Okha weather in August

In August, Okha sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 84 mm of rain across 10.5 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 Okha's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Okha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
84 mm
10.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
5:14 AM – 7:50 PM
Cloud cover
67%
2nd clearest
Wind
17 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Okha is human settlement in Okhinsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia.

Density
604/km²
people per km²
Founded
1880

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical August day in Okha reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Okha weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-14° / -18°387.39.37.80.0
Feb-14° / -19°224.66.49.40.0
Mar-8° / -14°366.57.911.50.0
Apr-1° / -6°407.88.213.70.0
May / 538.83.715.60.3
Jun10° / 518.2016.72.5
Jul15° / 11°627.6016.34.6
Aug16° / 12°8410.5014.65.0
Sep13° / 10°7610.8012.53.7
Oct / 8713.53.810.30.7
Nov-2° / -5°8316.216.98.30.0
Dec-10° / -14°5310.313.67.30.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23466
33466
43466
53466
63367
73367
83268
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Okha gets around 84 mm of rain over 10.5 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 34% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
132
232
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433
533
633
733
833
934
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2134
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3136

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 (%)
170264
269274
368284
468284
566295
666295
766295
865296
965296
1065296
1164297
1265287
1365287
1465287
1567276
1667276
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1868266
1969265
2070255
2170255
2271254
2372244
2472244
2573234
2674224
2775223
2876213
2977203
3077203
3178193

Wind in August

Winds average 17 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
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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 4:48 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 8:20 PM to 7:15 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.54:488:20
215.54:508:19
315.44:518:17
415.44:538:15
515.34:558:13
615.24:578:11
715.24:588:09
815.15:008:07
915.15:028:05
1015.05:038:03
1114.95:058:01
1214.95:077:59
1314.85:097:57
1414.75:117:55
1514.75:127:53
1614.65:147:50
1714.55:167:48
1814.55:187:46
1914.45:197:44
2014.35:217:42
2114.35:237:39
2214.25:257:37
2314.15:277:35
2414.15:287:32
2514.05:307:30
2613.95:327:28
2713.95:347:25
2813.85:367:23
2913.75:377:20
3013.65:397:18
3113.65:417:15

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 4.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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34.6Bright
44.6Bright
54.5Bright
64.5Bright
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214.2Bright
224.2Bright
234.2Bright
244.1Bright
254.1Bright
264.1Bright
274.0Bright
284.0Bright
294.0Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Okha?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

August is a reasonable time to visit Okha for sightseeing.

What to pack for Okha in August

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

In August, Okha sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Okha in August

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 13°C and coldest in March near -1°C.

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

-5°0°5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan-1Bracing
Feb-1Bracing
Mar-1Bracing
Apr-1Bracing
May0Bracing
Jun5Bracing
Jul11Bracing
Aug13Bracing
Sep11Bracing
Oct7Bracing
Nov3Bracing
Dec0Bracing

UV index in Okha 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 Okha peaks around August 10 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 5Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Okha 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 Okha is worst in September — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 7.9× the cleanest month (January, 3 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1519 µg/m³Jan 153 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan3Good
Feb4Good
Mar11Good
Apr12Good
May9Good
Jun7Good
Jul10Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov5Good
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Okha?

Okha sits at 53.6°N, 143.0°E, 25 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Nikolayevsk-on-Amure, 156 km away.

VaninoSovetskaya Gavan’KholmskYuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Topography around Okha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Okha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 585 m.

The land around Okha is covered by trees (48%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and water (37%) within 16 km, and water (53%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
103 m
80 km
585 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Nikolayevsk-on-Amure 156 km · Poronaysk 487 km · Komsomolsk-on-Amur 528 km · Vanino 534 km · Sovetskaya Gavan’ 546 km · Amursk 559 km · Kholmsk 731 km · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 739 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 Okha (53.5949°, 142.9528°, elevation 25 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. 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).