Batumi weather in August
August in Batumi: sweltering, soaked, with clean air — fine if you can take 21 rainy days.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#3 of 12 months in Batumi · #663 of 1413 destinations to visit in August · comfort 80/100 (tier A)
- Days
- 29°C
- Nights
- 23°C
- Wet days
- 21
- Sun
- 11.5 h
- Humidity
- 90%
- Daylight
- 14 h

Traveller notes on Batumi in August
August in Batumi is hot, very humid and genuinely wet - our row carries 218.4mm across 20.7 precipitation days at 89.7 percent humidity, making 28.9C feel like 35C. Regulars in Adjara describe humidity high enough that washing never dries properly, nights that stay warm, and a raincoat as a necessary item alongside summer clothes. Their accounts of the rain range from a few wet days inside a good month to one visitor's week with a day and a half of sun. The consolation they offer is that the city itself is worth walking when the beach is off, which in this month is a real possibility. The record: 22.8C nights, 11.5 hours of sun and a 28.6C sea.
Other months in Batumi
Regulars are specific this counts as one of the best months to visit the wider country, not too hot and not too cold in early September, though the water here specifically turns cold after the middle of the month even as some visitors from colder countries keep swimming into October regardless. Our row backs that warm, genuinely wet read, 25.9C reading as a hot 29C, over 19.1C nights feeling 21C, with a substantial 248.7mm of rain across 16 days and humidity at 87 percent. Regulars are direct it rains a lot here specifically, genuine advice to have a backup city-exploring plan ready for any day the beach doesn't work out. The sea sits at a warm 26.1C. The record: 9.6 hours of sun, a 10.1 kph wind and AQI 41.
Late April into May here is described as mild and warming day by day, and still early for what most people come to this coast to do. Our row is the reason: the sea is 16.5C, and air of 20.8C only reads as 23C because the humidity is 82.2 percent. The board's standing advice about this city is to bring an umbrella, because it rains a great deal - and May carries 111.3mm across 13.7 days, so that is not a formality. Their consolation is the right one: when the beach is off, the city itself is worth the day. Nights are 14C and the wind is light at 10.8 kph. The record: 10.6 hours of sun and AQI 44.
Batumi-forum threads on winter travel describe the city at well under ten percent of its normal summer activity level in February - restaurants, bars and supermarkets stay open since a real year-round population lives here, but everything tied to the seaside season is shut down entirely. Posters call it genuinely quiet rather than lifeless, with the botanical garden and nearby Gonio Fortress singled out as nearly empty and pleasant to explore without a tour bus in sight. The standing advice: waterproof clothing and sturdy shoes matter more than a heavy coat, since damp, overcast conditions off the Black Sea are the norm rather than deep cold. The clearest upside is budget - accommodation runs at its lowest rates. The record: 12.3C days feeling like 10C, 5.4C nights, a notably high 137mm across 13.4 days, 25cm of snowfall in the surrounding hills, an 80 percent humidity and just 7.1 hours of sun.
July and August are Batumi's sea season and the forum's description is two-sided. The beach is working - stony rather than sand - and the days are warm enough that regulars tell you not to sit in the sun through the middle of them: before noon and after six is the local rhythm. The other side is that it rains a great deal here and the humidity on the Adjara and Guria coast is high enough that, as one poster puts it, clothes never dry completely. A raincoat travels with the swimwear. The record agrees on both counts: 27.9C days that feel like 33C, 21.8C nights, 18 precipitation days carrying 210.5mm, humidity 89 percent, 11.6 hours of sun and a 25.7C sea.
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Batumi climate normals — August
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Batumi in August
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Peak crowdsHigh season on the boulevard, Summer holidays in Georgia, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Best months for Batumi's weather
Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).
Best weatherBatumi's weather peaks June–August.
Best weatherFair weatherToughest weather
What's on in Batumi in August
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Season
Sea warm enough to swim
20 Jun – 5 Oct · usuallyThe Black Sea here warms late and cools late, and the beach is pebble rather than sand the whole way along the boulevard. September is the better month of the two ends.
- Season
High season on the boulevard
1 Jul – 31 AugSchool holidaysCrowdedTbilisi, Yerevan, Baku and half of eastern Turkey come here for the summer, and the boulevard and the casinos run at capacity. Rooms cost three times what they do in May.
- Season
Wet season
MonsoonRisk21 rainy days and about 218 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.
from the climate normals
Nearby, and something's on
Within 300 km of Batumi — a day trip or a short hop — with something on this month. Never part of the comfort score.
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Batumi in August — FAQ
- Is August a good time to visit Batumi?
- August in Batumi: sweltering, soaked, with clean air — fine if you can take 21 rainy days. It ranks #3 of 12 months for Batumi on SeasonMap's comfort score (80/100).
- What is the weather like in Batumi in August?
- In August, Batumi averages a daily high of 28.9°C and a low of 22.8°C, with about 218.4 mm of rain over roughly 20.7 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Batumi in August?
- Batumi has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 43 in August.
Within 300 km: Gudauri's Alpine meadows and paragliding around 15 Jun – 15 Sep, and Krasnaya Polyana's Rosa Khutor Classica around 10–26 Aug.