Anadyr weather in August

In August, Anadyr sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 65 mm of rain across 10.2 wet days and about 16.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 54 min at the start of August to 14 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Anadyr's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Anadyr's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12th coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
10.2 wet days
Daylight
16 h 12 min
4:08 AM – 8:20 PM
Cloud cover
73%
6th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
3.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.0
out of 10

Anadyr is town in northeastern Russia.

Density
294/km²
people per km²
Founded
1889

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month.

A typical August day in Anadyr reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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697
797
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1097
1197
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13107
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How August really feels in Anadyr

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.

Anadyr weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-19° / -22°256.17.64.60.0
Feb-17° / -21°286.57.67.80.0
Mar-14° / -18°205611.20.0
Apr-8° / -12°164.2514.70.0
May / -3°1854.718.10.0
Jun / 296.20.620.60.1
Jul / 518.4019.51.3
Aug10° / 6510.2016.22.0
Sep / 478.50.712.70.8
Oct-1° / -4°417.66.59.20.0
Nov-8° / -11°397.795.80.0
Dec-15° / -19°275.66.93.40.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33268
43268
53169
63169
73169
82971
92971
102971
112971
123070
132971
142971
153070
163070
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313070

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Anadyr gets around 65 mm of rain over 10.2 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 33% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
130
230
330
430
531
631
731
832
932
1032
1132
1233
1333
1433
1533
1633
1734
1834
1934
2034
2134
2234
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2635
2734
2834
2934
3034
3133

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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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
7991
8991
9991
10991
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Wind in August

Winds average 18 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
1317light breeze
1417light breeze
1518light breeze
1618light breeze
1718light breeze
1818light breeze
1918light breeze
2018light breeze
2118light breeze
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3018light breeze
3118light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 54 min at the start of August to 14 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 204 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 3:19 AM to 4:55 AM, and sunset from 9:13 PM to 7:25 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.93:199:13
217.83:229:10
317.73:269:06
417.63:299:03
517.53:328:59
617.33:358:56
717.23:398:52
817.13:428:49
917.03:458:45
1016.93:498:42
1116.83:528:38
1216.73:558:35
1316.53:588:31
1416.44:028:27
1516.34:058:24
1616.24:088:20
1716.14:118:16
1816.04:148:13
1915.94:188:09
2015.74:218:05
2115.64:248:02
2215.54:277:58
2315.44:307:54
2415.34:347:51
2515.24:377:47
2615.14:407:43
2714.94:437:39
2814.84:467:36
2914.74:497:32
3014.64:527:28
3114.54:557:25

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.04 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.2Bright
24.1Bright
34.0Bright
44.0Moderate
53.9Moderate
63.9Moderate
73.8Moderate
83.8Moderate
93.7Moderate
103.7Moderate
113.6Moderate
123.6Moderate
133.5Moderate
143.5Moderate
153.4Moderate
163.4Moderate
173.4Moderate
183.3Moderate
193.3Moderate
203.2Moderate
213.2Moderate
223.1Moderate
233.1Moderate
243.0Moderate
253.0Moderate
262.9Moderate
272.9Moderate
282.8Moderate
292.8Moderate
302.8Moderate
312.7Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Anadyr?

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

2.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Anadyr.

What to pack for Anadyr in August

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

In August, Anadyr sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 7°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Anadyr in August

The nearest coast averages about 11°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 11°C and coldest in January near -1°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

-5°0°5°10°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan-1Bracing
Feb-1Bracing
Mar-1Bracing
Apr-1Bracing
May-1Bracing
Jun2Bracing
Jul9Bracing
Aug11Bracing
Sep8Bracing
Oct3Bracing
Nov-1Bracing
Dec-1Bracing

UV index in Anadyr in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Anadyr peaks around June 14 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 14UV 5Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr2Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Anadyr?

Anadyr sits at 64.7°N, 177.5°E, 35 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Magadan, 1,488 km away.

MagadanYelizovoPetropavlovsk-KamchatskyVilyuchinsk

Topography around Anadyr

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Anadyr has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 346 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,003 m.

The land around Anadyr is covered by water (60%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, water (49%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%), water (30%) and wetland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
117 m
16 km
346 m
80 km
1,003 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
August weather nearby: Magadan 1,488 km · Fairbanks 1,626 km · Badger 1,636 km · Anchorage 1,672 km · Yelizovo 1,675 km · Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 1,678 km · Eagle River 1,682 km · Vilyuchinsk 1,698 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,547
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
other Christian 2%

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 Anadyr (64.7342°, 177.5103°, elevation 35 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).