Balakovo weather in August

In August, Balakovo sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 30 mm of rain across 5.8 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Balakovo's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balakovo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
15°
11th coldest
Rainfall
30 mm
5.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
4:39 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
49%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
out of 10

Balakovo is city in Russia.

Density
2,526/km²
people per km²
Founded
1762

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 28°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical August day in Balakovo 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 20°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 7°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Balakovo

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.

Balakovo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -12°408.99.98.10.0
Feb-6° / -12°317.57.89.60.0
Mar / -6°347.96.111.50.0
Apr12° / 367.51.313.63.6
May21° / 10°377.4015.46.9
Jun25° / 14°448.4016.47.1
Jul28° / 17°397.30166.7
Aug26° / 15°305.8014.47.4
Sep20° / 446.7012.46.5
Oct11° / 378.10.910.42.8
Nov / -4°337.24.18.60.0
Dec-5° / -10°378.797.60.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Balakovo gets around 30 mm of rain over 5.8 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 19% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days.

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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 65% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14234223
24333213
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44532202
54732192
64931182
75130172
85329162
95528152
105727142
116026131
126126121
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16662491
17682381
18692371
19712270
20722260
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22742150
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25771940
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27801730
28811630
29821530
30841420
31851320

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 12 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

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Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 108 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:15 AM to 5:04 AM, and sunset from 7:35 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:157:35
215.34:177:33
315.24:187:31
415.24:207:30
515.14:217:28
615.14:237:26
715.04:247:24
814.94:267:22
914.94:287:21
1014.84:297:19
1114.84:317:17
1214.74:337:15
1314.64:347:13
1414.64:367:11
1514.54:387:09
1614.54:397:07
1714.44:417:05
1814.34:437:02
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2014.24:466:58
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2314.04:516:52
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2713.84:586:43
2813.74:596:40
2913.65:016:38
3013.65:036:36
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.62 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.01 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Is August a good time to visit Balakovo?

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

7.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Balakovo in August

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

In August, Balakovo sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Balakovo in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Balakovo peaks around July 16 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 16UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul7High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Balakovo?

Balakovo sits at 52.0°N, 47.8°E, 24 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Vol’sk, 28 km away.

Topography around Balakovo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balakovo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 372 m.

The land around Balakovo is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), grassland (21%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
28 m
16 km
141 m
80 km
372 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Vol’sk 28 km · Pugachëv 69 km · Marks 80 km · Yershov 81 km · Engels 131 km · Syzran 134 km · Saratov 136 km · Privolzhskiy 139 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 Balakovo (52.0264°, 47.7967°, elevation 24 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).