Fāqūs weather in August

In August, Fāqūs 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 11th-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 Fāqūs's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fāqūs'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
5:23 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
4%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
7.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Fāqūs is city in Egypt.

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 Fāqūs 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 Fāqūs

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.

Fāqūs weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 61.710.27.8
Feb21° / 10°72.210.98.0
Mar24° / 12°61.111.88.9
Apr28° / 14°30.712.77.8
May32° / 17°10.313.55.5
Jun34° / 20°00144.0
Jul35° / 22°0013.83.6
Aug35° / 23°0013.13.7
Sep34° / 22°0012.24.5
Oct31° / 19°30.611.26.1
Nov26° / 15°41.110.48.4
Dec22° / 11°40.9108.4

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

Fāqūs 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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1568261
2567271
3467281
4466291
5366301
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7366310
8365320
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10265330
11265330
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23566290
24666280
25766270
26866260
271065250
281166230
291365220
301465210
311664200

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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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 5:14 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:146:44
213.55:146:43
313.55:156:43
413.45:166:42
513.45:166:41
613.45:176:40
713.45:186:39
813.35:186:38
913.35:196:37
1013.35:196:37
1113.35:206:36
1213.25:216:35
1313.25:216:34
1413.25:226:33
1513.25:236:32
1613.15:236:31
1713.15:246:30
1813.15:246:29
1913.05:256:27
2013.05:266:26
2113.05:266:25
2213.05:276:24
2312.95:276:23
2412.95:286:22
2512.95:296:21
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2712.85:306:18
2812.85:316:17
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3012.75:326:15
3112.75:326:13

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.81 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.01 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.4Intense
27.3Intense
37.3Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
67.3Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Fāqūs

In seasonPeak

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

Fāqūs sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Fāqūs?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Fāqūs in August

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Fāqūs 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 Fāqūs peaks around June 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Fāqūs 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 Fāqūs is worst in January — around 125 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.2× the cleanest month (July, 39 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 12124 µg/m³Jul 1939 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan125Unhealthy
Feb111Unhealthy
Mar86Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun44Poor
Jul39Poor
Aug42Poor
Sep48Poor
Oct66Unhealthy
Nov108Unhealthy
Dec122Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Fāqūs?

Fāqūs sits at 30.7°N, 31.8°E, 15 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Abū Kabīr, 12 km away.

Topography around Fāqūs

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fāqūs has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 527 m.

The land around Fāqūs is covered by cropland (60%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, cropland (72%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%) and bare terrain (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
37 m
80 km
527 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Abū Kabīr 12 km · Al Qurayn 14 km · Aş Şāliḩīyah al Jadīdah 17 km · Kafr Şaqr 18 km · Al Ḩusaynīyah 19 km · At Tall al Kabīr 21 km · Hihyā 21 km · Al Ibrāhīmīyah 22 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 Fāqūs (30.7282°, 31.797°, elevation 15 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).