Chernogorsk weather in August

In August, Chernogorsk sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 62 mm of rain across 11.3 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 36 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Chernogorsk's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chernogorsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
62 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
5:40 AM – 8:18 PM
Cloud cover
61%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Chernogorsk is human settlement in Khakas Autonomous Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Founded
1936

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 25°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Chernogorsk reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C cooler than July and about 7°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Chernogorsk

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.

Chernogorsk weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-13° / -21°623.67.80.0
Feb-8° / -19°62.13.59.40.0
Mar / -10°102.7311.50.2
Apr12° / -1°226.42.113.73.1
May19° / 379.40.315.65.9
Jun25° / 12°509.8016.76.8
Jul26° / 15°5710.8016.36.4
Aug23° / 12°6211.3014.66.5
Sep17° / 459.50.212.55.2
Oct / -1°277.32.410.21.4
Nov-3° / -9°175.25.58.30.0
Dec-10° / -17°113.85.67.30.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24555
34456
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64654
74654
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94753
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Chernogorsk gets around 62 mm of rain over 11.3 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
239
339
439
539
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739
839
939
1039
1139
1238
1338
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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 66% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14241161
24341151
34440151
44640141
54739131
64937131
75136121
85335111
95534101
10573391
11593281
12613171
13623071
14642961
15672850
16682840
17702730
18712630
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26811810
27831700
28851500
29861400
30881200
31891100

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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 15 h 36 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 120 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:14 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 8:48 PM to 7:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.65:148:48
215.55:158:46
315.55:178:44
415.45:198:42
515.35:218:41
615.35:228:39
715.25:248:37
815.15:268:35
915.15:278:33
1015.05:298:31
1115.05:318:29
1214.95:338:26
1314.85:358:24
1414.85:368:22
1514.75:388:20
1614.65:408:18
1714.65:428:16
1814.55:448:13
1914.45:458:11
2014.45:478:09
2114.35:498:06
2214.25:518:04
2314.25:538:02
2414.15:547:59
2514.05:567:57
2613.95:587:55
2713.96:007:52
2813.86:027:50
2913.76:047:47
3013.76:057:45
3113.66:077:42

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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244.4Bright
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264.4Bright
274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.2Bright
304.2Bright
314.1Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Chernogorsk?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Chernogorsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Chernogorsk in August

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

In August, Chernogorsk sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Chernogorsk in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chernogorsk peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Chernogorsk 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 Chernogorsk is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodGoodApr 1616 µg/m³Dec 145 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb10Good
Mar10Good
Apr17Moderate
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug9Good
Sep7Good
Oct6Good
Nov6Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Chernogorsk?

Chernogorsk sits at 53.8°N, 91.3°E, 263 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Abakan, 15 km away.

Topography around Chernogorsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chernogorsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m around an average of 272 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 394 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,044 m.

The land around Chernogorsk is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) within 16 km, and grassland (61%) within 80 km.

3 km
93 m
16 km
394 m
80 km
1,044 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Abakan 15 km · Minusinsk 30 km · Shushenskoye 70 km · Sayanogorsk 81 km · Abaza 154 km · Uzhur 191 km · Mezhdurechensk 214 km · Myski 231 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 Chernogorsk (53.8288°, 91.3095°, elevation 263 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).