Hurghada weather in August

In August, Hurghada sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Hurghada's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hurghada's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
1st warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:20 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
1%
1st clearest
Wind
22 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Hurghada is city in Red Sea Governorate, Egypt.

Founded
1905

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 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Hurghada reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Hurghada

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.

Hurghada weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 13°20.310.58.4
Feb21° / 14°10.1118.8
Mar23° / 16°10.111.89.3
Apr26° / 20°00.112.69.0
May30° / 23°00.113.37.1
Jun32° / 25°0013.75.7
Jul33° / 27°0013.54.9
Aug33° / 27°00134.7
Sep32° / 25°0012.25.9
Oct29° / 23°30.311.37.7
Nov25° / 19°10.210.79.3
Dec21° / 15°10.110.38.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

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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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 15% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
102365120
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302264131
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Wind in August

Winds average 22 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
120breezy
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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 5:12 AM to 5:27 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:126:30
213.35:126:29
313.35:136:29
413.25:136:28
513.25:146:27
613.25:146:26
713.25:156:26
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913.15:166:24
1013.15:176:23
1113.15:176:22
1213.15:186:22
1313.05:186:21
1413.05:196:20
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1613.05:206:18
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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 7.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.08 kWh/m² to a high of 8.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Hurghada

In seasonPeak

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

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

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Is August a good time to visit Hurghada?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Hurghada for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Hurghada in August

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

In August, Hurghada sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Hurghada in August

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in August at about 29°C and coldest in February near 22°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

20°22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan23Refreshing
Feb22Refreshing
Mar22Refreshing
Apr23Refreshing
May25Warm
Jun26Warm
Jul28Warm
Aug29Tropical
Sep28Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov26Warm
Dec25Warm

UV index in Hurghada 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 Hurghada peaks around August 13 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateAug 13UV 11Jan 1UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct7High
Nov6High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Hurghada 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 Hurghada is worst in May — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 17 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1429 µg/m³Nov 1517 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May29Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Hurghada?

Hurghada sits at 27.3°N, 33.8°E, 11 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Safaga, 58 km away.

Sharm El SheikhEl-TorEl QuseirRas GharibDahabQinaQifţ

Topography around Hurghada

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hurghada has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,080 m.

The land around Hurghada is covered by water (38%), artificial surfaces (31%) and bare terrain (31%) within 3 km, water (58%) and bare terrain (37%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (55%) and water (45%) within 80 km.

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38 m
16 km
144 m
80 km
2,080 m
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August weather nearby: Safaga 58 km · Sharm El Sheikh 89 km · El-Tor 111 km · El Quseir 136 km · Ras Gharib 142 km · Dahab 152 km · Qina 163 km · Qifţ 171 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 Hurghada (27.2574°, 33.8129°, elevation 11 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).