Volzhsk weather in August

In August, Volzhsk sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 58 mm of rain across 9.8 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 54 min at the start of August to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Volzhsk's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Volzhsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
58 mm
9.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:25 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover
61%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Volzhsk is human settlement in Volzhsk Urban Okrug, Mari El Republic, Russia.

Density
1,469/km²
people per km²
Founded
1940

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 24°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Volzhsk reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 6°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Volzhsk weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-8° / -13°369.811.17.40.0
Feb-7° / -13°307.68.99.20.0
Mar-1° / -7°358.17.711.40.0
Apr10° / 387.92.313.82.3
May18° / 479.20.2166.0
Jun22° / 12°6410.6017.26.6
Jul25° / 15°6810.1016.76.9
Aug23° / 13°589.8014.86.7
Sep16° / 53100.112.54.9
Oct / 5311210.11.4
Nov-1° / -5°419.77.580.0
Dec-6° / -11°399.811.16.80.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
35050
45050
54951
64852
74951
84951
94852
104852
114753
124753
134654
144555
154555
164555
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214159
224060
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243862
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283763
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313664

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Volzhsk gets around 58 mm of rain over 9.8 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 31% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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530
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730
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1030
1130
1230
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1531
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1732
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2833
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3032
3132

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 59% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14134224
24233214
34333213
44432213
54532203
64731202
74830192
85030192
95229181
105328181
115428171
125428171
135627161
145727151
155827141
165827141
176026131
186126121
196226111
206326101
216425101
22652591
23672481
24682471
25692371
26722260
27742150
28752050
29771940
30781840
31801730

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
111calm
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411calm
511calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 54 min at the start of August to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 132 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 3:56 AM to 4:55 AM, and sunset from 7:49 PM to 6:38 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.93:567:49
215.83:587:47
315.74:007:45
415.74:027:43
515.64:047:41
615.54:067:39
715.54:087:37
815.44:107:34
915.34:127:32
1015.34:137:30
1115.24:157:28
1215.14:177:25
1315.14:197:23
1415.04:217:21
1514.94:237:18
1614.84:257:16
1714.84:277:14
1814.74:297:11
1914.64:317:09
2014.64:337:06
2114.54:357:04
2214.44:377:01
2314.34:396:59
2414.34:416:56
2514.24:436:54
2614.14:456:51
2714.04:476:48
2813.94:496:46
2913.94:516:43
3013.84:536:41
3113.74:556:38

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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35.0Bright
45.0Bright
54.9Bright
64.9Bright
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94.7Bright
104.7Bright
114.6Bright
124.6Bright
134.5Bright
144.5Bright
154.4Bright
164.4Bright
174.3Bright
184.3Bright
194.2Bright
204.1Bright
214.1Bright
224.0Bright
234.0Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.8Moderate
263.8Moderate
273.7Moderate
283.7Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.6Moderate
313.5Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Volzhsk?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Volzhsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Volzhsk in August

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

In August, Volzhsk sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Volzhsk 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 Volzhsk peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Volzhsk?

Volzhsk sits at 55.9°N, 48.4°E, 60 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Zelenodolsk, 10 km away.

Topography around Volzhsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Volzhsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 72 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m.

The land around Volzhsk is covered by trees (41%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (39%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (40%), cropland (32%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
110 m
16 km
168 m
80 km
199 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Zelenodolsk 10 km · Vasil’yevo 23 km · Kazan 48 km · Novocheboksarsk 61 km · Kanash 67 km · Cheboksary 75 km · Yoshkar-Ola 91 km · Medvedevo 92 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 Volzhsk (55.8666°, 48.3593°, elevation 60 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).