Perm weather in August

In August, Perm sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 77 mm of rain across 12.4 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Perm's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Perm's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
77 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
5:46 AM – 8:52 PM
Cloud cover
71%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
3.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Perm is city in Russia.

Density
1,229/km²
people per km²
Founded
1723

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 22°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical August day in Perm 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 13°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C cooler than July and about 6°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12214
22213
32213
42213
52213
62113
72113
82113
92113
102113
112112
122012
132012
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271810
281810
291710
301710
31179

How August really feels in Perm

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.

Perm 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-10° / -16°3410.413.16.90.0
Feb-8° / -15°27810.18.90.0
Mar-1° / -8°369.510.411.40.0
Apr / -1°398.63.7141.3
May16° / 5710.80.716.34.7
Jun20° / 11°8113.1017.75.8
Jul23° / 14°7612.7017.26.4
Aug20° / 12°7712.4015.15.7
Sep14° / 6412.30.312.53.5
Oct / 6212.54.39.90.6
Nov-3° / -8°4711.110.97.60.0
Dec-8° / -14°3910.512.46.30.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23763
33763
43664
53565
63466
73466
83367
93367
103268
113268
123268
133169
143169
153070
163070
173070
182971
192773
202773
212674
222674
232575
242476
252476
262377
272476
282476
292377
302377
312377

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Perm gets around 77 mm of rain over 12.4 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 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
140
240
340
439
539
639
739
838
938
1039
1139
1239
1340
1440
1540
1640
1741
1841
1941
2042
2142
2242
2343
2442
2542
2642
2741
2841
2941
3040
3140

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 62% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14334195
24434184
34534184
44634174
54734163
64833163
75033152
85133142
95232142
105432131
115531131
125730121
135730121
146029110
156029110
166128110
176327100
186327100
19652690
20662590
21672580
22692470
23702370
24712360
25732250
26742150
27762040
28771940
29791830
30801730
31821620

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
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
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1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
1310calm
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3111calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 138 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:14 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 9:28 PM to 8:11 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.25:149:28
216.25:169:26
316.15:189:24
416.05:209:22
516.05:229:19
615.95:249:17
715.85:269:15
815.75:299:12
915.75:319:10
1015.65:339:07
1115.55:359:05
1215.45:379:02
1315.35:399:00
1415.35:428:57
1515.25:448:55
1615.15:468:52
1715.05:488:50
1814.95:508:47
1914.95:538:44
2014.85:558:42
2114.75:578:39
2214.65:598:36
2314.56:018:33
2414.46:048:31
2514.46:068:28
2614.36:088:25
2714.26:108:22
2814.16:138:19
2914.06:158:17
3013.96:178:14
3113.96:198:11

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.27 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.74 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
24.5Bright
34.4Bright
44.4Bright
54.3Bright
64.3Bright
74.2Bright
84.2Bright
94.1Bright
104.0Bright
114.0Moderate
123.9Moderate
133.9Moderate
143.8Moderate
153.8Moderate
163.7Moderate
173.7Moderate
183.6Moderate
193.6Moderate
203.5Moderate
213.5Moderate
223.5Moderate
233.4Moderate
243.4Moderate
253.3Moderate
263.3Moderate
273.2Moderate
283.2Moderate
293.1Moderate
303.1Moderate
313.0Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Perm?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
2.8
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Perm for sightseeing.

What to pack for Perm in August

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

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

rain gear

UV index in Perm in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Perm peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 19UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Perm?

Perm sits at 58.0°N, 56.3°E, 149 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Krasnokamsk, 30 km away.

Topography around Perm

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Perm has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 130 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m.

The land around Perm is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, trees (61%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) within 80 km.

3 km
97 m
16 km
181 m
80 km
371 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Krasnokamsk 30 km · Dobryanka 51 km · Nytva 54 km · Kungur 79 km · Ochër 92 km · Lys’va 92 km · Osa 94 km · Vereshchagino 94 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 Perm (58.0105°, 56.2502°, elevation 149 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).