Sortavala Weather in August
Sortavala in August
The short of it: Sortavala in August averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 75 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 11° · rain 75 mm · daylight 15 h 53 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
August in Sortavala brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 11°, with about 75 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 75 mm.
The sun is up for about 15 h 53 min in mid-August, 166 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 July and June.
Against its neighbours, Sortavala runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Khelyulya, 3 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Sortavala, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 6° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KhelyulyaKarelia | 3 km NNW | 20° | 11° | 75 mm |
| KharluKarelia | 16 km NE | 20° | 11° | 76 mm |
| LyaskelyaKarelia | 17 km ENE | 20° | 11° | 76 mm |
| Yanis’yarviKarelia | 24 km NNE | 19° | 11° | 76 mm |
| RuskealaKarelia | 25 km NNW | 20° | 10° | 77 mm |
| Lakhdenpokh’yaKarelia | 35 km SW | 20° | 11° | 72 mm |
| UukuniemiSouth Karelia | 38 km WNW | 20° | 11° | 74 mm |
| PitkyarantaKarelia | 43 km ESE | 20° | 11° | 77 mm |