In Salah weather in August

In August, In Salah sees average daytime highs of 44°C and overnight lows near 30°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 44°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 94% 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 In Salah's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see In Salah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
44°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
30°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:25 AM – 7:23 PM
Cloud cover
10%
2nd clearest
Wind
20 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 44°C through the month.

A typical August day in In Salah 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 41°C and 46°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in In Salah

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.

In Salah 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 daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 20.410.58.7
Feb24° / 10°10.4119.1
Mar28° / 14°20.411.87.8
Apr33° / 18°20.412.64.4
May38° / 24°10.113.31.3
Jun43° / 28°0013.70.0
Jul45° / 30°0013.50.0
Aug44° / 30°00130.0
Sep40° / 27°10.112.20.3
Oct34° / 21°10.411.33.8
Nov27° / 13°10.310.78.4
Dec22° / 20.310.38.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 94% 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 (%)
1991
2991
3991
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6982
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

In Salah gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% 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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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319541

Wind in August

Winds average 20 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
121breezy
221breezy
321breezy
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521breezy
621breezy
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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 6:17 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 7:35 PM to 7:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:177:35
213.36:187:34
313.36:187:34
413.26:197:33
513.26:197:32
613.26:207:32
713.26:207:31
813.26:217:30
913.16:217:29
1013.16:227:29
1113.16:227:28
1213.16:237:27
1313.06:247:26
1413.06:247:25
1513.06:257:24
1613.06:257:23
1712.96:267:22
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1912.96:277:20
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2812.76:317:11
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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 7.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.12 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.7Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for In Salah

In seasonPeak

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

In Salah sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit In Salah?

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
0.4
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in In Salah.

What to pack for In Salah in August

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

In August, In Salah sees daytime highs around 44°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

UV index in In Salah in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in In Salah peaks around July 12 at about 10 (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 12UV 10Dec 17UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7High
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug8Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct7High
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in In Salah 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 In Salah is worst in July — around 106 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 64 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyJul 17104 µg/m³Nov 1567 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan80Unhealthy
Feb104Unhealthy
Mar93Unhealthy
Apr97Unhealthy
May103Unhealthy
Jun91Unhealthy
Jul106Unhealthy
Aug93Unhealthy
Sep87Unhealthy
Oct87Unhealthy
Nov64Unhealthy
Dec92Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is In Salah?

In Salah sits at 27.2°N, 2.5°E, 293 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Aoulef, 141 km away.

AoulefRegganeAdrarTimimounEl MeniaMetlili ChaambaTamanghassetRouissat

Topography around In Salah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around In Salah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 283 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 519 m.

The land around In Salah is covered by bare terrain (76%) within 3 km, bare terrain (96%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
166 m
80 km
519 m
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August weather nearby: Aoulef 141 km · Reggane 235 km · Adrar 284 km · Timimoun 318 km · El Menia 378 km · Metlili Chaamba 575 km · Tamanghasset 579 km · Rouissat 594 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 In Salah (27.1968°, 2.4791°, elevation 293 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).