Madīnat as Sādāt weather in August

In August, Madīnat as Sādāt 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 1st-warmest and 9th-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 Madīnat as Sādāt's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madīnat as Sādāt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
5:29 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
2%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
7.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Madīnat as Sādāt is human settlement in Egypt.

Density
114/km²
people per km²
Founded
1978

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 Madīnat as Sādāt 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 2°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Madīnat as Sādāt

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.

Madīnat as Sādāt 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
Jan19° / 20.710.37.8
Feb20° / 10°30.810.98.1
Mar23° / 12°30.611.89.0
Apr28° / 14°10.212.78.2
May32° / 17°00.113.55.8
Jun34° / 20°0013.94.2
Jul35° / 22°0013.83.5
Aug35° / 23°0013.13.4
Sep33° / 21°0012.24.7
Oct30° / 19°10.211.36.8
Nov25° / 14°20.610.58.8
Dec21° / 11°20.410.18.3

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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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Madīnat as Sādāt 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 (%)
1222706
2221707
3220717
4119728
5118738
6117739
7116749
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28127648
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30230617
31331597

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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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 5:20 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 6:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:206:49
213.55:206:48
313.45:216:47
413.45:216:46
513.45:226:45
613.45:236:45
713.35:236:44
813.35:246:43
913.35:246:42
1013.35:256:41
1113.25:266:40
1213.25:266:39
1313.25:276:38
1413.25:286:37
1513.15:286:36
1613.15:296:35
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1813.15:306:33
1913.05:316:32
2013.05:316:31
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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 7.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.35 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.27 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 Madīnat as Sādāt

In seasonPeak

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

Madīnat as Sādāt sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

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Is August a good time to visit Madīnat as Sādāt?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Madīnat as Sādāt in August

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Madīnat as Sādāt in August

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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 Madīnat as Sādāt 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 16UV 11Jan 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar7Very high
Apr8Very high
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Madīnat as Sādāt 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 Madīnat as Sādāt 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 Madīnat as Sādāt?

Madīnat as Sādāt sits at 30.4°N, 30.5°E, 43 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Madīnat Wādī an Naţrūn, 15 km away.

Topography around Madīnat as Sādāt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madīnat as Sādāt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 43 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m.

The land around Madīnat as Sādāt is covered by bare terrain (45%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, bare terrain (51%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (43%) and cropland (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
124 m
80 km
371 m
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August weather nearby: Madīnat Wādī an Naţrūn 15 km · Badr 30 km · Munūf 42 km · Sirs al Layyānah 45 km · Ash Shuhadā’ 45 km · Ashmūn 46 km · Kawm Ḩamādah 47 km · Al Bājūr 51 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 Madīnat as Sādāt (30.3674°, 30.5087°, elevation 43 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).