Horad Zhodzina weather in August

In August, Horad Zhodzina sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 68 mm of rain across 10.6 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 36 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Horad Zhodzina's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Horad Zhodzina's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
68 mm
10.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
5:51 AM – 8:30 PM
Cloud cover
62%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Horad Zhodzina is city in Miensk voblasts, Belarus.

Density
3,355/km²
people per km²
Founded
1643

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Horad Zhodzina reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 6°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Horad Zhodzina

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Horad Zhodzina weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-2° / -7°389.78.77.70.0
Feb-2° / -7°348.98.29.40.0
Mar / -3°389.25.411.50.2
Apr12° / 459.31.313.73.1
May18° / 6512.20.115.75.5
Jun21° / 12°7712.9016.86.0
Jul23° / 14°8813.3016.46.3
Aug23° / 13°6810.6014.66.6
Sep17° / 529.5012.55.2
Oct10° / 5110.50.910.22.2
Nov / -1°439.44.28.30.1
Dec-1° / -5°399.87.97.20.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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24852
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94753
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Horad Zhodzina gets around 68 mm of rain over 10.6 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 34% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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432
532
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732
832
931
1031
1132
1232
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1432
1533
1633
1734
1834
1935
2035
2135
2236
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2637
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3037
3137

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 58% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13837215
23936214
34036204
44135204
54335193
64434183
74634183
84733172
94933162
105032162
115231152
125430151
135530141
145629141
155828131
165927131
176027121
186126121
196326110
206426100
21662590
22662590
23682480
24702370
25712360
26722260
27742150
28752140
29762040
30781930
31781930

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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1212light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 36 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 120 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:24 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 9:01 PM to 7:55 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.65:249:01
215.55:268:59
315.55:288:57
415.45:308:55
515.45:318:53
615.35:338:52
715.25:358:50
815.25:378:48
915.15:388:46
1015.15:408:43
1115.05:428:41
1214.95:448:39
1314.95:468:37
1414.85:478:35
1514.75:498:33
1614.75:518:30
1714.65:538:28
1814.55:558:26
1914.55:578:24
2014.45:588:21
2114.36:008:19
2214.26:028:17
2314.26:048:14
2414.16:068:12
2514.06:088:10
2614.06:098:07
2713.96:118:05
2813.86:138:02
2913.76:158:00
3013.76:177:57
3113.66:197:55

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.42 kWh/m² to a high of 5.5 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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44.9Bright
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104.7Bright
114.6Bright
124.6Bright
134.5Bright
144.5Bright
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174.3Bright
184.3Bright
194.2Bright
204.1Bright
214.1Bright
224.0Bright
234.0Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.9Moderate
263.8Moderate
273.8Moderate
283.7Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.6Moderate
313.5Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Horad Zhodzina?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Horad Zhodzina for sightseeing.

What to pack for Horad Zhodzina in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Horad Zhodzina sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Horad Zhodzina in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Horad Zhodzina peaks around July 15 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 6Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Horad Zhodzina?

Horad Zhodzina sits at 54.1°N, 28.3°E, 171 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Smaliavičy, 18 km away.

KalodzishchyMinskMar’ina GorkaZaslawyeFanipol

Topography around Horad Zhodzina

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Horad Zhodzina.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Horad Zhodzina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 175 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m.

The land around Horad Zhodzina is covered by artificial surfaces (33%), trees (23%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
75 m
80 km
213 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Smaliavičy 18 km · Barysaw 18 km · Logoysk 34 km · Kalodzishchy 40 km · Minsk 55 km · Mar’ina Gorka 67 km · Zaslawye 70 km · Fanipol 76 km

Belarus travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 30% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,279
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2021
Safe drinking water
93%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.4
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
7.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 533
Religion
Orthodox 48%non-believers 41%Catholic 7%other 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Horad Zhodzina (54.0985°, 28.3331°, elevation 171 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).