Orsha weather in August

In August, Orsha sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 73 mm of rain across 10.7 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 24% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Orsha's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orsha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
73 mm
10.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
5:41 AM – 8:23 PM
Cloud cover
62%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Orsha is city in Belarus.

Density
2,642/km²
people per km²
Founded
1067

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 Orsha 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 Orsha

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.

Orsha 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° / -7°4110.29.97.60.0
Feb-2° / -7°399.89.69.30.0
Mar / -4°409.66.211.50.1
Apr11° / 459.51.513.72.9
May18° / 6911.90.115.75.5
Jun21° / 12°7411.9016.96.1
Jul23° / 14°8813.2016.46.3
Aug22° / 12°7310.7014.76.5
Sep16° / 5810.2012.54.9
Oct / 5811.21.510.21.8
Nov / -2°479.958.20.0
Dec-2° / -5°401097.10.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 57%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34753
44753
54753
64654
74753
84753
94654
104654
114753
124753
134753
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313466

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Orsha gets around 73 mm of rain over 10.7 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 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
134
234
333
433
533
632
732
832
932
1032
1132
1232
1333
1433
1534
1634
1734
1835
1935
2036
2136
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2737
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3038
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 59% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13937213
24037212
34236212
44335202
54534201
64733191
74832181
84932181
95131171
105231161
115231161
125430151
135529151
145729140
155828140
165928130
176027130
186127120
196326110
206426100
216525100
22672490
23682480
24702370
25712270
26732160
27752050
28752050
29771940
30791830
31791830

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 12 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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2812light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 42 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 126 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:14 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 8:54 PM to 7:47 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.75:148:54
215.65:168:53
315.55:188:51
415.55:208:49
515.45:218:47
615.45:238:45
715.35:258:43
815.25:278:41
915.25:298:39
1015.15:308:37
1115.05:328:35
1215.05:348:32
1314.95:368:30
1414.85:388:28
1514.85:408:26
1614.75:418:23
1714.65:438:21
1814.65:458:19
1914.55:478:17
2014.45:498:14
2114.45:518:12
2214.35:538:09
2314.25:558:07
2414.15:568:05
2514.15:588:02
2614.06:008:00
2713.96:027:57
2813.86:047:55
2913.86:067:52
3013.76:087:50
3113.66:107:47

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.38 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.32 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
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35.0Bright
44.9Bright
54.9Bright
64.8Bright
74.8Bright
84.8Bright
94.7Bright
104.7Bright
114.6Bright
124.6Bright
134.5Bright
144.5Bright
154.4Bright
164.3Bright
174.3Bright
184.2Bright
194.2Bright
204.1Bright
214.1Bright
224.0Bright
234.0Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.8Moderate
263.8Moderate
273.7Moderate
283.6Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.5Moderate
313.5Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Orsha?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Orsha for sightseeing.

What to pack for Orsha in August

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

In August, Orsha 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 Orsha 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 Orsha peaks around July 14 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 14UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Orsha?

Orsha sits at 54.5°N, 30.4°E, 174 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Horki, 45 km away.

HorkiMogilevVitebskSmolenskBykhovLyepyel’KrychawBarysaw

Topography around Orsha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orsha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 179 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m.

The land around Orsha is covered by artificial surfaces (40%), trees (25%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
59 m
16 km
114 m
80 km
186 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Horki 45 km · Mogilev 67 km · Vitebsk 76 km · Smolensk 110 km · Bykhov 111 km · Lyepyel’ 117 km · Krychaw 123 km · Barysaw 127 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 Orsha (54.5136°, 30.4036°, elevation 174 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).