Climate averages 1991–2020
Luhansk 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 Luhansk: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alchevsk (39 km away). In August its highs average 26.6°C, 1.0°C cooler than Luhansk, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Luhansk ranks joint 7th of 59 for the warmest August highs and joint 4th of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 26.0°C; Luhansk is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.5°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 39 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
Luhansk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.5°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 40 | 9.0 | 8.89 h |
| February | -0.3°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 34 | 8.0 | 10.110 h |
| March | 6.0°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 38 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 48 | 9.4 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 51 | 9.3 | 15.215 h |
| June | 25.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 53 | 9.1 | 16.116 h |
| July | 28.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 46 | 8.0 | 15.716 h |
| August, selected | 27.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 30 | 5.1 | 14.414 h |
| September | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 39 | 6.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.3°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 39 | 7.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.0°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 35 | 6.9 | 9.39 h |
| December | 0.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 42 | 8.6 | 8.48 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
- Alchevsk in AugustUkraine · 39 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Kadiyivka in AugustUkraine · 49 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Khrustalnyi in AugustUkraine · 55 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Siverskodonetsk in AugustUkraine · 73 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Lysychansk in AugustUkraine · 75 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in AugustRussia · 76 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Shakhtarsk in AugustUkraine · 86 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Yenakiyeve in AugustUkraine · 89 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 35 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 Luhansk) is explained once on the Luhansk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.