Kovdor weather in August

In August, Kovdor sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 69 mm of rain across 12.5 wet days and about 16.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 19 h 06 min at the start of August to 14 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kovdor's 6th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kovdor's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 69 mm; 12.5 wet days
Daylight: 16 h 54 min; 4:35 AM – 9:29 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 2.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Kovdor is human settlement in Kirovsk, Kirovsk Urban Okrug, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.

Density: 2,440/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1953

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 17°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical August day in Kovdor reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C cooler than July and about 6°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)	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How August really feels in Kovdor

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.

Kovdor weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-9° / -15°	28	8.4	10.2	2.4	0.0
Feb	-9° / -14°	23	7	9	7.1	0.0
Mar	-3° / -10°	28	7.7	9.8	11.1	0.0
Apr	2° / -5°	32	8.9	8.3	15.1	0.0
May	8° / 1°	51	11.5	5.2	19.4	1.4
Jun	14° / 6°	71	12.7	0.7	23.8	3.8
Jul	18° / 10°	84	14.2	0	21.9	5.0
Aug	15° / 8°	69	12.5	0	16.9	4.2
Sep	10° / 3°	55	10.9	1.2	12.8	1.9
Oct	2° / -2°	53	10.8	6.7	8.8	0.0
Nov	-3° / -8°	35	9.6	10.4	4.4	0.0
Dec	-6° / -11°	32	9.4	11.4	0.2	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

	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 (%)	22	22	22	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17
Cloudier (%)	78	78	78	80	81	82	82	83	83	84	85	85	84	84	84	83	83	84	84	83	83	83	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kovdor gets around 69 mm of rain over 12.5 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 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	42	42	42	42	42	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	36	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	43
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	40
22	40
23	39
24	39
25	38
26	38
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

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 93% 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 (%)	84	84	85	85	86	88	89	89	90	91	91	92	93	94	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	14	14	13	13	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	84	14	2
2	84	14	2
3	85	13	2
4	85	13	2
5	86	12	2
6	88	11	1
7	89	10	1
8	89	10	1
9	90	9	1
10	91	8	1
11	91	8	1
12	92	7	1
13	93	6	1
14	94	6	0
15	95	5	0
16	96	4	0
17	96	4	0
18	96	4	0
19	97	3	0
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	98	2	0
26	98	2	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	99	1	0
30	99	1	0
31	99	1	0

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 19 h 06 min at the start of August to 14 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 252 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 3:33 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 10:36 PM to 8:24 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)	19.1	18.9	18.8	18.6	18.5	18.3	18.2	18.0	17.9	17.7	17.6	17.5	17.3	17.2	17.0	16.9	16.8	16.6	16.5	16.3	16.2	16.1	15.9	15.8	15.7	15.5	15.4	15.3	15.1	15.0	14.9
Sunrise (AM)	3:33	3:37	3:41	3:46	3:50	3:54	3:59	4:03	4:07	4:11	4:15	4:19	4:23	4:27	4:31	4:35	4:39	4:43	4:47	4:51	4:55	4:59	5:03	5:06	5:10	5:14	5:18	5:21	5:25	5:29	5:32
Sunset (PM)	10:36	10:31	10:27	10:22	10:18	10:13	10:09	10:04	10:00	9:55	9:51	9:47	9:42	9:38	9:33	9:29	9:25	9:20	9:16	9:12	9:07	9:03	8:58	8:54	8:50	8:45	8:41	8:37	8:32	8:28	8:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	19.1	3:33	10:36
2	18.9	3:37	10:31
3	18.8	3:41	10:27
4	18.6	3:46	10:22
5	18.5	3:50	10:18
6	18.3	3:54	10:13
7	18.2	3:59	10:09
8	18.0	4:03	10:04
9	17.9	4:07	10:00
10	17.7	4:11	9:55
11	17.6	4:15	9:51
12	17.5	4:19	9:47
13	17.3	4:23	9:42
14	17.2	4:27	9:38
15	17.0	4:31	9:33
16	16.9	4:35	9:29
17	16.8	4:39	9:25
18	16.6	4:43	9:20
19	16.5	4:47	9:16
20	16.3	4:51	9:12
21	16.2	4:55	9:07
22	16.1	4:59	9:03
23	15.9	5:03	8:58
24	15.8	5:06	8:54
25	15.7	5:10	8:50
26	15.5	5:14	8:45
27	15.4	5:18	8:41
28	15.3	5:21	8:37
29	15.1	5:25	8:32
30	15.0	5:29	8:28
31	14.9	5:32	8:24

