Nikolayevsk-on-Amure weather in August

In August, Nikolayevsk-on-Amure sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 83 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nikolayevsk-on-Amure's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nikolayevsk-on-Amure's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
83 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
5:24 AM – 7:58 PM
Cloud cover
68%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Nikolayevsk-on-Amure is town in Russia.

Density
1,597/km²
people per km²
Founded
1850

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 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Nikolayevsk-on-Amure reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Nikolayevsk-on-Amure

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.

Nikolayevsk-on-Amure weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-17° / -23°386.78.27.90.0
Feb-14° / -22°224.159.50.0
Mar-6° / -15°406.37.611.50.0
Apr / -6°498.98.813.60.0
May11° / 6410.44.315.52.6
Jun18° / 589.1016.65.6
Jul21° / 12°648.5016.26.5
Aug20° / 12°8311.5014.56.0
Sep15° / 7912.40.112.44.4
Oct / -1°82114.610.30.8
Nov-6° / -13°558.28.98.40.0
Dec-15° / -21°507.18.57.40.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nikolayevsk-on-Amure gets around 83 mm of rain over 11.5 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 55% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14335183
24235193
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104633164
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 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 15 h 30 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 120 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:59 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 8:27 PM to 7:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.54:598:27
215.45:018:26
315.45:028:24
415.35:048:22
515.25:058:20
615.25:078:18
715.15:098:16
815.15:118:15
915.05:128:13
1014.95:148:11
1114.95:168:09
1214.85:178:07
1314.85:198:04
1414.75:218:02
1514.65:238:00
1614.65:247:58
1714.55:267:56
1814.45:287:54
1914.45:307:52
2014.35:317:49
2114.25:337:47
2214.25:357:45
2314.15:377:42
2414.05:387:40
2514.05:407:38
2613.95:427:35
2713.85:447:33
2813.85:457:31
2913.75:477:28
3013.65:497:26
3113.55:517:24

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.76 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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274.0Moderate
284.0Moderate
293.9Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Nikolayevsk-on-Amure?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Nikolayevsk-on-Amure for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nikolayevsk-on-Amure in August

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

In August, Nikolayevsk-on-Amure sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Nikolayevsk-on-Amure in August

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 44 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in February near -2°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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Jun5Bracing
Jul12Bracing
Aug16Cool
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Oct7Bracing
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UV index in Nikolayevsk-on-Amure 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 Nikolayevsk-on-Amure peaks around July 16 at about 6 (high) — 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 5 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
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Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nikolayevsk-on-Amure?

Nikolayevsk-on-Amure sits at 53.1°N, 140.7°E, 40 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Okha, 156 km away.

KhabarovskKholmsk

Topography around Nikolayevsk-on-Amure

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Nikolayevsk-on-Amure.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nikolayevsk-on-Amure has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 267 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 628 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,004 m.

The land around Nikolayevsk-on-Amure is covered by trees (51%) and water (27%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and water (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
267 m
16 km
628 m
80 km
1,004 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Okha 156 km · Komsomolsk-on-Amur 385 km · Amursk 418 km · Vanino 451 km · Sovetskaya Gavan’ 465 km · Poronaysk 467 km · Khabarovsk 654 km · Kholmsk 685 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 Nikolayevsk-on-Amure (53.1466°, 140.7229°, elevation 40 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).