Climate averages 1991–2020
Yalta weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 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 Yalta: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 03 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Simferopol (51 km away). In August its highs average 28.3°C, 1.6°C warmer than Yalta, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Yalta ranks joint 28th of 59 for the warmest August highs and joint 15th of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 26.0°C; Yalta is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 30 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
Yalta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 40 | 9.3 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.2°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 33 | 7.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 8.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 37 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 30 | 7.1 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 33 | 7.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 23.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 44 | 8.2 | 15.515 h |
| July | 26.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 36 | 6.3 | 15.215 h |
| August, selected | 26.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 34 | 6.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 30 | 6.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 36 | 5.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 40 | 7.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 42 | 8.8 | 8.99 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
- Simferopol in AugustUkraine · 51 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Sevastopol in AugustUkraine · 52 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Yevpatoriya in AugustUkraine · 100 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Kerch in AugustUkraine · 205 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Melitopol in AugustUkraine · 277 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in AugustRussia · 286 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Mykolayiv in AugustUkraine · 323 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Berdyansk in AugustUkraine · 323 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.2°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 Yalta) is explained once on the Yalta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.