Climate averages 1991–2020
Kharkiv weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 5th 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 Kharkiv: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Belgorod (73 km away). In August its highs average 25.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kharkiv, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kharkiv ranks 37th of 59 for the warmest August highs and joint 34th of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 26.0°C; Kharkiv is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 45 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
Kharkiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.4°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 40 | 9.6 | 8.69 h |
| February | -1.1°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 35 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 4.8°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 44 | 9.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 42 | 9.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 20.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 53 | 10.3 | 15.415 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 61 | 10.2 | 16.316 h |
| July | 26.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 58 | 10.3 | 15.916 h |
| August, selected | 25.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 43 | 6.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 45 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 44 | 7.6 | 10.811 h |
| November | 3.9°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 38 | 7.4 | 9.19 h |
| December | -0.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 43 | 8.7 | 8.28 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
- Belgorod in AugustRussia · 73 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Poltava in AugustUkraine · 130 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Sumy in AugustUkraine · 146 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Slovyansk in AugustUkraine · 159 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Pavlohrad in AugustUkraine · 164 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Samar in AugustUkraine · 167 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Kramatorsk in AugustUkraine · 168 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Gubkin in AugustRussia · 171 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.1°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 Kharkiv) is explained once on the Kharkiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.