 10.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 22.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 65 | 11.1 | 16.717 h |
| July | 24.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 77 | 12.2 | 16.316 h |
| August, selected | 23.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 54 | 8.5 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 55 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 54 | 10.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | 2.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 42 | 8.4 | 8.89 h |
| December | -2.1°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 41 | 9.5 | 7.88 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
- Orël in AugustRussia · 85 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Kursk in AugustRussia · 89 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Bryansk in AugustRussia · 125 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Shostka in AugustUkraine · 139 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Sumy in AugustUkraine · 163 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Gubkin in AugustRussia · 190 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Konotop in AugustUkraine · 193 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Staryy Oskol in AugustRussia · 206 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 41 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 Zheleznogorsk) is explained once on the Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.