Edineţ weather in August

In August, Edineţ sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 66 mm of rain across 8.4 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 54 min at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Edineţ's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Edineţ's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
15°
11th coldest
Rainfall
66 mm
8.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
5:11 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover
47%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.1
out of 10

Edineţ is city in Moldova.

Density
4,013/km²
people per km²
Founded
1609

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 27°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical August day in Edineţ reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 32°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 Edineţ

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.

Edineţ 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 / -5°287.15.88.60.0
Feb / -4°306.84.69.90.0
Mar / 389.2311.61.3
Apr15° / 489.60.713.44.6
May21° / 11°6411.6014.96.3
Jun25° / 15°7812015.86.5
Jul27° / 16°8912.1015.46.4
Aug26° / 15°668.4014.17.1
Sep21° / 11°598.7012.46.6
Oct14° / 427.30.210.64.3
Nov / 366.62.391.0
Dec / -3°317.54.68.20.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
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46436
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Edineţ gets around 66 mm of rain over 8.4 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 28% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 41% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
123343310
223353210
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425353010
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62736299
72836288
82936278
93036267
103136267
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164035223
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184335202
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214833181
224933171
235132161
245331151
255431141
265730130
275929120
286128110
296228100
30642790
31662680

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 54 min at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 96 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:50 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 7:43 PM to 6:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.94:507:43
214.84:527:42
314.84:537:40
414.74:547:39
514.74:567:37
614.64:577:36
714.64:587:34
814.55:007:33
914.55:017:31
1014.45:037:29
1114.45:047:28
1214.35:057:26
1314.35:077:24
1414.25:087:22
1514.25:097:21
1614.15:117:19
1714.15:127:17
1814.05:147:15
1914.05:157:13
2013.95:167:11
2113.95:187:10
2213.85:197:08
2313.75:217:06
2413.75:227:04
2513.65:247:02
2613.65:257:00
2713.55:266:58
2813.55:286:56
2913.45:296:54
3013.45:316:52
3113.35:326:50

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.83 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.04 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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264.6Bright
274.5Bright
284.5Bright
294.4Bright
304.4Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Edineţ?

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

7.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Edineţ for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Edineţ in August

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

In August, Edineţ sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Edineţ in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Edineţ peaks around July 16 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5High
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Edineţ?

Edineţ sits at 48.2°N, 27.3°E, 209 m above sea level, in Moldova. The nearest listed city is Drochia, 41 km away.

DrochiaMohyliv-PodilskyyBălţiBotoşaniDorohoiSorocaBilicenii Vechi

Topography around Edineţ

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Edineţ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 217 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 207 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 545 m.

The land around Edineţ is covered by cropland (41%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) within 80 km.

3 km
90 m
16 km
207 m
80 km
545 m
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August weather nearby: Drochia 41 km · Mohyliv-Podilskyy 48 km · Bălţi 65 km · Botoşani 67 km · Dorohoi 71 km · Soroca 73 km · Kamianets-Podilskyi 77 km · Bilicenii Vechi 80 km

Moldova travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 43% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,622
2025
Happiness
5.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
7.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 531
Religion
Orthodox 90%other Christian 3%atheist 0%other 0%

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 Edineţ (48.1732°, 27.3008°, elevation 209 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).