Shakhty weather in August

In August, Shakhty sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 31 mm of rain across 5.1 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 48 min at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Shakhty's 1st-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shakhty's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
17°
11th coldest
Rainfall
31 mm
5.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
5:20 AM – 7:26 PM
Cloud cover
38%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Shakhty is city in Russia.

Density
1,399/km²
people per km²
Founded
1805

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 30°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical August day in Shakhty reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with 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 Shakhty

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.

Shakhty weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -7°449.56.98.70.0
Feb / -6°398.25.89.90.0
Mar / -1°439.84.311.60.8
Apr15° / 429.20.213.34.6
May22° / 11°5810.2014.96.7
Jun27° / 16°468.5015.76.8
Jul29° / 18°417.5015.46.0
Aug29° / 17°315.1014.16.6
Sep22° / 11°386.3012.47.4
Oct14° / 397.40.310.64.5
Nov / -0°37729.10.6
Dec / -5°458.75.58.30.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17723
27723
37723
47723
57624
67624
77624
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Shakhty gets around 31 mm of rain over 5.1 wet days in August, the driest month. 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 21% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
119
219
319
418
518
618
718
817
917
1017
1116
1216
1316
1415
1515
1615
1716
1816
1916
2016
2116
2216
2316
2417
2517
2618
2719
2819
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3020
3121

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 (%)
14330234
24430224
34629224
44729213
54928203
65127193
75326183
85525173
95525173
105824162
116023152
126123142
136322132
146322132
156521122
166521122
176621112
186720112
196820102
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Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 min at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 90 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:00 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 7:50 PM to 6:57 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.85:007:50
214.85:027:49
314.75:037:47
414.75:047:46
514.65:057:44
614.65:077:43
714.65:087:41
814.55:097:40
914.55:117:38
1014.45:127:36
1114.45:137:35
1214.35:157:33
1314.35:167:31
1414.25:187:30
1514.25:197:28
1614.15:207:26
1714.05:227:24
1814.05:237:23
1913.95:247:21
2013.95:267:19
2113.85:277:17
2213.85:297:15
2313.75:307:13
2413.75:317:11
2513.65:337:09
2613.65:347:07
2713.55:357:05
2813.45:377:03
2913.45:387:01
3013.35:406:59
3113.35:416:57

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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245.2Bright
255.1Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.8Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Shakhty?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Shakhty for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Shakhty in August

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

In August, Shakhty sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Shakhty 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 Shakhty peaks around June 22 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJun 22UV 8Dec 17UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Shakhty 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 Shakhty is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1616 µg/m³Dec 178 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb11Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr11Good
May10Good
Jun11Good
Jul12Good
Aug10Good
Sep9Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Shakhty?

Shakhty sits at 47.7°N, 40.2°E, 112 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Novoshakhtinsk, 22 km away.

Topography around Shakhty

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shakhty has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m around an average of 101 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 358 m.

The land around Shakhty is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
118 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
358 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Novoshakhtinsk 22 km · Krasnyy Sulin 22 km · Novocherkassk 34 km · Zverevo 35 km · Gukovo 43 km · Bagayevskaya 46 km · Semikarakorsk 50 km · Voznesenivka 51 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 Shakhty (47.7192°, 40.216°, elevation 112 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).