Smila weather in August

In August, Smila sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 41 mm of rain across 6.8 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-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 45% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Smila's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Smila's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
16°
11th coldest
Rainfall
41 mm
6.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 12 min
4:50 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
46%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
out of 10

Smila is city of Ukraine.

Density
1,668/km²
people per km²
Founded
1542

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 Smila reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°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)
12717
22717
32717
42717
52717
62717
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112717
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How August really feels in Smila

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.

Smila weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -5°3486.48.50.0
Feb / -5°306.75.19.80.0
Mar / -1°398.93.711.60.7
Apr14° / 398.70.513.44.3
May21° / 11°5610.4015.16.5
Jun25° / 15°6610.3015.96.8
Jul27° / 17°609015.66.9
Aug26° / 16°416.8014.27.4
Sep20° / 11°538012.46.6
Oct13° / 417.40.310.53.7
Nov / 387.22.68.90.5
Dec / -4°377.75.18.10.0

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 20% 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
46931
56931
66931
76931
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96931
106931
116931
127030
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196733
206634
216634
226535
236337
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256139
265941
275842
285743
295644
305446
315446

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Smila gets around 41 mm of rain over 6.8 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 22% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
124
223
323
423
523
623
723
822
922
1021
1121
1221
1320
1420
1520
1619
1719
1819
1919
2020
2120
2220
2321
2422
2522
2623
2724
2825
2926
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 45% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
122323313
223323212
324323211
426323110
52733319
62833308
73033307
83133306
93233295
103433294
113533284
123733273
133933262
144032252
154232242
164432232
174531222
184730212
194930201
205129191
215328181
225528161
235727151
245827141
256026131
266126121
276325111
286524101
29662491
30682390
31702280

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
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours 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 102 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:29 AM to 5:12 AM, and sunset from 7:28 PM to 6:33 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.04:297:28
214.94:307:27
314.94:317:25
414.84:337:24
514.84:347:22
614.74:367:21
714.74:377:19
814.64:387:17
914.64:407:16
1014.54:417:14
1114.54:437:12
1214.44:447:10
1314.44:467:09
1414.34:477:07
1514.34:497:05
1614.24:507:03
1714.24:527:01
1814.14:536:59
1914.04:546:57
2014.04:566:55
2113.94:576:53
2213.94:596:51
2313.85:006:49
2413.85:026:47
2513.75:036:45
2613.65:056:43
2713.65:066:41
2813.55:086:39
2913.55:096:37
3013.45:116:35
3113.35:126:33

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
25.6Bright
35.6Bright
45.6Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
75.5Bright
85.5Bright
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
284.4Bright
294.4Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Smila?

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 Smila for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Smila in August

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

In August, Smila sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Smila 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 Smila peaks around July 14 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 14UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Smila?

Smila sits at 49.2°N, 31.9°E, 101 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Cherkasy, 27 km away.

Znamyanka

Topography around Smila

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Smila has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 100 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 208 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m.

The land around Smila is covered by trees (42%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (43%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
86 m
16 km
208 m
80 km
234 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Cherkasy 27 km · Shpola 43 km · Zolotonosha 50 km · Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi 50 km · Kaniv 65 km · Bahacheve 66 km · Zvenyhorodka 69 km · Znamyanka 80 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 Smila (49.233°, 31.8843°, elevation 101 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).