Climate averages 1991–2020
Niš weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Niš: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leskovac (36 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Niš, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Serbia, Niš ranks 1st of 13 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 28.4°C; Niš is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Niš climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 43 | 9.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | 7.2°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 40 | 8.4 | 10.510 h |
| March | 12.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 55 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 61 | 10.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 62 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 55 | 9.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 42 | 8.1 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 29.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 32 | 6.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 36 | 6.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 43 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 5.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 50 | 9.4 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Leskovac in AugustSerbia · 36 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Kruševac in AugustSerbia · 54 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Pristina in AugustKosovo · 94 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in AugustKosovo · 97 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Kraljevo in AugustSerbia · 108 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Kragujevac in AugustSerbia · 111 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in AugustSerbia · 115 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Pernik in AugustBulgaria · 122 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 26 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 Niš) is explained once on the Niš year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.