Ashmūn weather in August

In August, Ashmūn sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ashmūn's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ashmūn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
5:27 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
2%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
7.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Ashmūn is human settlement.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ashmūn reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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

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
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.

Ashmūn 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
Jan20° / 10°4110.37.9
Feb21° / 10°41.110.98.2
Mar24° / 12°40.511.89.0
Apr28° / 15°10.212.77.9
May32° / 18°00.213.55.4
Jun35° / 21°0013.93.8
Jul35° / 23°0013.83.3
Aug35° / 23°0013.13.3
Sep34° / 22°0012.24.3
Oct31° / 19°10.311.36.3
Nov26° / 15°30.510.58.7
Dec21° / 11°20.610.18.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 0% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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

Any precipitation

Ashmūn 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 muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 80% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1120718
2119728
3118738
4117739
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30230626
31332605

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:18 AM to 5:36 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:186:47
213.55:186:46
313.45:196:45
413.45:206:44
513.45:206:43
613.45:216:43
713.35:216:42
813.35:226:41
913.35:236:40
1013.35:236:39
1113.25:246:38
1213.25:256:37
1313.25:256:36
1413.25:266:35
1513.15:266:34
1613.15:276:33
1713.15:286:32
1813.15:286:31
1913.05:296:30
2013.05:296:29
2113.05:306:28
2212.95:316:27
2312.95:316:26
2412.95:326:25
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2612.85:336:22
2712.85:346:21
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2912.75:356:19
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3112.75:366:16

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.26 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ashmūn

In seasonPeak

None of Ashmūn's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ashmūn sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Ashmūn?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ashmūn in August

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

In August, Ashmūn sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ashmūn in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ashmūn peaks around June 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 16UV 11Jan 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Ashmūn 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 Ashmūn is worst in January — around 88 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.7× the cleanest month (July, 32 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 1687 µg/m³Jul 2033 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan88Unhealthy
Feb81Unhealthy
Mar71Unhealthy
Apr59Unhealthy
May51Poor
Jun39Poor
Jul32Moderate
Aug34Moderate
Sep40Poor
Oct50Poor
Nov72Unhealthy
Dec81Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ashmūn?

Ashmūn sits at 30.3°N, 31.0°E, 19 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al Bājūr, 16 km away.

Topography around Ashmūn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ashmūn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 598 m.

The land around Ashmūn is covered by cropland (70%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%) and bare terrain (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
129 m
80 km
598 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Al Bājūr 16 km · Sirs al Layyānah 16 km · Manshīyat al Qanāţir 18 km · Munūf 19 km · Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah 19 km · Qahā 22 km · Ţūkh 22 km · Awsīm 25 km

Egypt travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 15% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,086
2025
Happiness
3.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
79%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
10.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 459
Religion
Muslim 90%Christian 10%

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 Ashmūn (30.2974°, 30.9764°, elevation 19 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).