Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaporizhzhya 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 Zaporizhzhya: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 18.3°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 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nikopol (63 km away). In August its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Zaporizhzhya, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya ranks joint 4th 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; Zaporizhzhya is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 42 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
Zaporizhzhya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.1°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 37 | 8.4 | 8.99 h |
| February | 1.3°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 31 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 7.1°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 40 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 44 | 8.6 | 15.115 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 47 | 8.5 | 15.916 h |
| July | 28.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 35 | 6.4 | 15.616 h |
| August, selected | 27.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 30 | 4.8 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 42 | 6.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 34 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 6.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 38 | 6.6 | 9.39 h |
| December | 1.5°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 39 | 7.6 | 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
- Nikopol in AugustUkraine · 63 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Dnipro in AugustUkraine · 69 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Kamyanske in AugustUkraine · 83 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Samar in AugustUkraine · 87 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Pavlohrad in AugustUkraine · 94 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Melitopol in AugustUkraine · 113 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Kryvyy Rih in AugustUkraine · 129 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Oleksandriya in AugustUkraine · 174 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 46 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 Zaporizhzhya) is explained once on the Zaporizhzhya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.