Kryvyy Rih weather in August

In August, Kryvyy Rih sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 39 mm of rain across 5.9 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 54 min at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kryvyy Rih's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kryvyy Rih's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
16°
11th coldest
Rainfall
39 mm
5.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
4:47 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover
41%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Kryvyy Rih is city of regional significance in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in central Ukraine.

Density
1,473/km²
people per km²
Founded
1775

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 29°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical August day in Kryvyy Rih reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°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)
12918
22918
32917
42917
52917
62917
72917
82917
92917
102917
112917
122917
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212716
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282614
292614
302514
312514

How August really feels in Kryvyy Rih

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.

Kryvyy Rih 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°367.95.68.60.0
Feb / -5°296.44.29.90.0
Mar / -1°419.53.411.60.9
Apr15° / 407.70.513.44.8
May22° / 11°5510.1014.96.7
Jun26° / 15°6010.7015.76.7
Jul28° / 17°477.8015.46.5
Aug28° / 16°395.9014.16.9
Sep22° / 11°456.7012.47.2
Oct14° / 355.90.110.64.5
Nov / 366.51.490.7
Dec / -4°356.83.88.30.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27624
37723
47624
57624
67624
77525
87525
97426
107327
117228
127228
137228
147030
157030
166931
176931
186832
196832
206733
216733
226634
236535
246436
256436
266337
276238
286139
296139
306040
315941

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kryvyy Rih gets around 39 mm of rain over 5.9 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 23% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
122
221
321
421
521
621
721
820
920
1020
1119
1219
1319
1418
1518
1618
1718
1818
1918
2018
2118
2218
2318
2419
2519
2620
2720
2821
2921
3022
3123

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 54% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13430298
23530288
33630277
43731257
53831246
64031236
74132225
84232215
94432204
104533193
114732183
124832172
135032162
145131162
155330152
165529151
175728141
185728141
195927131
206026131
216225121
226225121
236424111
246523111
256722101
266921100
27702190
28712090
29712090
30731980
31731980

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
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
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1211calm
1311calm
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3111calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 54 min 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 96 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:27 AM to 5:08 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 6:25 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.94:277:18
214.84:287:17
314.84:307:15
414.74:317:14
514.74:327:12
614.64:347:11
714.64:357:09
814.54:367:08
914.54:387:06
1014.44:397:04
1114.44:407:03
1214.34:427:01
1314.34:436:59
1414.24:446:57
1514.24:466:56
1614.14:476:54
1714.14:496:52
1814.04:506:50
1914.04:516:48
2013.94:536:47
2113.84:546:45
2213.84:556:43
2313.74:576:41
2413.74:586:39
2513.65:006:37
2613.65:016:35
2713.55:026:33
2813.55:046:31
2913.45:056:29
3013.35:076:27
3113.35:086:25

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.76 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.28 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
25.8Bright
35.8Bright
45.8Bright
55.7Bright
65.7Bright
75.7Bright
85.6Bright
95.6Bright
105.5Bright
115.5Bright
125.5Bright
135.4Bright
145.4Bright
155.3Bright
165.3Bright
175.2Bright
185.2Bright
195.2Bright
205.1Bright
215.0Bright
225.0Bright
234.9Bright
244.9Bright
254.8Bright
264.8Bright
274.7Bright
284.7Bright
294.6Bright
304.6Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kryvyy Rih?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kryvyy Rih for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kryvyy Rih in August

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

In August, Kryvyy Rih sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kryvyy Rih in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kryvyy Rih peaks around July 19 at about 7 (very 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 19UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kryvyy Rih?

Kryvyy Rih sits at 47.9°N, 33.4°E, 84 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Inhulets, 22 km away.

Vilnohirsk

Topography around Kryvyy Rih

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kryvyy Rih has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 240 m around an average of 82 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 462 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 594 m.

The land around Kryvyy Rih is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and trees (44%) within 3 km, cropland (33%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
240 m
16 km
462 m
80 km
594 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Inhulets 22 km · Terny 29 km · Apostolove 37 km · Zhovti Vody 49 km · Dolynska 52 km · Pyatykhatky 61 km · Pokrov 61 km · Vilnohirsk 79 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 Kryvyy Rih (47.9057°, 33.394°, elevation 84 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).