Mineralnye Vody weather in August

In August, Mineralnye Vody sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 51 mm of rain across 7.3 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Mineralnye Vody's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mineralnye Vody's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
18°
11th coldest
Rainfall
51 mm
7.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:16 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
44%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Mineralnye Vody is town and administrative center of Mineralovodsky District of Stavropol Krai in North Caucasus, Russia.

Density
1,557/km²
people per km²
Founded
1878

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 30°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical August day in Mineralnye Vody reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 6°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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312716

How August really feels in Mineralnye Vody

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.

Mineralnye Vody weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°277.579.10.0
Feb / -4°276.75.410.20.0
Mar / 4710.24.411.61.6
Apr16° / 559.60.413.24.8
May22° / 11°6911.8014.56.3
Jun27° / 16°6810.5015.36.5
Jul30° / 18°528.20155.6
Aug29° / 18°517.3013.86.0
Sep24° / 13°487.8012.37.2
Oct16° / 488.40.410.85.2
Nov / 357.73.29.41.3
Dec / -3°327.868.70.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% 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 33%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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306040
315941

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mineralnye Vody gets around 51 mm of rain over 7.3 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 24% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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226
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525
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1124
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3124

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 32% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 7% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
121313810
222313710
322313710
422313710
522313710
622313710
72231389
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112331388
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213133307
223233296
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253633266
263733255
273933245
284032234
294132224
304332224
314431214

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 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 4:59 AM to 5:34 AM, and sunset from 7:28 PM to 6:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:597:28
214.55:007:27
314.45:017:26
414.45:027:24
514.35:037:23
614.35:047:22
714.25:067:20
814.25:077:19
914.25:087:18
1014.15:097:16
1114.15:107:15
1214.05:117:13
1314.05:127:12
1413.95:147:10
1513.95:157:09
1613.95:167:07
1713.85:177:06
1813.85:187:04
1913.75:207:02
2013.75:217:01
2113.65:226:59
2213.65:236:57
2313.55:246:55
2413.55:256:54
2513.45:276:52
2613.45:286:50
2713.35:296:48
2813.35:306:47
2913.25:316:45
3013.25:336:43
3113.15:346:41

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.18 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.19 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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224.9Bright
234.9Bright
244.8Bright
254.8Bright
264.7Bright
274.6Bright
284.6Bright
294.5Bright
304.5Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Mineralnye Vody?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Mineralnye Vody for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mineralnye Vody in August

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

In August, Mineralnye Vody sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mineralnye Vody in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mineralnye Vody peaks around July 10 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 10UV 9Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Mineralnye Vody 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 Mineralnye Vody is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1916 µg/m³Dec 199 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mineralnye Vody?

Mineralnye Vody sits at 44.2°N, 43.1°E, 310 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Zheleznovodsk, 13 km away.

Topography around Mineralnye Vody

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mineralnye Vody has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m around an average of 308 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,121 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,758 m.

The land around Mineralnye Vody is covered by artificial surfaces (48%), trees (23%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (50%), trees (22%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
114 m
16 km
1,121 m
80 km
2,758 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Zheleznovodsk 13 km · Inozemtsevo 14 km · Lermontov 17 km · Pyatigorsk 19 km · Goryachevodskiy 21 km · Svobody 22 km · Nezlobnaya 24 km · Georgiyevsk 28 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 Mineralnye Vody (44.2103°, 43.1353°, elevation 310 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).