Ibshawāy weather in August

In August, Ibshawāy sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ibshawāy's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ibshawāy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
5:29 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
1%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
7.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Ibshawāy is City in Faiyum Governorate, 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 37°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ibshawāy reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Ibshawāy weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 20.510.38.2
Feb22° / 10°20.510.98.6
Mar25° / 13°30.311.89.1
Apr30° / 16°0012.77.1
May34° / 20°0013.44.4
Jun36° / 22°0013.82.7
Jul37° / 24°0013.72.1
Aug37° / 24°0013.12.2
Sep35° / 23°0012.23.5
Oct32° / 20°00.111.35.8
Nov26° / 15°10.310.58.7
Dec22° / 11°10.210.28.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% 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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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ibshawāy 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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 33% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11260280
21260280
31160290
41159300
51058320
61058320
7958330
8857341
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26959311
271059301
281159291
291258291
301358281
311458271

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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2812light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 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 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:21 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:216:46
213.45:216:45
313.45:226:45
413.45:226:44
513.35:236:43
613.35:246:42
713.35:246:41
813.35:256:41
913.25:256:40
1013.25:266:39
1113.25:276:38
1213.25:276:37
1313.15:286:36
1413.15:286:35
1513.15:296:34
1613.15:296:33
1713.05:306:32
1813.05:316:31
1913.05:316:30
2013.05:326:29
2112.95:326:28
2212.95:336:27
2312.95:336:26
2412.85:346:25
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2712.85:366:21
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2912.75:376:19
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3112.65:386:17

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.53 kWh/m² to a high of 8.03 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.3 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ibshawāy

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Ibshawāy?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ibshawāy.

What to pack for Ibshawāy in August

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

In August, Ibshawāy sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ibshawāy 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 Ibshawāy peaks around July 17 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 11Jan 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar7Very high
Apr8Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Ibshawāy 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 Ibshawāy is worst in January — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.7× the cleanest month (July, 33 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 1787 µg/m³Jul 2133 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan89Unhealthy
Feb80Unhealthy
Mar69Unhealthy
Apr57Unhealthy
May50Poor
Jun39Poor
Jul33Moderate
Aug34Moderate
Sep39Poor
Oct47Poor
Nov67Unhealthy
Dec77Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ibshawāy?

Ibshawāy sits at 29.4°N, 30.7°E, 4 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Yūsuf aṣ-Ṣiddīq, 12 km away.

Topography around Ibshawāy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ibshawāy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 502 m.

The land around Ibshawāy is covered by cropland (46%) and trees (39%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
87 m
80 km
502 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Yūsuf aṣ-Ṣiddīq 12 km · Al Fayyum 17 km · Iţsā 17 km · Sinnūris 19 km · Ţāmiyah 30 km · Ihnāsyā al Madīnah 39 km · Ihnāsīyah 44 km · Būsh 49 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 Ibshawāy (29.359°, 30.6806°, elevation 4 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).