Yuzhnyy weather in August

In August, Yuzhnyy sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 54 mm of rain across 9.8 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Yuzhnyy's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yuzhnyy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
12°
10th coldest
Rainfall
54 mm
9.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
5:12 AM – 7:47 PM
Cloud cover
56%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Yuzhnyy is human settlement in Barnaul Urban District, Altai Krai, Russia.

Density
8,064/km²
people per km²
Founded
1959

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 25°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Yuzhnyy reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°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 Yuzhnyy

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.

Yuzhnyy weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-12° / -20°247.19.17.90.0
Feb-9° / -18°205.97.19.40.0
Mar-1° / -11°246.76.811.50.0
Apr10° / -1°368.12.213.62.5
May19° / 509.90.415.65.9
Jun24° / 12°6310.5016.66.8
Jul26° / 15°8012016.26.5
Aug23° / 12°549.8014.66.9
Sep17° / 449.60.112.45.3
Oct / -0°449.83.210.31.7
Nov-2° / -10°4910.99.78.40.0
Dec-9° / -17°3810.312.27.40.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 47%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25248
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45446
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75644
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Yuzhnyy gets around 54 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 32% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 65% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14138183
24238173
34338163
44438153
54538152
64737142
74837132
85036122
95136112
105435101
11553591
12573481
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18692740
19712630
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27841510
28861400
29871300
30891100
31901000

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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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 30 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 114 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:47 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 8:16 PM to 7:12 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.54:478:16
215.44:488:14
315.44:508:12
415.34:528:11
515.34:538:09
615.24:558:07
715.14:578:05
815.14:588:03
915.05:008:01
1015.05:027:59
1114.95:037:57
1214.85:057:55
1314.85:077:53
1414.75:097:51
1514.65:107:49
1614.65:127:47
1714.55:147:44
1814.45:167:42
1914.45:177:40
2014.35:197:38
2114.25:217:35
2214.25:237:33
2314.15:247:31
2414.05:267:29
2514.05:287:26
2613.95:307:24
2713.85:327:21
2813.85:337:19
2913.75:357:17
3013.65:377:14
3113.65:397:12

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.93 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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244.5Bright
254.5Bright
264.4Bright
274.4Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.2Bright
314.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Yuzhnyy?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Yuzhnyy for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yuzhnyy in August

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

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

light clothesrain gearsun protection

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowMay 21UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Yuzhnyy 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 Yuzhnyy is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1517 µg/m³Dec 166 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb12Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May11Good
Jun9Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep8Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Yuzhnyy?

Yuzhnyy sits at 53.3°N, 83.7°E, 213 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Novosilikatnyy, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Yuzhnyy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yuzhnyy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m around an average of 213 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m.

The land around Yuzhnyy is covered by trees (73%) within 3 km, trees (38%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
99 m
16 km
140 m
80 km
213 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Novosilikatnyy 8.0 km · Barnaul 12 km · Novoaltaysk 24 km · Tal’menka 64 km · Zarinsk 97 km · Aleysk 104 km · Suzun 109 km · Cherepanovo 110 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 Yuzhnyy (53.2542°, 83.6936°, elevation 213 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).