Tiraspol weather in August

In August, Tiraspol sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 37 mm of rain across 5.5 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 26°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 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Tiraspol's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tiraspol's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
17°
11th coldest
Rainfall
37 mm
5.5 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
5:05 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
39%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Tiraspol is city in Moldova.

Density
3,140/km²
people per km²
Founded
1792

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 30°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical August day in Tiraspol reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 34°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)
13018
23018
33018
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63018
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How August really feels in Tiraspol

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.

Tiraspol weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°346.148.80.0
Feb / -3°265.52.8100.0
Mar / 317.21.911.61.8
Apr16° / 387.90.213.35.1
May22° / 11°459014.86.9
Jun26° / 16°619.5015.66.8
Jul29° / 18°427.7015.36.3
Aug28° / 17°375.50146.7
Sep23° / 12°425.9012.47.5
Oct16° / 365010.65.3
Nov / 325.41.29.21.6
Dec / -2°316.32.78.40.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17822
27822
37723
47624
57624
67624
77723
87723
97723
107723
117822
127822
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147921
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tiraspol gets around 37 mm of rain over 5.5 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 18% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
120
220
319
419
519
619
718
818
917
1017
1116
1216
1316
1415
1515
1616
1716
1816
1916
2017
2117
2218
2318
2419
2519
2619
2720
2820
2920
3021
3121

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 43% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 5% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1282929140
2292929140
3302928130
4312928130
5312927120
6322927110
7333027100
834302690
935312580
1036312570
1138322461
1239322351
1340322251
1441332141
1542332141
1643332031
1744332030
1845321930
1946321930
2047321920
2148321820
2249311820
2349311720
2450311720
2553301610
2653301610
2755291510
2856291410
2957281410
3058281310
3160271210

Wind in August

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

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 90 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:45 AM to 5:25 AM, and sunset from 7:30 PM to 6:39 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.74:457:30
214.74:477:28
314.74:487:27
414.64:497:26
514.64:507:24
614.54:527:23
714.54:537:21
814.44:547:20
914.44:557:18
1014.34:577:17
1114.34:587:15
1214.24:597:13
1314.25:017:12
1414.15:027:10
1514.15:037:08
1614.05:057:07
1714.05:067:05
1813.95:077:03
1913.95:097:01
2013.85:107:00
2113.85:116:58
2213.75:136:56
2313.75:146:54
2413.65:156:52
2513.65:176:50
2613.55:186:48
2713.55:196:46
2813.45:216:44
2913.35:226:42
3013.35:236:41
3113.25:256:39

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.96 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.42 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
25.9Bright
35.9Bright
45.9Bright
55.8Bright
65.8Bright
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95.7Bright
105.7Bright
115.6Bright
125.6Bright
135.6Bright
145.5Bright
155.5Bright
165.4Bright
175.4Bright
185.3Bright
195.3Bright
205.3Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.1Bright
245.0Bright
255.0Bright
264.9Bright
274.9Bright
284.8Bright
294.8Bright
304.7Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Tiraspol?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Tiraspol for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Tiraspol in August

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

In August, Tiraspol sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tiraspol 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 Tiraspol peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Tiraspol?

Tiraspol sits at 46.8°N, 29.6°E, 30 m above sea level, in Moldova. The nearest listed city is Bender, 12 km away.

CăuşeniRozdilnaDubăsariChisinauCodruDurleşti

Topography around Tiraspol

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tiraspol has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 32 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 178 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 340 m.

The land around Tiraspol is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
178 m
80 km
340 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Bender 12 km · Slobozia 14 km · Căuşeni 28 km · Rozdilna 34 km · Dubăsari 59 km · Chisinau 61 km · Codru 63 km · Durleşti 69 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 Tiraspol (46.8428°, 29.6284°, elevation 30 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).