Kaltan weather in August

In August, Kaltan sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 83 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 20°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 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kaltan's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kaltan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
11°
11th coldest
Rainfall
83 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
5:57 AM – 8:33 PM
Cloud cover
61%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Kaltan is town in oblast Kemerovo of Russia.

Founded
1946

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 24°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Kaltan reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°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 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 6°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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22413
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42413
52413
62413
72413
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How August really feels in Kaltan

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.

Kaltan weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -19°349.111.67.80.0
Feb-7° / -17°277.59.19.40.0
Mar / -10°3499.311.50.0
Apr10° / -2°5211.25.313.72.0
May17° / 6812.60.915.65.0
Jun22° / 11°7912.8016.76.2
Jul25° / 14°8713.4016.36.4
Aug22° / 11°8311.9014.66.4
Sep16° / 6611.90.512.54.6
Oct / -1°6713.35.610.31.2
Nov-3° / -10°6913.513.78.30.0
Dec-9° / -17°5512.714.77.30.0

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 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24357
34456
44456
54456
64555
74654
84654
94654
104654
114654
124654
134654
144555
154555
164555
174456
184456
194357
204258
214357
224357
234159
244159
254060
264060
274060
284060
294060
304060
314060

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kaltan gets around 83 mm of rain over 11.9 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 39% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
142
241
341
441
541
640
740
840
939
1039
1139
1239
1338
1438
1538
1638
1737
1837
1937
2037
2137
2237
2338
2438
2539
2639
2739
2840
2940
3040
3140

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 60% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13540214
23640203
33740203
43940193
54040183
64140173
74339152
84539142
94639132
104838122
115038112
125237101
13543691
14563581
15583471
16593461
17623350
18643150
19663040
20682930
21692830
22702730
23722620
24742420
25752320
26782110
27792010
28811810
29821710
30841510
31851410

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
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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158calm
168calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 30 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 114 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:31 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 9:03 PM to 7:58 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.55:319:03
215.55:339:01
315.45:348:59
415.45:368:57
515.35:388:55
615.25:408:54
715.25:418:52
815.15:438:50
915.05:458:48
1015.05:468:46
1114.95:488:44
1214.95:508:42
1314.85:528:39
1414.75:538:37
1514.75:558:35
1614.65:578:33
1714.55:598:31
1814.56:018:29
1914.46:028:26
2014.36:048:24
2114.36:068:22
2214.26:088:19
2314.16:098:17
2414.16:118:15
2514.06:138:12
2613.96:158:10
2713.96:178:08
2813.86:188:05
2913.76:208:03
3013.66:228:00
3113.66:247:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
25.2Bright
35.1Bright
45.1Bright
55.1Bright
65.1Bright
75.0Bright
85.0Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
114.9Bright
124.9Bright
134.8Bright
144.8Bright
154.8Bright
164.7Bright
174.7Bright
184.7Bright
194.6Bright
204.6Bright
214.5Bright
224.5Bright
234.4Bright
244.4Bright
254.3Bright
264.3Bright
274.2Bright
284.2Bright
294.1Bright
304.1Bright
314.0Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kaltan?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kaltan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kaltan in August

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

In August, Kaltan sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kaltan 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 Kaltan peaks around May 24 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowMay 24UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kaltan?

Kaltan sits at 53.5°N, 87.3°E, 253 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Osinniki, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Kaltan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kaltan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m around an average of 261 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 410 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,458 m.

The land around Kaltan is covered by trees (64%) within 3 km, trees (72%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
190 m
16 km
410 m
80 km
1,458 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Osinniki 9.0 km · Novokuznetsk 27 km · Myski 40 km · Mezhdurechensk 55 km · Prokop’yevsk 57 km · Kiselëvsk 65 km · Kisilevsk 66 km · Tashtagol 94 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 Kaltan (53.5278°, 87.2758°, elevation 253 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).