Climate averages 1991–2020
Donetsk weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Donetsk: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 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 14 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makiyivka (10 km away). In August its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Donetsk, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Donetsk ranks joint 17th of 59 for the warmest August highs and joint 13th of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 26.0°C; Donetsk is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.5°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 41 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
Donetsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.3°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 40 | 8.8 | 8.99 h |
| February | 0.1°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 36 | 7.3 | 10.210 h |
| March | 5.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 42 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 45 | 9.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 58 | 10.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 63 | 10.6 | 16.016 h |
| July | 27.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 48 | 8.3 | 15.616 h |
| August, selected | 27.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 33 | 6.0 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 41 | 6.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.0°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 37 | 7.1 | 9.39 h |
| December | 0.1°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 42 | 8.6 | 8.58 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
- Makiyivka in AugustUkraine · 10 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Horlivka in AugustUkraine · 35 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Yenakiyeve in AugustUkraine · 38 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Shakhtarsk in AugustUkraine · 47 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Bakhmut in AugustUkraine · 65 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Kramatorsk in AugustUkraine · 81 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Khrustalnyi in AugustUkraine · 84 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Kadiyivka in AugustUkraine · 87 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 32 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 Donetsk) is explained once on the Donetsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.