Marks weather in August

In August, Marks sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 28 mm of rain across 5.7 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Marks's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Marks's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
15°
11th coldest
Rainfall
28 mm
5.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
4:44 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover
48%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.97 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
out of 10

Marks is town in Saratov Oblast, Russia.

Density
2,058/km²
people per km²
Founded
1765

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 28°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical August day in Marks reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 7°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Marks

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.

Marks weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -12°398.99.98.10.0
Feb-6° / -12°317.17.79.60.0
Mar / -6°347.85.711.50.0
Apr13° / 357.31.113.63.6
May21° / 10°367.4015.46.9
Jun26° / 15°448016.37.2
Jul28° / 17°376.90166.7
Aug27° / 15°285.7014.47.4
Sep20° / 436.7012.46.6
Oct11° / 378.30.810.42.9
Nov / -3°337.348.60.0
Dec-4° / -9°378.98.87.70.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16832
26832
36832
46832
56832
66733
76634
86634
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106436
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Marks gets around 28 mm of rain over 5.7 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 18% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
120
219
319
419
518
618
718
817
917
1016
1116
1216
1316
1416
1516
1616
1717
1817
1917
2017
2118
2218
2318
2419
2519
2620
2720
2820
2920
3021
3121

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 63% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14036213
24136213
34236202
44335192
54535182
64734172
74833162
85132152
95232142
105431132
115630122
125830111
136029101
14622891
15632881
16642781
17652771
18672661
19682561
20712450
21712450
22722350
23742240
24752140
25762040
26771940
27801730
28811630
29821530
30841420
31851320

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 108 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:20 AM to 5:09 AM, and sunset from 7:38 PM to 6:37 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:207:38
215.24:227:36
315.24:247:34
415.14:257:33
515.14:277:31
615.04:287:29
715.04:307:27
814.94:317:26
914.84:337:24
1014.84:357:22
1114.74:367:20
1214.74:387:18
1314.64:397:16
1414.54:417:14
1514.54:437:12
1614.44:447:10
1714.44:467:08
1814.34:487:06
1914.24:497:04
2014.24:517:02
2114.14:526:59
2214.14:546:57
2314.04:566:55
2413.94:576:53
2513.94:596:51
2613.85:016:48
2713.75:026:46
2813.75:046:44
2913.65:066:42
3013.55:076:39
3113.55:096:37

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.97 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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65.4Bright
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214.7Bright
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234.6Bright
244.6Bright
254.5Bright
264.5Bright
274.4Bright
284.4Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
314.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Marks?

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

7.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Marks for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Marks in August

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

In August, Marks sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Marks in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Marks peaks around July 16 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 16UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul7High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Marks 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 Marks is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (June, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 2015 µg/m³Jun 107 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May7Good
Jun7Good
Jul10Good
Aug8Good
Sep8Good
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Marks?

Marks sits at 51.7°N, 46.7°E, 20 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Engels, 51 km away.

Topography around Marks

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Marks has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 158 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 m.

The land around Marks is covered by water (23%), trees (22%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (39%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
158 m
80 km
331 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Engels 51 km · Saratov 55 km · Vol’sk 57 km · Privolzhskiy 59 km · Balakovo 80 km · Krasnoarmeysk 106 km · Yershov 113 km · Petrovsk 114 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 Marks (51.7102°, 46.7455°, elevation 20 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).