Orsk weather in August

In August, Orsk sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 29 mm of rain across 5.5 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Orsk's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 29 mm; 5.5 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 24 min; 5:59 AM – 8:22 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 1st clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.09 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Orsk is human settlement in Orsk Urban Okrug, Orenburg Oblast, Russia.

Density: 397/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1735

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical August day in Orsk reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 7°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	16
2	28	16
3	28	16
4	28	15
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	27	15
9	27	15
10	27	15
11	27	15
12	27	15
13	27	15
14	27	15
15	27	14
16	27	14
17	27	14
18	26	14
19	26	14
20	26	14
21	26	14
22	26	13
23	26	13
24	25	13
25	25	13
26	25	13
27	25	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	12
31	24	12

How August really feels in Orsk

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Orsk weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-10° / -16°	23	6.4	7.8	8.2	0.0
Feb	-8° / -16°	22	5.7	6.7	9.6	0.0
Mar	-1° / -10°	29	7.4	6	11.5	0.0
Apr	12° / 1°	35	6.7	1.7	13.5	3.4
May	21° / 8°	35	7.6	0.1	15.3	6.9
Jun	26° / 14°	29	6.1	0	16.3	7.3
Jul	28° / 16°	42	7.6	0	15.9	6.9
Aug	26° / 14°	29	5.5	0	14.4	7.5
Sep	20° / 8°	21	4.8	0	12.4	6.9
Oct	11° / 1°	31	6.5	1.6	10.4	2.8
Nov	-0° / -7°	25	6.1	4.8	8.7	0.0
Dec	-7° / -14°	25	6.7	7.9	7.7	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	64	65	64	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	62	62	62	61	60	59	59	59	58	58	58
Cloudier (%)	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	35	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	38	38	38	39	40	41	41	41	42	42	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	64	36
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	58	42

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Orsk gets around 29 mm of rain over 5.5 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 17% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	19
3	19
4	19
5	19
6	19
7	19
8	19
9	19
10	19
11	19
12	18
13	18
14	18
15	18
16	18
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	16
26	16
27	16
28	15
29	15
30	15
31	14

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 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	71	72	73	74	74	76	76	78	79	80	82	83	84	85	87	88	89	90	90	91	92	92	94	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	98
Comfortable (%)	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2
Humid (%)	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	71	22	7
2	72	22	6
3	73	21	6
4	74	21	5
5	74	21	5
6	76	20	4
7	76	20	4
8	78	19	3
9	79	18	3
10	80	17	3
11	82	16	2
12	83	15	2
13	84	14	2
14	85	13	2
15	87	12	1
16	88	11	1
17	89	10	1
18	90	9	1
19	90	9	1
20	91	8	1
21	92	7	1
22	92	7	1
23	94	6	0
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	96	4	0
27	96	4	0
28	96	4	0
29	97	3	0
30	97	3	0
31	98	2	0

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 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 5:35 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 8:49 PM to 7:49 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	15.2	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:35	5:37	5:38	5:40	5:41	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:51	5:52	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:03	6:05	6:07	6:08	6:10	6:11	6:13	6:15	6:16	6:18	6:20	6:21	6:23
Sunset (PM)	8:49	8:47	8:46	8:44	8:42	8:41	8:39	8:37	8:35	8:33	8:31	8:30	8:28	8:26	8:24	8:22	8:20	8:18	8:16	8:13	8:11	8:09	8:07	8:05	8:03	8:01	7:58	7:56	7:54	7:52	7:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.2	5:35	8:49
2	15.2	5:37	8:47
3	15.1	5:38	8:46
4	15.1	5:40	8:44
5	15.0	5:41	8:42
6	15.0	5:43	8:41
7	14.9	5:44	8:39
8	14.9	5:46	8:37
9	14.8	5:47	8:35
10	14.7	5:49	8:33
11	14.7	5:51	8:31
12	14.6	5:52	8:30
13	14.6	5:54	8:28
14	14.5	5:55	8:26
15	14.4	5:57	8:24
16	14.4	5:59	8:22
17	14.3	6:00	8:20
18	14.3	6:02	8:18
19	14.2	6:03	8:16
20	14.1	6:05	8:13
21	14.1	6:07	8:11
22	14.0	6:08	8:09
23	14.0	6:10	8:07
24	13.9	6:11	8:05
25	13.8	6:13	8:03
26	13.8	6:15	8:01
27	13.7	6:16	7:58
28	13.6	6:18	7:56
29	13.6	6:20	7:54
30	13.5	6:21	7:52
31	13.4	6:23	7:49

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.4 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Orsk?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.2

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Orsk for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Orsk in August

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

In August, Orsk sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Orsk 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 Orsk peaks around June 19 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	4	5	7	6	5	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Orsk?

