Karachayevsk weather in August

In August, Karachayevsk sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 151 mm of rain across 17.3 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 21°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 14 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Karachayevsk's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Karachayevsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
1st warmest
Overnight low
10°
11th coldest
Rainfall
151 mm
17.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
5:22 AM – 7:11 PM
Cloud cover
47%
1st clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Karachayevsk is town in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia.

Density
1,711/km²
people per km²
Founded
1927

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 22°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Karachayevsk reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12211
22211
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52211
62211
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31208

How August really feels in Karachayevsk

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.

Karachayevsk weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -9°498.79.19.10.0
Feb / -8°508.48.210.20.0
Mar / -4°10013.410.911.60.3
Apr11° / -1°12415.65.813.22.2
May16° / 17820.50.814.53.7
Jun19° / 20820.9015.24.6
Jul21° / 10°17719.4014.95.3
Aug22° / 10°15117.3013.85.7
Sep18° / 11512.90.112.35.7
Oct14° / 8610.6210.84.0
Nov / -4°548.35.19.51.0
Dec / -8°497.86.98.80.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26436
36535
46535
56535
66634
76535
86535
96634
106535
116535
126535
136535
146436
156436
166337
176436
186436
196436
206436
216436
226535
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276634
286634
296733
306733
316634

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Karachayevsk gets around 151 mm of rain over 17.3 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 56% and peaks near 59% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
158
258
357
457
557
657
757
857
957
1057
1158
1258
1358
1459
1559
1659
1759
1859
1959
2058
2157
2256
2355
2454
2553
2652
2751
2851
2950
3049
3148

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 (%)
142508
243498
343497
444497
545487
645487
746476
847476
948465
1049465
1151454
1252444
1353434
1455423
1556413
1657403
1758393
1861372
1962362
2064342
2166331
2268311
2370291
2472271
2574251
2676231
2778220
2880200
2982180
3083170
3185150

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:05 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 7:32 PM to 6:46 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.55:057:32
214.45:067:31
314.45:077:30
414.35:087:28
514.35:097:27
614.35:107:26
714.25:117:24
814.25:137:23
914.15:147:22
1014.15:157:20
1114.05:167:19
1214.05:177:17
1314.05:187:16
1413.95:197:14
1513.95:217:13
1613.85:227:11
1713.85:237:10
1813.75:247:08
1913.75:257:06
2013.65:267:05
2113.65:287:03
2213.55:297:01
2313.55:307:00
2413.45:316:58
2513.45:326:56
2613.45:336:55
2713.35:356:53
2813.35:366:51
2913.25:376:49
3013.25:386:47
3113.15:396:46

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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45.7Bright
55.7Bright
65.7Bright
75.6Bright
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95.6Bright
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115.5Bright
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135.5Bright
145.4Bright
155.4Bright
165.4Bright
175.3Bright
185.3Bright
195.3Bright
205.2Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.1Bright
245.1Bright
255.1Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
294.9Bright
304.9Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Karachayevsk

In seasonPeak

In August, Karachayevsk sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Karachayevsk's rainy season runs March–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Karachayevsk?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Karachayevsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Karachayevsk in August

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

In August, Karachayevsk sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Karachayevsk in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Karachayevsk peaks around July 11 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highExtremeVery highModerateLowJul 11UV 10Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr7Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Karachayevsk?

Karachayevsk sits at 43.8°N, 41.9°E, 924 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Zelenchukskaya, 28 km away.

Topography around Karachayevsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Karachayevsk has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 731 m around an average of 1,031 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,299 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,246 m.

The land around Karachayevsk is covered by trees (70%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (42%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
731 m
16 km
1,299 m
80 km
5,246 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen
August weather nearby: Zelenchukskaya 28 km · Ust’-Dzheguta 35 km · Cherkessk 51 km · Uchkeken 52 km · Kislovodsk 67 km · Suvorovskaya 76 km · Otradnaya 76 km · Yessentuki 82 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 Karachayevsk (43.7723°, 41.9137°, elevation 924 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).