Dudinka weather in August

In August, Dudinka sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 68 mm of precipitation across 12.6 wet days and about 17.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 20 h 12 min at the start of August to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Dudinka's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dudinka's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 11th coldest
Precipitation: 68 mm; 12.6 wet days
Daylight: 17 h 30 min; 4:35 AM – 10:04 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 2.96 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Dudinka is human settlement in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Density: 2,249/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1667

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical August day in Dudinka reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C cooler than July and about 8°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	10
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	15	9
8	15	9
9	15	9
10	15	9
11	15	9
12	15	9
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	15	8
16	14	8
17	14	8
18	14	8
19	14	8
20	14	8
21	13	7
22	13	7
23	13	7
24	13	7
25	12	6
26	12	6
27	12	6
28	12	6
29	11	6
30	11	5
31	11	5

How August really feels in Dudinka

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Dudinka weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-24° / -30°	34	8.9	11.7	1	0.0
Feb	-22° / -29°	30	8.3	10.6	6.5	0.0
Mar	-16° / -23°	39	10.2	11.7	11	0.0
Apr	-8° / -16°	36	8.5	9.6	15.4	0.0
May	-1° / -7°	41	9.6	8.1	20.9	0.0
Jun	11° / 5°	52	10.2	1.4	24	2.7
Jul	17° / 10°	57	9.6	0	23.2	5.3
Aug	14° / 8°	68	12.6	0.2	17.5	3.7
Sep	7° / 2°	57	11.1	2.9	12.9	0.9
Oct	-5° / -10°	65	13.1	13.2	8.4	0.0
Nov	-17° / -23°	46	10.2	12.3	2.9	0.0
Dec	-22° / -28°	43	10.7	13.7	0	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	25	24	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	22	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18
Cloudier (%)	75	76	76	76	76	77	78	78	78	78	78	77	77	78	78	78	77	77	78	78	78	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	82

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	18	82

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dudinka gets around 68 mm of rain and snow over 12.6 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 precipitation averages around 40% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	40	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	36
4	36
5	37
6	37
7	38
8	39
9	39
10	40
11	40
12	41
13	41
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	40
29	40
30	40
31	40

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 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	86	86	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	92	93	94	95	95	96	97	97
Comfortable (%)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	3	3
Humid (%)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	86	11	3
2	86	11	3
3	87	10	3
4	88	10	2
5	88	10	2
6	88	10	2
7	88	10	2
8	88	10	2
9	88	10	2
10	88	10	2
11	88	10	2
12	87	11	2
13	87	11	2
14	87	11	2
15	87	11	2
16	88	11	1
17	88	11	1
18	88	11	1
19	89	10	1
20	89	10	1
21	90	9	1
22	90	9	1
23	91	8	1
24	92	7	1
25	93	7	0
26	94	6	0
27	95	5	0
28	95	5	0
29	96	4	0
30	97	3	0
31	97	3	0

Wind in August

Winds average 18 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	19	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	18	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
12	18	light breeze
13	18	light breeze
14	18	light breeze
15	18	light breeze
16	18	light breeze
17	18	light breeze
18	18	light breeze
19	18	light breeze
20	18	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	18	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	18	light breeze
25	18	light breeze
26	18	light breeze
27	18	light breeze
28	18	light breeze
29	18	light breeze
30	18	light breeze
31	18	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 20 h 12 min at the start of August to 15 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 300 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 3:17 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 11:26 PM to 8:50 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	20.2	20.0	19.8	19.6	19.4	19.2	19.0	18.8	18.7	18.5	18.3	18.1	18.0	17.8	17.6	17.5	17.3	17.1	17.0	16.8	16.7	16.5	16.4	16.2	16.1	15.9	15.8	15.6	15.5	15.3	15.2
Sunrise (AM)	3:17	3:23	3:28	3:34	3:40	3:45	3:51	3:56	4:01	4:06	4:11	4:16	4:21	4:26	4:31	4:35	4:40	4:44	4:49	4:54	4:58	5:02	5:07	5:11	5:15	5:20	5:24	5:28	5:32	5:37	5:41
Sunset (PM)	11:26	11:20	11:14	11:08	11:02	10:57	10:51	10:46	10:40	10:35	10:29	10:24	10:19	10:14	10:09	10:04	9:58	9:53	9:48	9:43	9:39	9:34	9:29	9:24	9:19	9:14	9:09	9:04	9:00	8:55	8:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	20.2	3:17	11:26
2	20.0	3:23	11:20
3	19.8	3:28	11:14
4	19.6	3:34	11:08
5	19.4	3:40	11:02
6	19.2	3:45	10:57
7	19.0	3:51	10:51
8	18.8	3:56	10:46
9	18.7	4:01	10:40
10	18.5	4:06	10:35
11	18.3	4:11	10:29
12	18.1	4:16	10:24
13	18.0	4:21	10:19
14	17.8	4:26	10:14
15	17.6	4:31	10:09
16	17.5	4:35	10:04
17	17.3	4:40	9:58
18	17.1	4:44	9:53
19	17.0	4:49	9:48
20	16.8	4:54	9:43
21	16.7	4:58	9:39
22	16.5	5:02	9:34
23	16.4	5:07	9:29
24	16.2	5:11	9:24
25	16.1	5:15	9:19
26	15.9	5:20	9:14
27	15.8	5:24	9:09
28	15.6	5:28	9:04
29	15.5	5:32	9:00
30	15.3	5:37	8:55
31	15.2	5:41	8:50

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 2.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 5.32 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 2.96 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.4	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.1	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.6	Moderate
24	2.6	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.4	Moderate
28	2.4	Moderate
29	2.3	Moderate
30	2.3	Moderate
31	2.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Dudinka?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dudinka.

