Nizhyn weather in August

In August, Nizhyn sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 50 mm of rain across 8 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 26°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% 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 Nizhyn's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nizhyn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
50 mm
8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
4:45 AM – 7:08 PM
Cloud cover
51%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.2
out of 10

Nizhyn is Ukrainian city.

Density
1,326/km²
people per km²
Founded
~993 CE

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 26°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical August day in Nizhyn reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°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 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)
12616
22616
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42615
52615
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312212

How August really feels in Nizhyn

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.

Nizhyn 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° / -6°378.97.58.20.0
Feb-1° / -6°358.56.89.60.0
Mar / -2°399.24.911.50.4
Apr14° / 439.20.413.54.0
May20° / 10°5911.1015.36.2
Jun24° / 14°6410.8016.26.8
Jul26° / 15°8011.7015.86.6
Aug25° / 14°508014.47.2
Sep19° / 528.1012.46.3
Oct12° / 458.50.410.43.1
Nov / -1°398.43.28.70.2
Dec-1° / -5°4396.77.80.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% 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 42%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26238
36139
46139
56139
66040
76040
86139
96139
106139
116139
126238
136238
146238
156139
166238
176139
186040
195941
205941
215842
225842
235743
245644
255545
265545
275347
285248
295149
305050
315050

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nizhyn gets around 50 mm of rain over 8 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 26% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
130
230
329
428
528
627
727
826
926
1025
1125
1224
1324
1424
1524
1624
1724
1824
1924
2024
2125
2225
2325
2425
2526
2626
2727
2827
2927
3027
3127

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 52% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12835298
23035287
33135277
43335266
53535255
63635245
73835234
83935224
94135213
104235203
114435193
124534182
134734182
144833172
155032171
165231161
175430151
185529151
195728141
205927131
216027121
226226111
236425101
24652591
25682480
26692470
27712360
28732250
29732250
30752140
31762130

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
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
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2812light breeze
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3112light breeze

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 4:22 AM to 5:09 AM, and sunset from 7:35 PM to 6:35 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.24:227:35
215.24:247:33
315.14:257:31
415.04:277:30
515.04:287:28
614.94:307:26
714.94:317:25
814.84:337:23
914.84:347:21
1014.74:367:19
1114.74:387:17
1214.64:397:15
1314.54:417:14
1414.54:427:12
1514.44:447:10
1614.44:457:08
1714.34:477:06
1814.24:497:04
1914.24:507:02
2014.14:526:59
2114.14:536:57
2214.04:556:55
2313.94:576:53
2413.94:586:51
2513.85:006:49
2613.85:016:47
2713.75:036:44
2813.65:056:42
2913.65:066:40
3013.55:086:38
3113.45:096:35

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.82 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
25.4Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.2Bright
75.2Bright
85.2Bright
95.1Bright
105.1Bright
115.1Bright
125.0Bright
135.0Bright
145.0Bright
154.9Bright
164.9Bright
174.8Bright
184.8Bright
194.7Bright
204.7Bright
214.6Bright
224.6Bright
234.5Bright
244.5Bright
254.4Bright
264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.2Bright
294.2Bright
304.1Bright
314.0Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Nizhyn?

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
6.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Nizhyn in August

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

In August, Nizhyn sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nizhyn 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 Nizhyn 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 17 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 17UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nizhyn?

Nizhyn sits at 51.0°N, 31.9°E, 116 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Pryluky, 61 km away.

YahotynBerezan

Topography around Nizhyn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nizhyn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 126 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m.

The land around Nizhyn is covered by trees (41%), artificial surfaces (23%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
44 m
80 km
106 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
August weather nearby: Pryluky 61 km · Desnyanskyi 65 km · Chernihiv 66 km · Novozavodskyi 66 km · Bakhmach 68 km · Masany 71 km · Yahotyn 86 km · Berezan 87 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 Nizhyn (51.0477°, 31.8884°, elevation 116 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).