Naryn weather in August

In August, Naryn sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 7.7 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Naryn's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Naryn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
11th coldest
Precipitation
37 mm
7.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
6:10 AM – 7:50 PM
Cloud cover
39%
2nd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Naryn is provincial capital in Kyrgyzstan.

Density
490/km²
people per km²
Founded
1868

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 20°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Naryn reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Naryn

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.

Naryn weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-8° / -20°103.44.69.30.0
Feb-4° / -17°144.15.310.30.0
Mar / -9°297.27.911.70.1
Apr10° / -2°559.76.313.12.2
May14° / 8513.63.914.33.7
Jun17° / 74140.414.95.1
Jul20° / 5410.10.114.76.4
Aug20° / 377.70.113.76.9
Sep16° / 245.51.112.35.8
Oct / -3°205.23.410.92.0
Nov / -11°2155.79.70.0
Dec-6° / -17°133.959.10.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

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

Any precipitation

Naryn gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 7.7 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 24% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3117

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:54 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 8:10 PM to 7:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.35:548:10
214.25:558:09
314.25:568:07
414.15:578:06
514.15:588:05
614.15:598:04
714.06:018:03
814.06:028:01
914.06:038:00
1013.96:047:59
1113.96:057:57
1213.86:067:56
1313.86:077:55
1413.86:087:53
1513.76:097:52
1613.76:107:50
1713.66:117:49
1813.66:127:47
1913.66:137:46
2013.56:147:44
2113.56:157:43
2213.46:167:41
2313.46:177:40
2413.36:187:38
2513.36:197:37
2613.26:207:35
2713.26:217:33
2813.26:227:32
2913.16:237:30
3013.16:247:28
3113.06:257:27

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.65 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Naryn?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Naryn for sightseeing.

What to pack for Naryn in August

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

In August, Naryn sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Naryn in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Naryn peaks around May 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighExtremeVery highModerateMay 21UV 11Dec 21UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7High
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep7Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Naryn in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Naryn is worst in April — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 10.7× the cleanest month (December, 3 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1731 µg/m³Dec 193 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan4Good
Feb6Good
Mar22Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov5Good
Dec3Good
Location & terrain

Where is Naryn?

Naryn sits at 41.4°N, 76.0°E, 2,033 m above sea level, in Kyrgyzstan. The nearest listed city is Kochkor, 90 km away.

KochkorBalykchyTokmokIvanovkaKantLebedinovkaKyzyl-SuuBishkek

Topography around Naryn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Naryn has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 737 m around an average of 2,184 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,094 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,092 m.

The land around Naryn is covered by grassland (64%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
737 m
16 km
2,094 m
80 km
3,092 m
grasslandbare terrainsnow and icemoss and lichen
August weather nearby: Kochkor 90 km · Balykchy 116 km · Tokmok 167 km · Ivanovka 179 km · Kant 188 km · Lebedinovka 195 km · Kyzyl-Suu 195 km · Bishkek 198 km

Kyrgyzstan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,081
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
74%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.7
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 443
Religion
Muslim 90%Christian 7%other 3%

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 Naryn (41.4283°, 75.9957°, elevation 2,033 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).