Zagazig weather in August

In August, Zagazig 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 2nd-warmest and 10th-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 Zagazig's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zagazig's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
5:25 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
4%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
7.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Zagazig is city in Egypt.

Founded
1830

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 Zagazig 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 1°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Zagazig

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.

Zagazig 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° / 51.410.27.9
Feb21° / 10°61.510.98.2
Mar24° / 12°5111.88.9
Apr28° / 14°10.412.77.7
May32° / 18°10.213.55.2
Jun35° / 21°0013.93.5
Jul35° / 23°0013.83.2
Aug35° / 23°0013.13.4
Sep34° / 22°0012.24.2
Oct31° / 19°20.311.25.9
Nov26° / 15°30.810.58.4
Dec22° / 11°30.910.18.4

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

Zagazig 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 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 90% of them.

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

Winds average 8 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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 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 5:15 AM to 5:34 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:156:45
213.55:166:44
313.55:166:43
413.45:176:43
513.45:186:42
613.45:186:41
713.45:196:40
813.35:206:39
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1013.35:216:37
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1213.25:226:36
1313.25:236:35
1413.25:236:34
1513.15:246:33
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1813.15:266:30
1913.05:266:28
2013.05:276:27
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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 7.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.15 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.05 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.4Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Zagazig

In seasonPeak

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

Zagazig sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Zagazig?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Zagazig in August

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Zagazig in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Zagazig peaks around June 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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 17UV 11Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Zagazig 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 Zagazig is worst in January — around 125 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.2× the cleanest month (July, 39 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 12124 µg/m³Jul 1939 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan125Unhealthy
Feb111Unhealthy
Mar86Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun44Poor
Jul39Poor
Aug42Poor
Sep48Poor
Oct66Unhealthy
Nov108Unhealthy
Dec122Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Zagazig?

Zagazig sits at 30.6°N, 31.5°E, 16 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al Qanāyāt, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Zagazig

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zagazig has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 592 m.

The land around Zagazig is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) and cropland (33%) within 3 km, cropland (78%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and bare terrain (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
31 m
80 km
592 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Al Qanāyāt 5.0 km · Hihyā 12 km · Al Ibrāhīmīyah 16 km · Minyā al Qamḩ 17 km · Abū Ḩammād 18 km · Diyarb Najm 19 km · Bilbeis 19 km · Abū Kabīr 22 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 Zagazig (30.5877°, 31.502°, 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. 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).