Yuzhnoural’sk weather in August

In August, Yuzhnoural’sk sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 59 mm of rain across 10.2 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Yuzhnoural’sk's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yuzhnoural’sk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
59 mm
10.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
5:38 AM – 8:20 PM
Cloud cover
63%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Yuzhnoural’sk is human settlement in Yuzhnouralsk Urban Okrug, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
360/km²
people per km²
Founded
1948

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 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Yuzhnoural’sk reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°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 30°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 Yuzhnoural’sk

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.

Yuzhnoural’sk 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-11° / -18°165.16.37.60.0
Feb-8° / -17°1555.69.30.0
Mar-1° / -10°236611.50.0
Apr11° / 296.2213.72.6
May19° / 438.80.315.76.2
Jun24° / 12°5010.2016.96.8
Jul25° / 14°6711016.46.7
Aug23° / 12°5910.2014.76.7
Sep17° / 377.60.112.55.3
Oct / 348.12.910.21.6
Nov-2° / -8°235.658.20.0
Dec-9° / -16°205.66.87.10.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
34852
44852
54852
64753
74753
84753
94753
104654
114654
124555
134555
144456
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Yuzhnoural’sk gets around 59 mm of rain over 10.2 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 32% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
134
235
335
435
535
635
735
835
935
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1134
1234
1333
1433
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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 70% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15628151
25628151
35827150
45927140
55927140
66027130
76027130
86127120
96127120
106227110
116326110
126426100
136426100
14662590
15662590
16682480
17692380
18702370
19712270
20732160
21742060
22761950
23791740
24801640
25821530
26841420
27861220
28881110
29891010
3090910
3192800

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 12 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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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 42 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 126 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:11 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 8:51 PM to 7:44 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.75:118:51
215.65:138:49
315.55:158:47
415.55:168:45
515.45:188:43
615.45:208:41
715.35:228:39
815.25:248:37
915.25:258:35
1015.15:278:33
1115.05:298:31
1215.05:318:29
1314.95:338:27
1414.85:358:24
1514.85:368:22
1614.75:388:20
1714.65:408:18
1814.65:428:15
1914.55:448:13
2014.45:468:11
2114.35:488:08
2214.35:498:06
2314.25:518:03
2414.15:538:01
2514.15:557:59
2614.05:577:56
2713.95:597:54
2813.86:017:51
2913.86:037:49
3013.76:047:46
3113.66:067:44

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.35 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
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34.9Bright
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104.6Bright
114.6Bright
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134.5Bright
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184.3Bright
194.3Bright
204.2Bright
214.2Bright
224.1Bright
234.1Bright
244.0Bright
254.0Bright
264.0Moderate
273.9Moderate
283.9Moderate
293.8Moderate
303.8Moderate
313.7Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Yuzhnoural’sk?

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
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Yuzhnoural’sk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yuzhnoural’sk in August

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

In August, Yuzhnoural’sk sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Yuzhnoural’sk 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 Yuzhnoural’sk peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 22 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 19UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Yuzhnoural’sk?

Yuzhnoural’sk sits at 54.4°N, 61.3°E, 246 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Plast, 30 km away.

Topography around Yuzhnoural’sk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yuzhnoural’sk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 227 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 791 m.

The land around Yuzhnoural’sk is covered by trees (33%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, cropland (42%), grassland (29%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
107 m
80 km
791 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Plast 30 km · Yemanzhelinsk 34 km · Troitsk 44 km · Korkino 50 km · Kopeysk 78 km · Chelyabinsk 80 km · Chebarkul’ 82 km · Miass 100 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 Yuzhnoural’sk (54.4485°, 61.2643°, elevation 246 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).