Novoaltaysk weather in August

In August, Novoaltaysk sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 49 mm of rain across 10.3 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Novoaltaysk's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Novoaltaysk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
12°
10th coldest
Rainfall
49 mm
10.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
5:11 AM – 7:46 PM
Cloud cover
56%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Novoaltaysk is human settlement in City of Novoaltaysk, Altai Krai, Russia.

Density
846/km²
people per km²
Founded
1736

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 25°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Novoaltaysk reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°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 Novoaltaysk

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.

Novoaltaysk weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-12° / -20°287.7107.80.0
Feb-9° / -18°226.77.99.40.0
Mar-1° / -11°257.47.311.50.0
Apr10° / -1°3382.513.72.3
May19° / 469.10.415.66.0
Jun24° / 12°519.5016.76.9
Jul25° / 15°6511.5016.26.6
Aug23° / 12°4910.3014.66.8
Sep17° / 439.30.312.55.2
Oct / -0°4610.23.510.31.6
Nov-3° / -10°5211.310.48.40.0
Dec-10° / -17°4210.912.87.30.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25149
35248
45347
55446
65446
75545
85545
95644
105644
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Novoaltaysk gets around 49 mm of rain over 10.3 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 33% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
132
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531
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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 69% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14735162
24835152
34935152
45035142
55134132
65334121
75533111
85633101
9583291
10593281
11613171
12633061
13642961
14652951
15682741
16702640
17722530
18732430
19752320
20772120
21792010
22801910
23811810
24831610
25841510
26861400
27871300
28881200
29891100
30901000
3191900

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 11 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 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 114 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:45 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 8:16 PM to 7:11 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.54:458:16
215.54:478:14
315.44:488:12
415.34:508:10
515.34:528:08
615.24:538:06
715.24:558:05
815.14:578:03
915.04:588:01
1015.05:007:59
1114.95:027:57
1214.85:047:55
1314.85:057:52
1414.75:077:50
1514.75:097:48
1614.65:117:46
1714.55:127:44
1814.55:147:42
1914.45:167:39
2014.35:187:37
2114.35:207:35
2214.25:217:33
2314.15:237:30
2414.05:257:28
2514.05:277:26
2613.95:287:23
2713.85:307:21
2813.85:327:18
2913.75:347:16
3013.65:367:14
3113.65:377:11

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.66 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.9 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
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55.3Bright
65.3Bright
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95.2Bright
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115.1Bright
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135.0Bright
145.0Bright
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204.7Bright
214.6Bright
224.6Bright
234.5Bright
244.5Bright
254.4Bright
264.4Bright
274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.2Bright
304.2Bright
314.1Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Novoaltaysk?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Novoaltaysk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Novoaltaysk in August

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

In August, Novoaltaysk sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Novoaltaysk 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 Novoaltaysk peaks around May 22 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowMay 22UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Novoaltaysk 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 Novoaltaysk is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1517 µg/m³Dec 166 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb12Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May11Good
Jun9Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep8Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Novoaltaysk?

Novoaltaysk sits at 53.4°N, 83.9°E, 143 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Barnaul, 15 km away.

Topography around Novoaltaysk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Novoaltaysk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 145 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 214 m.

The land around Novoaltaysk is covered by artificial surfaces (35%), trees (33%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, trees (37%), grassland (26%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (47%), cropland (31%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
122 m
80 km
214 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Barnaul 15 km · Novosilikatnyy 24 km · Yuzhnyy 24 km · Tal’menka 51 km · Zarinsk 74 km · Cherepanovo 97 km · Suzun 115 km · Linëvo 122 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 Novoaltaysk (53.4143°, 83.9411°, elevation 143 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).