Horishni Plavni weather in August

In August, Horishni Plavni sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 42 mm of rain across 6.4 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Horishni Plavni's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Horishni Plavni's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
16°
11th coldest
Rainfall
42 mm
6.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 12 min
4:44 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover
43%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.2
out of 10

Horishni Plavni is city in Ukraine (previously known as Komsomolsk).

Density
449/km²
people per km²
Founded
1960

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 28°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical August day in Horishni Plavni reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with 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 Horishni Plavni

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.

Horishni Plavni weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -6°378.46.78.50.0
Feb / -5°307.14.99.80.0
Mar / -1°429.74.511.60.7
Apr15° / 428.60.513.44.5
May21° / 11°5510.20156.6
Jun25° / 15°569.6015.96.9
Jul27° / 17°518.9015.66.7
Aug27° / 16°426.4014.27.2
Sep21° / 11°527.1012.46.9
Oct13° / 3970.110.53.9
Nov / 367.128.90.4
Dec / -4°377.54.88.10.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16931
26931
36931
47030
57030
67030
77030
87030
97030
107030
117030
127129
137129
147129
157129
167030
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187129
197030
207030
216931
226832
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256634
266436
276337
286238
296040
306040
315842

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Horishni Plavni gets around 42 mm of rain over 6.4 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 21% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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522
621
721
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921
1020
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1320
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1519
1619
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2020
2120
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2421
2521
2622
2722
2823
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3024
3125

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 46% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1253232101
2263331101
327333091
428342991
530352781
631352671
732362560
833372450
934382350
1035382240
1137392140
1238392030
1339391930
1441381920
1542381820
1644371720
1746361720
1847351620
1949341520
2051331420
2154321310
2255311310
2357301210
2459291110
2561271110
2663261010
276525910
286624910
296823810
306923710
317022710

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours 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 102 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:22 AM to 5:06 AM, and sunset from 7:21 PM to 6:25 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.04:227:21
214.94:247:19
314.94:257:18
414.84:277:16
514.84:287:15
614.74:297:13
714.74:317:11
814.64:327:10
914.64:347:08
1014.54:357:06
1114.54:367:05
1214.44:387:03
1314.44:397:01
1414.34:416:59
1514.34:426:57
1614.24:446:56
1714.14:456:54
1814.14:476:52
1914.04:486:50
2014.04:496:48
2113.94:516:46
2213.94:526:44
2313.84:546:42
2413.74:556:40
2513.74:576:38
2613.64:586:36
2713.65:006:34
2813.55:016:32
2913.55:036:30
3013.45:046:28
3113.35:066:25

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.19 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
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205.0Bright
215.0Bright
224.9Bright
234.9Bright
244.8Bright
254.7Bright
264.7Bright
274.6Bright
284.6Bright
294.5Bright
304.4Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Horishni Plavni?

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

7.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Horishni Plavni in August

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

In August, Horishni Plavni sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Horishni Plavni 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 Horishni Plavni peaks around July 14 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 14UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Horishni Plavni?

Horishni Plavni sits at 49.0°N, 33.6°E, 71 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Rakivka, 12 km away.

Topography around Horishni Plavni

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Horishni Plavni has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 395 m around an average of 65 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 478 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 511 m.

The land around Horishni Plavni is covered by trees (32%), water (31%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (35%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (64%) within 80 km.

3 km
395 m
16 km
478 m
80 km
511 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Rakivka 12 km · Kryukiv 14 km · Kremenchuk 17 km · Avtozavodskyi 17 km · Molodizhne 21 km · Svitlovodsk 29 km · Oleksandriya 53 km · Verkhnodniprovsk 64 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 Horishni Plavni (49.0084°, 33.6293°, elevation 71 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).