Ras Gharib weather in August

In August, Ras Gharib sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°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 Ras Gharib's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ras Gharib's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:21 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
1%
1st clearest
Wind
23 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Ras Gharib is city.

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 34°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ras Gharib reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°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 Ras Gharib

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.

Ras Gharib 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
Jan19° / 10°20.410.48.2
Feb21° / 11°10.4118.6
Mar23° / 14°20.311.89.3
Apr27° / 18°00.112.78.5
May31° / 21°00.113.46.3
Jun33° / 24°0013.85.0
Jul34° / 25°0013.64.3
Aug34° / 26°00134.4
Sep32° / 24°0012.25.8
Oct29° / 21°10.311.37.8
Nov24° / 16°10.210.69.2
Dec21° / 12°10.210.28.6

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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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ras Gharib 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

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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 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 13% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 23 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 25 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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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 5:13 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:136:35
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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 7.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.91 kWh/m² to a high of 8.14 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.45 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 Ras Gharib

In seasonPeak

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

Ras Gharib sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

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Is August a good time to visit Ras Gharib?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ras Gharib in August

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

In August, Ras Gharib sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Ras Gharib in August

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in February near 19°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Mar 25 to Jan 15 — about 9.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan20Cool
Feb19Cool
Mar20Cool
Apr21Refreshing
May23Refreshing
Jun24Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov24Warm
Dec22Refreshing

UV index in Ras Gharib in August

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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 Ras Gharib peaks around June 14 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 4 (moderate).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr9Very high
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct7Very high
Nov6High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Ras Gharib 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 Ras Gharib is worst in May — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 19 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1732 µg/m³Nov 1520 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr28Moderate
May33Moderate
Jun29Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep26Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ras Gharib?

Ras Gharib sits at 28.4°N, 33.1°E, 16 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is El-Tor, 55 km away.

ZaafaranaSharm El SheikhDahabHurghadaAl ‘Ayn as SukhnahAin SukhnaSuez

Topography around Ras Gharib

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ras Gharib has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 235 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,176 m.

The land around Ras Gharib is covered by bare terrain (56%) and water (25%) within 3 km, bare terrain (52%) and water (47%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (75%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

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August weather nearby: El-Tor 55 km · Zaafarana 93 km · Sharm El Sheikh 132 km · Dahab 139 km · Hurghada 142 km · Al ‘Ayn as Sukhnah 155 km · Ain Sukhna 157 km · Suez 187 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 Ras Gharib (28.3583°, 33.0783°, elevation 16 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).