Aflou weather in August

In August, Aflou sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 16 mm of rain across 5.2 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Aflou's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aflou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
20°
11th coldest
Rainfall
16 mm
5.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
6:17 AM – 7:34 PM
Cloud cover
36%
3rd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Aflou is town and commune in Laghouat Province, Algeria.

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 35°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical August day in Aflou reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 6°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Aflou

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 27 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
27
heat index over the day's high
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.

Aflou weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan10° / 184.41.8102.7
Feb12° / 194.61.510.73.6
Mar15° / 235.50.511.75.4
Apr19° / 305.50.112.87.0
May25° / 12°255.50.113.87.8
Jun30° / 17°154014.25.8
Jul35° / 21°92.80143.3
Aug33° / 20°165.2013.33.9
Sep28° / 16°386.3012.26.8
Oct21° / 11°325.2011.17.5
Nov15° / 193.50.210.25.2
Dec11° / 163.619.83.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

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

Any precipitation

Aflou gets around 16 mm of rain over 5.2 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 16% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
18
29
310
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512
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1016
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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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
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49820
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79730
89640
99541
109541
119451
129451
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149361
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199460
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259550
269640
279640
289640
299640
309640
319640

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 7:49 PM to 7:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.76:067:49
213.76:077:48
313.76:087:47
413.66:087:47
513.66:097:46
613.66:107:45
713.66:117:44
813.56:117:43
913.56:127:42
1013.56:137:41
1113.46:137:40
1213.46:147:39
1313.46:157:38
1413.36:167:36
1513.36:167:35
1613.36:177:34
1713.36:187:33
1813.26:197:32
1913.26:197:31
2013.26:207:29
2113.16:217:28
2213.16:227:27
2313.16:227:26
2413.06:237:24
2513.06:247:23
2613.06:257:22
2712.96:257:20
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2912.96:277:18
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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 6.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 6.79 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.2Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Aflou

In seasonPeak

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

Aflou sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Aug
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Is August a good time to visit Aflou?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Aflou. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Aflou in August

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

In August, Aflou sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Aflou in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aflou peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 18UV 11Dec 20UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Aflou 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 Aflou is worst in June — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.4× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJun 1344 µg/m³Dec 2313 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar36Poor
Apr44Poor
May42Poor
Jun45Poor
Jul37Poor
Aug36Poor
Sep39Poor
Oct24Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Aflou?

Aflou sits at 34.1°N, 2.1°E, 1,392 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is El Idrissia, 54 km away.

El BayadhDjelfaKsar Chellala

Topography around Aflou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aflou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 1,424 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 575 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,175 m.

The land around Aflou is covered by grassland (43%), bare terrain (24%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, grassland (67%) and bare terrain (24%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (60%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
131 m
16 km
575 m
80 km
1,175 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: El Idrissia 54 km · Laghouat 78 km · Charef 85 km · ’Aïn Deheb 96 km · ’Aïn el Bell 106 km · El Bayadh 111 km · Djelfa 123 km · Ksar Chellala 124 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 Aflou (34.1128°, 2.1023°, elevation 1,392 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).