Pastavy weather in August

In August, Pastavy sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 76 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 48 min at the start of August to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Pastavy's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pastavy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
5:54 AM – 8:40 PM
Cloud cover
62%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Pastavy is city in Belarus.

Founded
1409

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 23°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Pastavy reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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22314
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How August really feels in Pastavy

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.

Pastavy weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-2° / -7°4010.59.37.50.0
Feb-2° / -7°379.88.59.30.0
Mar / -3°39105.611.40.1
Apr11° / 469.51.813.82.8
May17° / 6611.90.115.85.3
Jun21° / 12°7512.60175.9
Jul23° / 14°8913.3016.56.3
Aug22° / 13°7611.4014.76.3
Sep16° / 5910.7012.54.9
Oct10° / 5911.31.310.21.9
Nov / -1°4310.14.48.10.0
Dec-1° / -4°4310.88.270.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 58%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24951
34951
44951
54852
64852
74852
84852
94753
104753
114654
124654
134456
144357
154258
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313565

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Pastavy gets around 76 mm of rain over 11.4 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
136
236
335
435
535
635
735
835
936
1036
1136
1236
1336
1437
1537
1637
1738
1838
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2038
2138
2238
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2439
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2639
2739
2839
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3039
3139

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 52% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13339235
23439235
33538235
43638224
53738224
63837213
74037213
84136203
94335193
104435193
114634183
124733172
134833172
145032162
155231152
165331142
175431132
185531122
195631112
205830102
215830102
22593092
23622981
24632971
25652861
26652861
27672751
28692641
29712540
30732430
31742330

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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512calm
612calm
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1112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 48 min at the start of August to 13 h 42 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 5:26 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 9:11 PM to 8:03 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.85:269:11
215.75:289:10
315.65:309:08
415.65:319:06
515.55:339:04
615.45:359:02
715.45:379:00
815.35:398:57
915.25:418:55
1015.25:428:53
1115.15:448:51
1215.05:468:49
1315.05:488:47
1414.95:508:44
1514.85:528:42
1614.85:548:40
1714.75:568:37
1814.65:588:35
1914.56:008:33
2014.56:028:30
2114.46:038:28
2214.36:058:25
2314.36:078:23
2414.26:098:20
2514.16:118:18
2614.06:138:15
2714.06:158:13
2813.96:178:10
2913.86:198:08
3013.76:218:05
3113.76:238:03

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.37 kWh/m² to a high of 5.4 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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34.8Bright
44.8Bright
54.8Bright
64.7Bright
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84.6Bright
94.6Bright
104.5Bright
114.5Bright
124.4Bright
134.4Bright
144.3Bright
154.3Bright
164.2Bright
174.2Bright
184.1Bright
194.0Bright
204.0Bright
214.0Moderate
223.9Moderate
233.8Moderate
243.8Moderate
253.7Moderate
263.7Moderate
273.6Moderate
283.6Moderate
293.5Moderate
303.5Moderate
313.4Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Pastavy?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Pastavy for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pastavy in August

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

In August, Pastavy sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Pastavy 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 Pastavy 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
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Pastavy?

Pastavy sits at 55.1°N, 26.8°E, 140 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Hlybokaye, 55 km away.

HlybokayeVisaginasVileykaSmarhońAstraviecDaugavpilsUtenaMaladziečna

Topography around Pastavy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pastavy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 143 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m.

The land around Pastavy is covered by trees (47%) within 3 km, trees (47%), cropland (30%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
118 m
80 km
220 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Hlybokaye 55 km · Visaginas 59 km · Vileyka 70 km · Smarhoń 76 km · Astraviec 79 km · Daugavpils 87 km · Utena 89 km · Maladziečna 89 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 Pastavy (55.1168°, 26.8326°, elevation 140 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).