Horki weather in August

In August, Horki sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 72 mm of rain across 10.6 wet days and about 14.7 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 26% 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 Horki's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Horki's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
72 mm
10.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
5:40 AM – 8:20 PM
Cloud cover
61%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Horki is city in Belarus.

Density
1,310/km²
people per km²
Founded
1544

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 Horki reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than 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 Horki

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.

Horki 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-3° / -8°4210.19.97.70.0
Feb-2° / -8°399.49.19.30.0
Mar / -4°419.96.511.50.1
Apr11° / 459.11.313.72.9
May18° / 7212.10.115.75.4
Jun21° / 12°7612.3016.86.0
Jul23° / 14°9213.5016.46.3
Aug22° / 12°7210.6014.76.6
Sep17° / 559.8012.55.0
Oct / 5811.21.510.21.9
Nov / -2°4710.14.98.20.0
Dec-2° / -6°4110.29.47.20.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24852
34852
44852
54753
64753
74654
84753
94753
104654
114753
124654
134654
144555
154654
164456
174456
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204357
214159
224159
234159
244060
253961
263961
273862
283862
293763
303664
313565

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Horki gets around 72 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 36% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
134
234
333
433
532
632
732
832
932
1032
1133
1233
1333
1434
1534
1635
1735
1835
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2036
2136
2236
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2436
2536
2636
2736
2836
2936
3035
3135

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 57% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13836224
23936214
34035213
44235213
54334203
64434192
74633192
84733182
94833182
104932171
115132161
125132161
135331151
145331151
155530141
165629141
175829130
186028120
196028120
206227110
216426100
22652690
23672580
24692470
25702370
26722260
27732250
28752140
29762040
30781930
31791920

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
211calm
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411calm
512calm
612calm
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812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
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1512light 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 5:13 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 8:51 PM to 7:45 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.65:138:51
215.65:158:49
315.55:178:47
415.55:188:46
515.45:208:44
615.35:228:42
715.35:248:40
815.25:258:38
915.15:278:36
1015.15:298:33
1115.05:318:31
1214.95:338:29
1314.95:348:27
1414.85:368:25
1514.75:388:23
1614.75:408:20
1714.65:428:18
1814.55:448:16
1914.55:458:14
2014.45:478:11
2114.35:498:09
2214.35:518:07
2314.25:538:04
2414.15:558:02
2514.05:577:59
2614.05:587:57
2713.96:007:54
2813.86:027:52
2913.86:047:50
3013.76:067:47
3113.66:087:45

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.41 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.36 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
25.0Bright
35.0Bright
45.0Bright
54.9Bright
64.9Bright
74.8Bright
84.8Bright
94.8Bright
104.7Bright
114.7Bright
124.6Bright
134.6Bright
144.5Bright
154.5Bright
164.4Bright
174.3Bright
184.3Bright
194.2Bright
204.2Bright
214.1Bright
224.1Bright
234.0Bright
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 Horki?

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
4.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Horki for sightseeing.

What to pack for Horki in August

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

In August, Horki sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Horki in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Horki peaks around July 13 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 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 13UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Horki?

Horki sits at 54.3°N, 31.0°E, 182 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Orsha, 45 km away.

OrshaMogilevKrychawSmolenskBykhovKlimovichiVitebskRoslavl’

Topography around Horki

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Horki has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 193 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m.

The land around Horki is covered by cropland (47%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (41%), cropland (38%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
92 m
80 km
135 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Orsha 45 km · Mogilev 59 km · Krychaw 79 km · Smolensk 88 km · Bykhov 98 km · Klimovichi 99 km · Vitebsk 112 km · Roslavl’ 128 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 Horki (54.2861°, 30.986°, elevation 182 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).