Sāqultah weather in August

In August, Sāqultah sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°C through the month. 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 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 Sāqultah's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sāqultah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:29 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
1%
1st clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.7
out of 10

Sāqultah is human settlement in 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 38°C through the month.

A typical August day in Sāqultah reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°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 40°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 Sāqultah

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.

Sāqultah weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 10.310.58.5
Feb22° / 10.111.19.1
Mar26° / 13°20.111.89.0
Apr31° / 17°0012.65.9
May35° / 21°00.113.33.2
Jun37° / 24°0013.61.8
Jul38° / 25°0013.51.5
Aug38° / 25°0012.91.7
Sep36° / 23°0012.22.9
Oct33° / 19°00.111.45.2
Nov27° / 14°1010.78.7
Dec22° / 00.110.48.9

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

Sāqultah 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 62% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
170291
269301
368311
467312
566322
665332
764342
863352
963352
1061363
1160373
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2963334
3063334
3162335

Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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 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 5:21 AM to 5:36 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:216:37
213.25:226:37
313.25:226:36
413.25:236:35
513.25:236:35
613.25:246:34
713.15:246:33
813.15:256:33
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1113.15:266:30
1213.05:276:29
1313.05:276:29
1413.05:286:28
1513.05:286:27
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1912.95:306:23
2012.95:316:22
2112.85:316:21
2212.85:326:20
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2412.85:336:18
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2612.75:346:16
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2812.75:356:14
2912.65:356:13
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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 7.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.16 kWh/m² to a high of 8.17 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.48 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.7Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Sāqultah

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Sāqultah?

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

1.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sāqultah.

What to pack for Sāqultah in August

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

In August, Sāqultah sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sāqultah in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sāqultah peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 18UV 11Jan 13UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5High
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov6High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Sāqultah 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 Sāqultah is worst in January — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 41 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 1869 µg/m³Jul 2241 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan70Unhealthy
Feb65Unhealthy
Mar63Unhealthy
Apr60Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun51Poor
Jul41Poor
Aug43Poor
Sep49Poor
Oct51Poor
Nov53Poor
Dec61Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Sāqultah?

Sāqultah sits at 26.7°N, 31.7°E, 67 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al Marāghah, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Sāqultah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sāqultah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 60 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 590 m.

The land around Sāqultah is covered by cropland (66%) within 3 km, cropland (41%) and bare terrain (40%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
376 m
80 km
590 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Al Marāghah 8.0 km · Sohag 11 km · Akhmīm 13 km · Juhaynah 17 km · Ţahţā 21 km · Al Minshāh 24 km · Ţimā 36 km · Al Ghanāyim 42 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 Sāqultah (26.6582°, 31.6714°, elevation 67 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).