What to pack for Dudinka in August

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

In August, Dudinka sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Dudinka 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 Dudinka peaks around July 15 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	2	3	3	4	3	1	0	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	2	Low
May	3	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	1	Low
Oct	0	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Dudinka?

Dudinka sits at 69.4°N, 86.2°E, 24 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kayyerkan, 61 km away.

Topography around Dudinka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dudinka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 31 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 592 m.

The land around Dudinka is covered by water (41%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, wetland (29%), trees (25%) and water (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) within 80 km.

3 km

115 m

water 41%

16 km

179 m

wetland 29%

80 km

592 m

grassland 46%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen

← July Dudinka year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Kayyerkan 61 km · Norilsk 80 km · Talnakh 87 km · Novyy Urengoy 545 km · Tarko-Sale 616 km · Gubkinskiy 694 km · Nadym 721 km · Muravlenko 807 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

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 Dudinka (69.4058°, 86.1778°, 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	10
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	15	9
8	15	9
9	15	9
10	15	9
11	15	9
12	15	9
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	15	8
16	14	8
17	14	8
18	14	8
19	14	8
20	14	8
21	13	7
22	13	7
23	13	7
24	13	7
25	12	6
26	12	6
27	12	6
28	12	6
29	11	6
30	11	5
31	11	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	36
4	36
5	37
6	37
7	38
8	39
9	39
10	40
11	40
12	41
13	41
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	40
29	40
30	40
31	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	86	11	3
2	86	11	3
3	87	10	3
4	88	10	2
5	88	10	2
6	88	10	2
7	88	10	2
8	88	10	2
9	88	10	2
10	88	10	2
11	88	10	2
12	87	11	2
13	87	11	2
14	87	11	2
15	87	11	2
16	88	11	1
17	88	11	1
18	88	11	1
19	89	10	1
20	89	10	1
21	90	9	1
22	90	9	1
23	91	8	1
24	92	7	1
25	93	7	0
26	94	6	0
27	95	5	0
28	95	5	0
29	96	4	0
30	97	3	0
31	97	3	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	10
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	15	9
8	15	9
9	15	9
10	15	9
11	15	9
12	15	9
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	15	8
16	14	8
17	14	8
18	14	8
19	14	8
20	14	8
21	13	7
22	13	7
23	13	7
24	13	7
25	12	6
26	12	6
27	12	6
28	12	6
29	11	6
30	11	5
31	11	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	36
4	36
5	37
6	37
7	38
8	39
9	39
10	40
11	40
12	41
13	41
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	40
29	40
30	40
31	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	86	11	3
2	86	11	3
3	87	10	3
4	88	10	2
5	88	10	2
6	88	10	2
7	88	10	2
8	88	10	2
9	88	10	2
10	88	10	2
11	88	10	2
12	87	11	2
13	87	11	2
14	87	11	2
15	87	11	2
16	88	11	1
17	88	11	1
18	88	11	1
19	89	10	1
20	89	10	1
21	90	9	1
22	90	9	1
23	91	8	1
24	92	7	1
25	93	7	0
26	94	6	0
27	95	5	0
28	95	5	0
29	96	4	0
30	97	3	0
31	97	3	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	10
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	15	9
8	15	9
9	15	9
10	15	9
11	15	9
12	15	9
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	15	8
16	14	8
17	14	8
18	14	8
19	14	8
20	14	8
21	13	7
22	13	7
23	13	7
24	13	7
25	12	6
26	12	6
27	12	6
28	12	6
29	11	6
30	11	5
31	11	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	36
4	36
5	37
6	37
7	38
8	39
9	39
10	40
11	40
12	41
13	41
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	40
29	40
30	40
31	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	86	11	3
2	86	11	3
3	87	10	3
4	88	10	2
5	88	10	2
6	88	10	2
7	88	10	2
8	88	10	2
9	88	10	2
10	88	10	2
11	88	10	2
12	87	11	2
13	87	11	2
14	87	11	2
15	87	11	2
16	88	11	1
17	88	11	1
18	88	11	1
19	89	10	1
20	89	10	1
21	90	9	1
22	90	9	1
23	91	8	1
24	92	7	1
25	93	7	0
26	94	6	0
27	95	5	0
28	95	5	0
29	96	4	0
30	97	3	0
31	97	3	0