Russia in August: where is it warmest?
In August, Astrakhan is the warmest place with 32 °C by day, Anadyr the coolest with 12 °C. 48 of 55 destinations have good holiday weather.
All destinations in August, warmest first
Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.
| Place | Score | Air | Sea | Sun | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astrakhan | 71 | 32° | – | 9 h | 2 |
| Krasnodar | 74 | 31° | – | 9 h | 5 |
| Volgograd | 81 | 30° | – | 9 h | 3 |
| Rostov-on-Don | 81 | 30° | – | 10 h | 5 |
| Makhachkala | 79 | 30° | 26° | 9 h | 5 |
| Grozny | 71 | 30° | – | 9 h | 7 |
| Novorossiysk | 83 | 29° | 26° | 10 h | 6 |
| Derbent | 98 | 28° | 26° | 9 h | 4 |
| Orenburg | 97 | 27° | – | 10 h | 5 |
| Taganrog | 96 | 27° | 25° | 10 h | 5 |
| Sochi | 84 | 27° | 26° | 9 h | 11 |
| Saratov | 96 | 26° | – | 9 h | 5 |
| Voronezh | 95 | 25° | – | 10 h | 7 |
| Kursk | 92 | 25° | – | 9 h | 8 |
| Samara | 90 | 25° | – | 8 h | 7 |
| Vladikavkaz | 84 | 25° | – | 8 h | 9 |
| Tolyatti | 90 | 24° | – | 8 h | 8 |
| Khabarovsk | 66 | 24° | – | 6 h | 15 |
| Birobidzhan | 65 | 24° | – | 6 h | 15 |
| Ulyanovsk | 88 | 23° | – | 8 h | 9 |
| Kazan | 87 | 23° | – | 8 h | 9 |
| Ufa | 85 | 23° | – | 8 h | 10 |
| Barnaul | 84 | 23° | – | 8 h | 10 |
| Ulan-Ude | 82 | 23° | – | 7 h | 10 |
| Tula | 80 | 23° | – | 7 h | 10 |
| Kaliningrad | 79 | 23° | – | 8 h | 12 |
| Vladivostok | 67 | 23° | 21° | 5 h | 13 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 85 | 22° | – | 8 h | 10 |
| Omsk | 83 | 22° | – | 8 h | 11 |
| Smolensk | 81 | 22° | – | 8 h | 11 |
| Novosibirsk | 80 | 22° | – | 8 h | 11 |
| Irkutsk | 80 | 22° | – | 8 h | 11 |
| Chelyabinsk | 80 | 22° | – | 7 h | 10 |
| Moscow | 79 | 22° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Sovetsk | 76 | 22° | – | 8 h | 13 |
| Yakutsk | 90 | 21° | – | 9 h | 8 |
| Tyumen | 78 | 21° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Krasnoyarsk | 77 | 21° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Pskov | 77 | 21° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Tver | 75 | 21° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 74 | 21° | – | 5 h | 11 |
| Veliky Novgorod | 73 | 21° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Saint Petersburg | 78 | 20° | 19° | 7 h | 12 |
| Perm | 75 | 20° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Tomsk | 75 | 20° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Yekaterinburg | 74 | 20° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Vyborg | 34 | 20° | 19° | 7 h | 12 |
| Kronstadt | 30 | 19° | 19° | 8 h | 13 |
| Arkhangelsk | 73 | 18° | 14° | 7 h | 12 |
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | 63 | 16° | 13° | 5 h | 11 |
| Murmansk | 54 | 15° | 11° | 5 h | 12 |
| Norilsk | 54 | 14° | – | 6 h | 13 |
| Magadan | 18 | 14° | 13° | 5 h | 11 |
| Vorkuta | 40 | 13° | – | 4 h | 13 |
| Anadyr | 20 | 12° | 11° | 6 h | 11 |
Russia in August: quick answers
Russia in August: where is it warmest?
The warmest places in August are Astrakhan (32 °C), Krasnodar (31 °C) and Volgograd (30 °C).
Russia in August: where is the sea warmest?
The sea is warmest at Makhachkala (26 °C), Novorossiysk (26 °C) and Derbent (26 °C).
Russia in August: where is the weather best?
The best holiday weather in August – warm, sunny and dry – is in Derbent, Orenburg and Taganrog.
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Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences