Sohag weather in August

In August, Sohag sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-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 Sohag's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sohag's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
26°
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
7.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.2
out of 10

Sohag is city in Egypt.

Density
3,926/km²
people per km²

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 Sohag reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 12°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 Sohag

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.

Sohag 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
Jan21° / 10.310.58.7
Feb23° / 10°10.111.19.2
Mar27° / 13°10.111.88.7
Apr32° / 18°0012.65.4
May36° / 22°00.113.32.6
Jun38° / 25°0013.61.3
Jul39° / 26°0013.51.0
Aug38° / 26°0012.91.2
Sep37° / 24°0012.22.4
Oct33° / 20°00.111.44.7
Nov27° / 15°10.110.78.4
Dec23° / 10°0010.49.0

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

Sohag 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 63% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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269301
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468311
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665332
764342
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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
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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
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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 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 8.13 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 Sohag

In seasonPeak

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

Sohag sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Sep
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Is August a good time to visit Sohag?

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
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sohag.

What to pack for Sohag in August

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

In August, Sohag sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sohag 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 Sohag peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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 12UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Sohag 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 Sohag is worst in March — around 74 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyUnhealthyMar 1574 µg/m³Jul 2154 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan72Unhealthy
Feb71Unhealthy
Mar74Unhealthy
Apr70Unhealthy
May68Unhealthy
Jun65Unhealthy
Jul53Poor
Aug56Unhealthy
Sep63Unhealthy
Oct62Unhealthy
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec63Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Sohag?

Sohag sits at 26.6°N, 31.7°E, 67 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Akhmīm, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Sohag

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sohag has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 63 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 294 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 585 m.

The land around Sohag is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and cropland (35%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and bare terrain (34%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
294 m
80 km
585 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Akhmīm 5.0 km · Sāqultah 11 km · Al Minshāh 14 km · Al Marāghah 18 km · Juhaynah 24 km · Ţahţā 30 km · Girga 31 km · Ţimā 47 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 Sohag (26.557°, 31.6948°, 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).