Alushta weather in August

In August, Alushta sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 33 mm of rain across 6.3 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Alushta's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alushta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
1st warmest
Overnight low
18°
12th coldest
Rainfall
33 mm
6.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:50 AM – 7:43 PM
Cloud cover
29%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.0
out of 10

Alushta is city in Crimea, Ukraine.

Density
4,237/km²
people per km²
Founded
~501 CE

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 26°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical August day in Alushta reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Alushta

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.

Alushta weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°378.65.190.0
Feb / -1°3284.310.10.0
Mar / 3910.13.911.60.8
Apr12° / 348.30.513.23.3
May18° / 11°367.8014.66.0
Jun22° / 16°488.5015.37.2
Jul25° / 18°316.40157.9
Aug25° / 18°336.3013.98.0
Sep21° / 14°306012.37.3
Oct15° / 3870.110.74.9
Nov / 387.51.59.41.9
Dec / 408.83.68.70.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 15%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Alushta gets around 33 mm of rain over 6.3 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 20% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 35% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 12% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1132739201
2132739191
3132740191
4142840181
5142840171
6142840171
7142940161
8152940151
9153040141
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 14 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:32 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 8:04 PM to 7:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.55:328:04
214.55:348:03
314.55:358:02
414.45:368:01
514.45:377:59
614.35:387:58
714.35:397:57
814.25:407:55
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2613.46:027:26
2713.36:037:24
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2913.26:067:20
3013.26:077:19
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.78 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.96 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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315.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Alushta?

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

8.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Alushta for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Alushta in August

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

In August, Alushta sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 18°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Alushta in August

The nearest coast averages about 25°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 13 to Oct 2 — about 3.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May15Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Refreshing
Aug25Warm
Sep22Refreshing
Oct18Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Alushta in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alushta peaks around July 20 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Alushta?

Alushta sits at 44.7°N, 34.4°E, 40 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Yalta, 27 km away.

Saki

Topography around Alushta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alushta has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 284 m around an average of 64 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,541 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,530 m.

The land around Alushta is covered by trees (40%) and water (32%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and water (41%) within 16 km, and water (38%), trees (20%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
284 m
16 km
1,541 m
80 km
1,530 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Yalta 27 km · Simferopol 39 km · Bakhchysaray 44 km · Bilohirsk 45 km · Sudak 49 km · Balaklava 67 km · Sevastopol 71 km · Saki 82 km

Ukraine travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 31% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,866
2025
Happiness
4.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
88%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
10.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 526

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 Alushta (44.6773°, 34.4097°, elevation 40 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).