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 2.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 4.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 2.91 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)	3.7	3.6	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	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3
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	3.7	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.1	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.6	Moderate
23	2.6	Moderate
24	2.5	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	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kovdor?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kovdor for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kovdor in August

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

In August, Kovdor sees daytime highs around 15°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 Kovdor 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 Kovdor peaks around July 14 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	4	4	4	3	2	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	4	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	2	Low
Oct	0	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Kovdor?

Kovdor sits at 67.6°N, 30.5°E, 233 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Polyarnyye Zori, 89 km away.

Topography around Kovdor

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kovdor has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 575 m around an average of 253 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 694 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,152 m.

The land around Kovdor is covered by trees (59%) and bare terrain (21%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km

575 m

trees 59%

16 km

694 m

trees 85%

80 km

1,152 m

trees 79%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen

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

August weather nearby: Polyarnyye Zori 89 km · Kandalaksha 95 km · Monchegorsk 109 km · Apatity 125 km · Olenegorsk 133 km · Kirovsk 136 km · Murmansk 190 km · Nikel 206 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 Kovdor (67.5663°, 30.4777°, elevation 233 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	18	10
2	17	10
3	17	10
4	17	9
5	17	9
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	16	9
9	16	9
10	16	9
11	16	8
12	16	8
13	16	8
14	16	8
15	15	8
16	15	8
17	15	8
18	15	7
19	15	7
20	15	7
21	15	7
22	14	7
23	14	7
24	14	7
25	14	7
26	14	6
27	14	6
28	14	6
29	13	6
30	13	6
31	13	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	43
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	40
22	40
23	39
24	39
25	38
26	38
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	84	14	2
2	84	14	2
3	85	13	2
4	85	13	2
5	86	12	2
6	88	11	1
7	89	10	1
8	89	10	1
9	90	9	1
10	91	8	1
11	91	8	1
12	92	7	1
13	93	6	1
14	94	6	0
15	95	5	0
16	96	4	0
17	96	4	0
18	96	4	0
19	97	3	0
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	98	2	0
26	98	2	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	99	1	0
30	99	1	0
31	99	1	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	43
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	40
22	40
23	39
24	39
25	38
26	38
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	84	14	2
2	84	14	2
3	85	13	2
4	85	13	2
5	86	12	2
6	88	11	1
7	89	10	1
8	89	10	1
9	90	9	1
10	91	8	1
11	91	8	1
12	92	7	1
13	93	6	1
14	94	6	0
15	95	5	0
16	96	4	0
17	96	4	0
18	96	4	0
19	97	3	0
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	98	2	0
26	98	2	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	99	1	0
30	99	1	0
31	99	1	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	43
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	40
22	40
23	39
24	39
25	38
26	38
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	84	14	2
2	84	14	2
3	85	13	2
4	85	13	2
5	86	12	2
6	88	11	1
7	89	10	1
8	89	10	1
9	90	9	1
10	91	8	1
11	91	8	1
12	92	7	1
13	93	6	1
14	94	6	0
15	95	5	0
16	96	4	0
17	96	4	0
18	96	4	0
19	97	3	0
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	98	2	0
26	98	2	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	99	1	0
30	99	1	0
31	99	1	0