Kaniv weather in August

In August, Kaniv sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 45 mm of rain across 7.3 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kaniv's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kaniv's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
15°
11th coldest
Rainfall
45 mm
7.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
4:50 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover
47%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.3
out of 10

Kaniv is town and administrative center of Kanivsky District of Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine.

Density
13/km²
people per km²
Founded
1078

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 27°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical August day in Kaniv reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 31°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 Kaniv

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.

Kaniv weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -5°347.96.28.40.0
Feb / -5°317.25.49.80.0
Mar / -1°388.83.511.50.7
Apr14° / 408.50.513.54.4
May21° / 11°5610.3015.16.4
Jun24° / 15°6611.10166.7
Jul26° / 17°6810.2015.76.8
Aug26° / 15°457.3014.27.3
Sep20° / 11°558.4012.46.4
Oct13° / 427.70.310.53.6
Nov / 397.52.88.80.4
Dec / -4°398.45.680.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26634
36634
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76535
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kaniv gets around 45 mm of rain over 7.3 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 24% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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824
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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 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
120343411
221343411
322343310
42434339
52535328
62635318
72835317
82934306
93134305
103234294
113434284
123534283
133733273
143933263
154032252
164231242
174431232
184630222
194830212
205029192
215129182
225229172
235528152
245728141
255927131
266127111
276326101
28642691
29652591
30662581
31692470

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August, the calmest month.

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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 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 4:29 AM to 5:13 AM, and sunset from 7:32 PM to 6:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.14:297:32
215.04:307:30
315.04:317:29
414.94:337:27
514.94:347:26
614.84:367:24
714.84:377:22
814.74:397:21
914.64:407:19
1014.64:427:17
1114.54:437:15
1214.54:447:13
1314.44:467:12
1414.44:477:10
1514.34:497:08
1614.34:507:06
1714.24:527:04
1814.14:537:02
1914.14:557:00
2014.04:566:58
2114.04:586:56
2213.94:596:54
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2413.85:036:50
2513.75:046:48
2613.75:066:46
2713.65:076:44
2813.65:096:42
2913.55:106:40
3013.45:126:37
3113.45:136:35

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.96 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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244.6Bright
254.5Bright
264.4Bright
274.4Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.2Bright
314.1Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kaniv?

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

7.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kaniv in August

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

In August, Kaniv sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kaniv 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 Kaniv peaks around July 13 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kaniv?

Kaniv sits at 49.8°N, 31.5°E, 85 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Pereiaslav, 35 km away.

Topography around Kaniv

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kaniv has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 155 m around an average of 118 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 237 m.

The land around Kaniv is covered by trees (51%) and water (29%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (61%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
155 m
16 km
192 m
80 km
237 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Pereiaslav 35 km · Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi 40 km · Zolotonosha 42 km · Bohuslav 49 km · Cherkasy 54 km · Yahotyn 62 km · Berezan 62 km · Smila 65 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 Kaniv (49.7519°, 31.47°, elevation 85 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).