Gatchina Weather in August
Gatchina in August
The short of it: Gatchina in August averages a high of 21 °C (69 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 81 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 11° · rain 81 mm · daylight 15 h 32 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Gatchina an average August high of 21°, a low of 11° and some 81 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 21°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 81 mm.
The sun is up for about 15 h 32 min in mid-August, 144 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and July.
Against its neighbours, Gatchina runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Kommunar, 16 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
August in Gatchina, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KommunarLeningradskaya Oblast' | 16 km ENE | 21° | 12° | 78 mm |
| Krasnoye SeloSt.-Petersburg | 18 km N | 21° | 12° | 80 mm |
| PavlovskSt.-Petersburg | 21 km NE | 21° | 12° | 76 mm |
| PushkinSt.-Petersburg | 21 km NE | 21° | 12° | 77 mm |
| GorelovoSt.-Petersburg | 22 km N | 21° | 12° | 79 mm |
| VyritsaLeningradskaya Oblast' | 22 km SSE | 21° | 11° | 80 mm |
| SiverskiyLeningradskaya Oblast' | 25 km S | 21° | 11° | 83 mm |
| Sosnovaya PolyanaSt.-Petersburg | 29 km N | 21° | 13° | 78 mm |