Nerchinsk weather in August

In August, Nerchinsk sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 82 mm of rain across 11 wet days and about 14.4 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 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 Nerchinsk's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nerchinsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
11°
11th coldest
Rainfall
82 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
5:04 AM – 7:31 PM
Cloud cover
62%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Nerchinsk is town in Nerchinsky District, Chita Oblast, Russia.

Density
154/km²
people per km²
Founded
1653

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 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Nerchinsk reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°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 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°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 Nerchinsk

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.

Nerchinsk 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-19° / -31°20.51.18.10.0
Feb-12° / -26°20.719.60.0
Mar-2° / -17°61.6211.50.0
Apr / -5°184.1313.61.8
May17° / 397.2115.45.7
Jun24° / 10°639.80.116.46.7
Jul26° / 13°9112.60166.3
Aug23° / 11°8211014.46.5
Sep16° / 507.90.312.45.2
Oct / -6°163.72.710.41.1
Nov-8° / -19°82.32.88.60.0
Dec-18° / -28°41.11.97.60.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24159
34159
44159
54159
64159
74258
84159
94159
104258
114357
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134357
144456
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nerchinsk gets around 82 mm of rain over 11 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 36% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
144
244
344
443
543
642
741
840
940
1039
1138
1237
1337
1436
1535
1635
1734
1834
1933
2033
2133
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3129

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 (%)
13738232
23838221
33938211
44038211
54238201
64337191
74536181
84735171
94934161
105133151
115432140
125631130
135830120
146029110
156129100
16632890
17652780
18672670
19692560
20712450
21732340
22742240
23762130
24772030
25791920
26811720
27831610
28841510
29851410
30871210
31891100

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
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128calm
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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 4:40 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 7:59 PM to 6:58 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:407:59
215.34:427:58
315.24:437:56
415.24:457:54
515.14:467:53
615.04:487:51
715.04:497:49
814.94:517:47
914.94:537:45
1014.84:547:43
1114.84:567:41
1214.74:587:39
1314.64:597:37
1414.65:017:35
1514.55:037:33
1614.55:047:31
1714.45:067:29
1814.35:077:27
1914.35:097:25
2014.25:117:23
2114.15:127:21
2214.15:147:19
2314.05:167:16
2413.95:177:14
2513.95:197:12
2613.85:217:10
2713.75:237:07
2813.75:247:05
2913.65:267:03
3013.55:287:00
3113.55:296:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.03 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.74 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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244.5Bright
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274.5Bright
284.4Bright
294.4Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Nerchinsk?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Nerchinsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nerchinsk in August

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

In August, Nerchinsk sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nerchinsk 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 Nerchinsk peaks around July 17 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 17UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Nerchinsk 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 Nerchinsk is worst in April — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 31.6× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodPoorPoorModerateGoodApr 1156 µg/m³Dec 182 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan3Good
Feb5Good
Mar53Poor
Apr57Unhealthy
May38Poor
Jun11Good
Jul19Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep7Good
Oct12Moderate
Nov4Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Nerchinsk?

Nerchinsk sits at 52.0°N, 116.6°E, 484 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Aginskoye, 171 km away.

Severobaykal’sk

Topography around Nerchinsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nerchinsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 164 m around an average of 513 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 495 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 971 m.

The land around Nerchinsk is covered by grassland (39%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, grassland (58%), trees (20%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and trees (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
164 m
16 km
495 m
80 km
971 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Aginskoye 171 km · Borzya 177 km · Chita 212 km · Krasnokamensk 233 km · Choibalsan 459 km · Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy 540 km · Ulan-Ude 616 km · Severobaykal’sk 626 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 Nerchinsk (51.9798°, 116.5869°, elevation 484 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).