Orsk sits at 51.2°N, 58.5°E, 207 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Novotroitsk, 13 km away.

Topography around Orsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m around an average of 215 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 251 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 420 m.

The land around Orsk is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

114 m

artificial surfaces 53%

16 km

251 m

grassland 59%

80 km

420 m

grassland 67%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← July Orsk year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Novotroitsk 13 km · Gay 27 km · Mednogorsk 65 km · Kuvandyk 83 km · Yasnyy 99 km · Khromtau 109 km · Aktobe 139 km · Baymak 152 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

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 Orsk (51.2321°, 58.488°, elevation 207 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	16
2	28	16
3	28	16
4	28	15
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	27	15
9	27	15
10	27	15
11	27	15
12	27	15
13	27	15
14	27	15
15	27	14
16	27	14
17	27	14
18	26	14
19	26	14
20	26	14
21	26	14
22	26	13
23	26	13
24	25	13
25	25	13
26	25	13
27	25	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	12
31	24	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	64	36
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	19
3	19
4	19
5	19
6	19
7	19
8	19
9	19
10	19
11	19
12	18
13	18
14	18
15	18
16	18
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	16
26	16
27	16
28	15
29	15
30	15
31	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	71	22	7
2	72	22	6
3	73	21	6
4	74	21	5
5	74	21	5
6	76	20	4
7	76	20	4
8	78	19	3
9	79	18	3
10	80	17	3
11	82	16	2
12	83	15	2
13	84	14	2
14	85	13	2
15	87	12	1
16	88	11	1
17	89	10	1
18	90	9	1
19	90	9	1
20	91	8	1
21	92	7	1
22	92	7	1
23	94	6	0
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	96	4	0
27	96	4	0
28	96	4	0
29	97	3	0
30	97	3	0
31	98	2	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	16
2	28	16
3	28	16
4	28	15
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	27	15
9	27	15
10	27	15
11	27	15
12	27	15
13	27	15
14	27	15
15	27	14
16	27	14
17	27	14
18	26	14
19	26	14
20	26	14
21	26	14
22	26	13
23	26	13
24	25	13
25	25	13
26	25	13
27	25	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	12
31	24	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	64	36
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	19
3	19
4	19
5	19
6	19
7	19
8	19
9	19
10	19
11	19
12	18
13	18
14	18
15	18
16	18
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	16
26	16
27	16
28	15
29	15
30	15
31	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	71	22	7
2	72	22	6
3	73	21	6
4	74	21	5
5	74	21	5
6	76	20	4
7	76	20	4
8	78	19	3
9	79	18	3
10	80	17	3
11	82	16	2
12	83	15	2
13	84	14	2
14	85	13	2
15	87	12	1
16	88	11	1
17	89	10	1
18	90	9	1
19	90	9	1
20	91	8	1
21	92	7	1
22	92	7	1
23	94	6	0
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	96	4	0
27	96	4	0
28	96	4	0
29	97	3	0
30	97	3	0
31	98	2	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	16
2	28	16
3	28	16
4	28	15
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	27	15
9	27	15
10	27	15
11	27	15
12	27	15
13	27	15
14	27	15
15	27	14
16	27	14
17	27	14
18	26	14
19	26	14
20	26	14
21	26	14
22	26	13
23	26	13
24	25	13
25	25	13
26	25	13
27	25	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	12
31	24	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	64	36
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	19
3	19
4	19
5	19
6	19
7	19
8	19
9	19
10	19
11	19
12	18
13	18
14	18
15	18
16	18
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	16
26	16
27	16
28	15
29	15
30	15
31	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	71	22	7
2	72	22	6
3	73	21	6
4	74	21	5
5	74	21	5
6	76	20	4
7	76	20	4
8	78	19	3
9	79	18	3
10	80	17	3
11	82	16	2
12	83	15	2
13	84	14	2
14	85	13	2
15	87	12	1
16	88	11	1
17	89	10	1
18	90	9	1
19	90	9	1
20	91	8	1
21	92	7	1
22	92	7	1
23	94	6	0
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	96	4	0
27	96	4	0
28	96	4	0
29	97	3	0
30	97	3	0
31	98	2	0