Merefa weather in August

In August, Merefa sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 45 mm of rain across 6.6 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 28°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 Merefa's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Merefa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
15°
11th coldest
Rainfall
45 mm
6.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
4:32 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover
45%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
out of 10

Merefa is city in Kharkiv Oblast, of Ukraine.

Density
297/km²
people per km²

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 24°C by the end.

A typical August day in Merefa reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 32°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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22817
32816
42816
52816
62816
72716
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312412

How August really feels in Merefa

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.

Merefa 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-2° / -7°399.58.18.40.0
Feb-1° / -7°347.86.39.70.0
Mar / -2°449.85.111.50.4
Apr14° / 429.40.613.54.1
May21° / 10°5310.5015.16.4
Jun25° / 15°6110.60166.8
Jul27° / 16°5810.2015.76.7
Aug26° / 15°456.6014.27.4
Sep20° / 10°477.4012.46.7
Oct12° / 427.40.610.53.4
Nov / -1°377.32.88.80.2
Dec-1° / -5°428.36.180.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16931
26931
36931
47030
57030
67030
77129
87129
97129
107129
117030
127129
137030
147030
156931
166832
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196634
206535
216535
226337
236337
246139
256040
265941
275842
285842
295644
305644
315545

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Merefa gets around 45 mm of rain over 6.6 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 22% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
125
225
324
423
523
622
722
821
921
1020
1120
1219
1319
1419
1519
1619
1719
1819
1920
2020
2120
2221
2321
2422
2523
2623
2724
2824
2925
3025
3126

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 58% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13136285
23336275
33436255
43636244
53836224
64036214
74236193
84435173
94735162
104935152
115134132
125333122
135632111
145731111
155930101
16612991
17622891
18632791
19662581
20672481
21682381
22692371
23702271
24712171
25722071
26732061
27741961
28751960
29761860
30771850
31781750

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 12 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
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811calm
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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 4:10 AM to 4:55 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 6:17 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.14:107:14
215.04:117:12
315.04:137:11
414.94:147:09
514.94:167:07
614.84:177:06
714.84:197:04
814.74:207:02
914.74:217:01
1014.64:236:59
1114.54:246:57
1214.54:266:55
1314.44:276:53
1414.44:296:52
1514.34:306:50
1614.34:326:48
1714.24:336:46
1814.24:356:44
1914.14:366:42
2014.04:386:40
2114.04:396:38
2213.94:416:36
2313.94:436:34
2413.84:446:32
2513.74:466:30
2613.74:476:28
2713.64:496:26
2813.64:506:23
2913.54:526:21
3013.44:536:19
3113.44:556:17

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.07 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
25.6Bright
35.6Bright
45.5Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
75.5Bright
85.4Bright
95.4Bright
105.4Bright
115.3Bright
125.3Bright
135.3Bright
145.2Bright
155.2Bright
165.1Bright
175.1Bright
185.0Bright
195.0Bright
204.9Bright
214.9Bright
224.8Bright
234.8Bright
244.7Bright
254.6Bright
264.6Bright
274.5Bright
284.5Bright
294.4Bright
304.4Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Merefa?

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

7.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Merefa in August

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

In August, Merefa 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 Merefa in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Merefa peaks around June 23 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJun 23UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Merefa?

Merefa sits at 49.8°N, 36.1°E, 128 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Pisochyn, 15 km away.

Topography around Merefa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Merefa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m around an average of 136 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m.

The land around Merefa is covered by trees (47%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (64%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
102 m
16 km
147 m
80 km
199 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Pisochyn 15 km · Liubotyn 17 km · Kharkiv 23 km · Rayon KTZ 26 km · Zhuravlivka 26 km · Oleksiyivka 27 km · Saltivka 31 km · Derhachi 32 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 Merefa (49.8211°, 36.0567°, elevation 128 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).