Mūţ weather in August

In August, Mūţ sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Mūţ's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mūţ's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:41 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
1%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
7.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.2
out of 10

Mūţ is town in the Egyptian depression of el-Dakhla.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical August day in Mūţ reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 36°C and 41°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 Mūţ

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
6 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Mūţ weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 00.110.68.5
Feb22° / 00.111.19.1
Mar27° / 12°00.111.88.9
Apr32° / 16°0012.65.5
May36° / 21°0013.22.8
Jun38° / 23°0013.61.5
Jul39° / 24°0013.41.1
Aug38° / 24°0012.91.2
Sep36° / 22°0012.22.8
Oct32° / 18°0011.45.6
Nov26° / 12°0010.89.1
Dec21° / 0010.48.7

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 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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

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Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 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 5:34 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 7.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.39 kWh/m² to a high of 8.16 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.5 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 Mūţ

In seasonPeak

In August, Mūţ sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Mūţ sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Mūţ?

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

1.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mūţ.

What to pack for Mūţ in August

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

In August, Mūţ sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mūţ in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mūţ peaks around August 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighAug 16UV 12Jan 1UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb6High
Mar10Very high
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Mūţ 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 Mūţ is worst in May — around 74 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 41 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyPoorMay 2173 µg/m³Nov 2341 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan49Poor
Feb52Poor
Mar67Unhealthy
Apr68Unhealthy
May74Unhealthy
Jun72Unhealthy
Jul53Poor
Aug54Poor
Sep62Unhealthy
Oct58Unhealthy
Nov41Poor
Dec42Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Mūţ?

Mūţ sits at 25.5°N, 29.0°E, 114 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al Khārjah, 157 km away.

Al KhārjahAl-KhārijahAl GhanāyimManfalūţAl QūşīyahJuhaynahAssiutŢahţā

Topography around Mūţ

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mūţ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 113 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 413 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 505 m.

The land around Mūţ is covered by cropland (33%), trees (32%) and bare terrain (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (75%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

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505 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Al Khārjah 157 km · Al-Khārijah 160 km · Al Ghanāyim 281 km · Manfalūţ 284 km · Al Qūşīyah 284 km · Juhaynah 284 km · Assiut 289 km · Ţahţā 289 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 Mūţ (25.4874°, 28.9792°, elevation 114 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).