Kovel weather in August

In August, Kovel sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 66 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high
24°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
66 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
5:14 AM – 7:37 PM
Cloud cover
56%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Kovel is city of regional significance of Ukraine.

Density
1,352/km²
people per km²
Founded
1310

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 22°C by the end.

A typical August day in Kovel reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12515
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52514
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232313
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302212
312211

How August really feels in Kovel

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.

Kovel 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-0° / -5°368.96.18.20.0
Feb / -4°349.679.60.0
Mar / -1°4210.23.911.50.7
Apr14° / 4810113.53.9
May19° / 7612.9015.35.7
Jun22° / 12°7913.2016.36.1
Jul24° / 14°9313.3015.96.4
Aug24° / 13°6610014.46.9
Sep19° / 679.6012.45.8
Oct12° / 479.10.310.43.3
Nov / 409.438.70.5
Dec / -3°419.86.17.70.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25446
35446
45644
55644
65644
75743
85743
95743
105743
115842
125842
135842
145842
155842
165842
175743
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195644
205545
215545
225446
235347
245248
255149
264951
274852
284852
294555
304456
314357

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kovel gets around 66 mm of rain over 10 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 33% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
237
337
437
537
636
736
835
935
1034
1134
1233
1332
1432
1531
1631
1730
1830
1930
2030
2129
2229
2330
2430
2530
2631
2731
2832
2932
3032
3132

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 45% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12636317
22737307
32737306
42837296
53037285
63137285
73237274
83336264
93536264
103636253
113736243
123935233
134035232
144234222
154334212
164534202
174633192
184833181
194933171
205132161
215232151
225431141
235531131
245730121
255830111
266029101
27622891
28642880
29652780
30672670
31682660

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
110calm
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310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 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 108 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:50 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 8:04 PM to 7:04 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.24:508:04
215.24:528:02
315.14:538:01
415.14:557:59
515.04:577:57
615.04:587:56
714.95:007:54
814.85:017:52
914.85:037:50
1014.75:047:48
1114.75:067:47
1214.65:077:45
1314.65:097:43
1414.55:117:41
1514.45:127:39
1614.45:147:37
1714.35:157:35
1814.35:177:33
1914.25:197:31
2014.15:207:29
2114.15:227:26
2214.05:237:24
2314.05:257:22
2413.95:277:20
2513.85:287:18
2613.85:307:16
2713.75:327:13
2813.65:337:11
2913.65:357:09
3013.55:367:07
3113.45:387:04

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
25.0Bright
35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
84.9Bright
94.9Bright
104.9Bright
114.9Bright
124.8Bright
134.8Bright
144.8Bright
154.7Bright
164.7Bright
174.7Bright
184.6Bright
194.6Bright
204.5Bright
214.5Bright
224.4Bright
234.4Bright
244.3Bright
254.2Bright
264.2Bright
274.1Bright
284.0Bright
294.0Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kovel?

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
5.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kovel for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kovel in August

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

In August, Kovel sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kovel 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 Kovel peaks around July 15 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kovel?

Kovel sits at 51.2°N, 24.7°E, 175 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Volodymyr-Volynskyi, 49 km away.

HrubieszówVarashChełmSokalSheptytskyi

Topography around Kovel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kovel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 173 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m.

The land around Kovel is covered by artificial surfaces (37%), trees (26%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (42%), cropland (31%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (43%), cropland (34%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
62 m
80 km
161 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Volodymyr-Volynskyi 49 km · Novovolynsk 66 km · Lutsk 68 km · Hrubieszów 73 km · Varash 82 km · Chełm 86 km · Sokal 88 km · Sheptytskyi 97 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 Kovel (51.2155°, 24.7008°, elevation 175 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).