Yalta weather in August

In August, Yalta sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 34 mm of rain across 6.3 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Yalta's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yalta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
34 mm
6.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:51 AM – 7:44 PM
Cloud cover
27%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.0
out of 10

Yalta is city in Crimea, Ukraine.

Density
272/km²
people per km²
Founded
1154

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 24°C by the end.

A typical August day in Yalta reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 29°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)
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How August really feels in Yalta

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.

Yalta weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 409.33.790.0
Feb / 337.93.410.10.0
Mar / 379.12.211.61.0
Apr12° / 307.20.413.23.3
May17° / 12°337.5014.66.1
Jun22° / 17°458.2015.37.4
Jul25° / 20°366.30158.0
Aug25° / 20°346.3013.98.0
Sep21° / 16°306.2012.37.4
Oct15° / 11°365.9010.75.3
Nov10° / 407.40.69.42.4
Dec / 428.82.68.70.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1928
2919
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5928
6928
7928
8919
9919
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Yalta gets around 34 mm of rain over 6.3 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.

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Rain chance (%)
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222
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 39% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 20% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
142340302
252340302
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562340292
662340282
772340272
872441262
982441252
1082441242
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16112842181
17112842171
18122942171
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3026343190
3127343090

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 8:05 PM to 7:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.55:348:05
214.55:358:04
314.45:368:02
414.45:378:01
514.45:388:00
614.35:407:58
714.35:417:57
814.25:427:56
914.25:437:54
1014.15:447:53
1114.15:457:51
1214.15:477:50
1314.05:487:48
1414.05:497:47
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1713.85:527:42
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1913.75:557:39
2013.75:567:37
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2213.65:587:34
2313.56:007:32
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2513.46:027:28
2613.46:037:27
2713.36:047:25
2813.36:067:23
2913.26:077:21
3013.26:087:19
3113.16:097:17

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.24 kWh/m² to a high of 6.82 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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146.1Intense
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166.0Intense
176.0Bright
185.9Bright
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255.6Bright
265.5Bright
275.5Bright
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305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Yalta?

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

8.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Yalta in August

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

In August, Yalta sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 20°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

Sea temperature near Yalta in August

The nearest coast averages about 25°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 14 to Sep 30 — about 3.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May15Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Refreshing
Aug25Warm
Sep22Refreshing
Oct18Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Yalta in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Yalta peaks around July 20 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 20UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5High
Jun7High
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Yalta?

Yalta sits at 44.5°N, 34.2°E, 54 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Alushta, 27 km away.

Saki

Topography around Yalta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yalta has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 720 m around an average of 138 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,541 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,529 m.

The land around Yalta is covered by trees (50%), water (24%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and water (40%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
720 m
16 km
1,541 m
80 km
1,529 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Alushta 27 km · Bakhchysaray 37 km · Balaklava 45 km · Simferopol 51 km · Sevastopol 52 km · Bilohirsk 71 km · Sudak 75 km · Saki 83 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 Yalta (44.5022°, 34.1662°, elevation 54 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).