Adrar weather in August

In August, Adrar sees average daytime highs of 44°C and overnight lows near 30°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 45°C in the first days to 43°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 93% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Adrar's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Adrar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
44°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
30°
11th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:35 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
12%
2nd clearest
Wind
17 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Adrar is сapital city of Adrar Province, Algeria.

Density
108/km²
people per km²

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 45°C in the first days to 43°C by the end.

A typical August day in Adrar reaches about 44°C in the afternoon and slips back to 30°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 42°C and 46°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Adrar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Adrar weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 20.410.48.7
Feb24° / 10°20.4119.1
Mar28° / 14°20.411.87.9
Apr33° / 18°30.312.64.6
May38° / 23°00.113.41.5
Jun43° / 27°00.113.70.0
Jul46° / 31°0013.60.0
Aug44° / 30°10.2130.0
Sep41° / 26°20.412.20.3
Oct34° / 20°10.311.34.0
Nov26° / 13°10.410.68.5
Dec22° / 10.210.38.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 93% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 2%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Adrar gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 17 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:27 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 7:47 PM to 7:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:277:47
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413.36:297:45
513.36:297:45
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713.26:307:43
813.26:317:42
913.26:327:41
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1113.16:337:40
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1313.16:347:38
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.02 kWh/m² to a high of 8.04 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.32 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Adrar

In seasonPeak

In August, Adrar sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Adrar sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in July.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Adrar?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Adrar.

What to pack for Adrar in August

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

In August, Adrar sees daytime highs around 44°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Adrar in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Adrar peaks around July 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 16UV 11Dec 17UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7High
Mar8Very high
Apr9Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Adrar in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Adrar is worst in April — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 42 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorApr 1775 µg/m³Nov 1744 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan46Poor
Feb72Unhealthy
Mar68Unhealthy
Apr76Unhealthy
May71Unhealthy
Jun71Unhealthy
Jul75Unhealthy
Aug72Unhealthy
Sep66Unhealthy
Oct61Unhealthy
Nov42Poor
Dec56Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Adrar?

Adrar sits at 27.9°N, 0.3°W, 257 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Reggane, 137 km away.

RegganeTimimounAoulefIn SalahEl MeniaBécharMerzougaMoulay Ali Cherif

Topography around Adrar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Adrar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 255 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m.

The land around Adrar is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and bare terrain (36%) within 3 km, bare terrain (95%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

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230 m
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August weather nearby: Reggane 137 km · Timimoun 163 km · Aoulef 169 km · In Salah 284 km · El Menia 430 km · Béchar 456 km · Merzouga 508 km · Moulay Ali Cherif 539 km

Algeria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,051
2025
Happiness
5.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
69%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 468
Religion
Muslim 99%

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 Adrar (27.8743°, -0.2939°, elevation 257 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).